Justice for the Martyr of Migration?
September 10, 2015
On the official front, a flurry of activity surrounding Nohemi’s death has unfolded in several nations.
Category: Human Rights
Deportation, Detention and Abuse on the U.S.-Guatemala Border
September 8, 2015
The victims of this extraterritorial policy are Central American migrants who cross every day, seeking to save their lives and their families from the violence and hunger plaguing their countries.
U.S. Congress Members Oppose Security Assistance to Honduras
September 8, 2015
Members of the US Congress have once again called on the Obama administration to stop funding Honduras’ security forces due to massive human rights violations. Will Kerry listen?
El Salvador Declares Gang Members Terrorists, and Violence Continues
September 7, 2015
The Salvadoran state has closed off all possibility of any kind of negotiation with the gangs. The constitutional court’s August ruling, which stated that gang members will be considered as terrorists under Salvadoran law, will also affect the thousands of people who work with the gangs, all the way from family members to taxi drivers.
Guatemala: A Post-Conflict Society
August 25, 2015
No one can understand Guatemalan society without looking at the consequences of state orchestrated oppression. These consequences include women being treated as spoils of war. The Report on the Recuperation of Historical Memory and other documents, like the ones produced by Jesuit anthropologist Ricardo Falla, document the violations of women’s human rights.
Dam to Flood Sacred Land of Amazonian Munduruku
August 24, 2015
The federal government’s plan to expel the Munduruku from their ancestral lands goes against the constitution because the displacement of indigenous people is prohibited under Article 231. Article 231 recognizes the right of indigenous people to live permanently on their traditional territories.
With Pain and Hope, Migrant Caravan Links Honduras and Washington
August 21, 2015
Paradoxically, from their status of limited mobility—both as unauthorized migrants and as individuals with injuries—the members of AMIREDIS demand the rights of human mobility, the right to cross borders with dignity, and the right of all to live with dignity in their homeland.
Join the Campaign for Justice for Victor Jara
August 20, 2015
The School of Americas Watch and the Center for Justice and Accountability are spearheading an international campaign for justice in the execution of Chilean folksinger, poet and activist Victor Jara. Please sign the petition and send the letters listed below. Our voices may not be as eloquent as Victor’s, but there is no more powerful expression than the demand for justice shared by thousands.
Oaxaca Faces Police Militarization as Governor Acts to Preempt Education Protests
August 4, 2015
Protesting teachers have argued that the reforms, which were approved in 2013 by the Federal Congress and are being implemented in every state in Mexico, seek to reframe education as a private service, replacing current teachers with new workers who work on contract and have no labor rights.
Is the Merida Initiative Working?
July 21, 2015
Now is a good time to examine a key question: Is Merida working? In light of the reality on the ground for many in Mexico (upwards of 130,000 have been killed in the country since December 2006, the year former President Felipé Calderón launched his drug war) the answer may seem obvious, and the question at best redundant, at worst perverse.