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Paraguay: Draconian abortion laws and failure to tackle child sex abuse forces girls as young as ten to carry out pregnancies - new reportParaguay continues to have some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the Americas
Press release 01 Dec 2021 -
Urgent Action outcome: Indigenous land defender receives protection
Paraguayan authorities opened an investigation and provided protection to Bernarda Pesoa leader of indigenous community.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jan 2021 -
Tens of thousands locked up in "punitive" state-run quarantine centres across Venezuela, El Salvador and Paraguay - new reportState-run quarantine centres, often insanitary and inhumane, used to punish those who broke national lockdowns
Press release 17 Sep 2020 -
Americas: Health workers at 'horrendous risk' of COVID-19 as governments fail to offer protection to those on frontlineAmericas has more than 2 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 - around half of all positive-tested cases globally
Press release 19 May 2020 -
Urgent Action outcome: Attacks on Ysati community under investigation
The Prosecutor’s Office began an investigation into the March attacks against the Ysati indigenous community “3 de Julio”
Urgent action outcomes 19 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action: Indigenous community at risk of eviction
The Tekoha Sauce Indigenous community in Paraguay are, once again, at risk of eviction from their ancestral territory.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jul 2019 -
Urgent Action: Indigenous community attacked by armed men
The Ysati Indigenous community in the district of Itakyry had their crops and six houses burned down.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Mar 2019 -
Urgent Action good news: 200 families no longer at risk of forced eviction
Families from the Guahory Community, Eastern Paraguay, are no longer at imminent threat of forced eviction.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Dec 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Indigenous community granted protection in Paraguay
Paraguayan authorities have called for an impartial and independent investigation into the attacks against Amada Martínez
Urgent action outcomes 06 Nov 2018 -
Urgent Action: Indigenous leader threatened by armed men in Paraguay
Amada Martínez, Indigenous human rights defender, was threatened by armed men wearing uniforms of a hydroelectric plant.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: 200 families at risk of forced eviction in Paraguay
200 families are at imminent risk of forced eviction in the Guahory Campesino Community, Caaguazú department.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Jul 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Journalists out of immediate danger in Paraguay
Menchi Barriocanal and Oscar Acosta, Paraguayan journalists and married couple who were threatened with imprisonment by President Horacio Cartes, have stopped received threats and seem to be out of immediate danger of being arbitrarily detained.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action: Threats against journalists in Paraguay
Menchi Barriocanal and Oscar Acosta, Paraguayan journalists and married couple, were threatened with imprisonment by president Horacio Cartes on 23 June during his participation in a rally in Ciudad del Este, where he falsely accused them of inciting…
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jul 2017 -
A mother aged 11, after she was raped by her stepfather'Mainumby' in Paraguay has given birth by caesarean section, aged just 11, after she fell pregnant following repeated rape. Despite the huge risks to her life, Paraguayan authorities refused the family's request to terminate Mainumby's pregnancy.…
13 Aug 2015 -
Paraguay: No child should be forced to give birthBlog post 27 May 2015
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Paraguay: Ten-year-old rape survivor being denied option abortion despite global outragePress release 08 May 2015
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Paraguay: Victory for the Sawhoyamaxa peopleFor more than two decades the Sawhoyamaxa people have been camping on the side of the highway because their ancestral lands were in the hands of private owners. After a 20-year battle, the indigenous Sawhoyamaxa community have finally won rights to their…
10 Jul 2014 -
The Cure promoting new Amnesty campaign on South American tourPress release 01 Apr 2013
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Amnesty stands with Paraguayan human rights groupBlog post 16 Dec 2010
