http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/1899 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/un-examines-human-rights-member-countries-20080407 All UN member states are facing a rigorous examination of their human rights records. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR28/001/2008/en Guadalupe Llori, the governor (prefecta) of the province of Orellana is being detained in the El Inca women's prison in the capital, Quito, on what appear to be charges of terrorism, sabotage and fraud. Amnesty International believes that these charges may be politically motivated, as Guadalupe Llori represe Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR28/003/2007/en Jaime Polivio Pérez Lucero was reportedly threatened in the street on 4 August and, according to a police account of the incident, would have been physically attacked if police officers had not intervened. Amnesty International has no information on any investigation into the attack against Mercy Catalina Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR28/002/2007/en According to reports, community leader Jaime Polivio Pérez Lucero (m) has been threatened and activist Mercy Catalina Torres Terán (f) has been attacked, as a result of their opposition to a mining project close to their homes in the Intag area of Imbabura province, northern Ecuador. Their lives, and thos Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/americas/south-america/ecuador Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR28/009/2006/en A group of people apparently tried to break into Guadalupe de Heredia's house during the night of 23 October, but fled after a security guard from a nearby building fired warning shots. The government are not thought to have complied with a December 2005 request from the Inter-American Commission on Human Ri Fri, 03 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR28/008/2006/en Human rights defender Wilman Jiménez Salazar, member of Comité de Derechos humanos de Orellana, Orellana Province Human Rights Committee, was released on bail from milltary brigade barracks in Pastaza Province on 6 July 2006. However, Amnesty International is seriously concerned that he Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR28/007/2006/en Human rights defender Wilman Adolfo Jiménez Salazar has been detained at military brigade barracks in Pastaza Province since 19 June, but is no longer being held incommunicado. Amnesty International believes that Wilman Jiménez Salazar has not used or advocated violence and that he is a prisoner of conscie Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR28/006/2006/en Human rights defender and possible prisoner of conscience, Wilman Adolfo Jiménez Salazar was detained whilst taking part as an observer in a demonstration in Payamino, Orellana Province, eastern Ecuador on 19 June. He was reportedly shot with six rubber bullets after the Ecuadorean National Police broke up Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR28/005/2006/en The following - Dr Alejandro Ponce Villacís (m); Dr Pablo Fajardo Mendoza (m); Ermel Chávez Parra (m); Cármen Allauca (f); Luis Yanza (m); Julio Marcelo Prieto Méndez (m) are members of a legal team representing indigenous communities are taking legal action against the multinational oil Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International