Category Archives: Dominican Republic

Let’s hope we don’t have to go back

Posted on 19 March 2013 by Ben Davies

By Chiara Liguori, Amnesty International’s researcher on the Dominican Republic. On the evening of Monday, 11 March, dozens of activists were holding a symbolic vigil outside the headquarters of the Central Electoral Board in Santo Domingo when it was violently … Continue reading →

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Write for Rights 2012/Dominican Republic: We don’t live; we simply survive

Posted on 12 December 2012 by Livewire Team

A message from Ana Montilla, whose husband Juan Almonte is still missing. A member of the Dominican Committee of Human Rights, he disappeared on his way to work on 28 September 2009 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, after witnesses saw … Continue reading →

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Survivors of police abuse in the Dominican Republic speak out

Posted on 27 October 2011 by Conor Fortune

By Chiara Liguori, with Amnesty International’s team in the Dominican Republic Eduardo has severe burnings on his belly and his right leg. He has also lost some of the hearing in his left hear and suffers from unbearable headaches after … Continue reading →

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