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Secretary Kerry: Don't Make Justice Jump through Hoops! 8 Aug 2013 | 07:10 pm
You might get the impression from reading the news that everything is much better in Colombia. But what we hear from the ground is that human rights defenders, land rights leaders, union activists, Af...
U.S. Senate Confirms ATF Director 2 Aug 2013 | 01:52 am
Late this Wednesday evening, the U.S. Senate finally confirmed B. Todd Jones as Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF). This marks the first time that Congress has confirmed an...
Forced Disappearances and Torture in Ciudad Juárez 31 Jul 2013 | 08:26 pm
The Latin America Working Group, Peace Brigades International, and the Washington Office on Latin America were pleased to host a delegation of human rights defenders from Mexico in late April 2013. A...
Saltillo, Coahuila: A Place of Torture 29 Jul 2013 | 11:38 pm
Last week, Casa del Migrante Saltillo, a migrant’s shelter, in Saltillo, Coahuila announced their recent report, issued to the Inter-American Commission on Human Right’s Rapporteurship on the Rights o...
Cuba Summer Reading: Cuba 54, Everything About Cuba and More 23 Jul 2013 | 12:10 am
Did you know... 1. "When Cubans are waiting to enter a public facility and you arrive, you must determine who the last person is before you to arrive was and then you are now the last one – they do n...
Join the National Day of Action Against Border Militarization 17 Jul 2013 | 08:36 pm
No question, it is overkill. The “border surge” included in immigration legislation passed by the Senate would create one of the most militarized border zones in the world. Defense contractors may b...
The Situation of Migrants Through the Eyes of a Human Rights Defender in Saltillo, Coahuila 17 Jul 2013 | 12:49 am
The Latin America Working Group, Peace Brigades International, and the Washington Office on Latin America brought a delegation of human rights defenders from Mexico in late April 2013. At an event he...
National Day of Action Against Border Militarization 15 Jul 2013 | 10:33 pm
Over the next 10 years, the bi-partisan “border surge” in S.744 will create one of the most militarized border zones in the world. Let’s not forget that more than 7 million U.S. citizens, residents, ...
Cuba: You Can't Take Someone Else's Word for It 11 Jul 2013 | 10:04 pm
Whenever I tell people I studied abroad in Cuba, I feel like the reactions can be categorized by two familiar emotions: curiosity and confusion. There are usually a lot of questions…How did I travel t...
Mexican Newspapers Voice Concern Over Border Surge 10 Jul 2013 | 01:37 am
On Thursday, June 27th in a 68-to-32 vote the United States Senate passed historic immigration legislation. The measure now moves into the House of Representatives as they return from recess this week...
