http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/1869 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR27/001/2008/en Johnny Rivas and his family are being intimidated by anti-migrant protestors as a result of his work as the coordinator of the Solidarity Associations of Migrant Workers in the Northwest Region (Asociaciones Solidarias de Trabajadores Migrantes de la Línea Noroeste, ASOMILIN). Amnesty International fears th Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR27/006/2007/en This focus sheet considers the discrimination faced by Haitian migrant workers and some Dominicans of Haitian descent when trying to register the birth of their children. Circular 17, issued in March 2007, has been used to systematically deny Dominicans of Haitian descent access to official identity document Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR27/007/2007/en Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR27/007/2007/en Scores of police and soldiers forcibly evicted 45 families including minors on 1 December 2007 from their homes in Villa Venecia de Pantoja, in Santo Domingo Province. The police and soldiers woke the settlers at around 4am and told them to leave the area immediately. Within two hours, an excavator belonging Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/011/2007/en 1) Needed but unwanted 2) Habeas corpus denied 3) Education system still failing Romani children in Slovakia 4) Training event addresses Roma discrimination in schools 5) Former 'comfort' women seek European Union help to secure apology from Japan 6) Individual action, mutual rights 7) Update: Gospel si Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR27/005/2007/en At midnight on 28 October 2007, a group of Haitian migrant workers and Dominicans of Haitian descent living in the community of Ranchadero were victims of a racist motivated attack. A number of people were reportedly wounded with machetes, houses were attacked, causing the destruction of three and money was Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/americas/caribbean/dominican-republic Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR27/004/2007/en Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR27/003/2007/en At least half a million Haitians live in the Dominican Republic where they work principally in agriculture and construction. Fleeing the poverty of their homeland, they undertake poorly paid and arduous jobs that most Dominicans are unwilling to do. They face the constant risk of expulsion and systematic dis Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR27/001/2007/en This report focuses on discrimination faced by Haitian migrant workers and Dominicans of Haitian descent and the barriers to their full and effective enjoyment of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights in the Dominican Republic. It details Amnesty International's current human rights c Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International