La Cara de la Impunidad
Las fuerzas de seguridad hondureña acosan y asesinan a manifestantes mientras EEUU sigue sin tomar acción. El 22 de enero, Acción...
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- Jan 22, 2018
- 5 min
Statement on Honduran military and police attack on MADJ/Declaración sobre el ataque del MADJ por el
Español abajo. Witness for Peace condemns the threats and violence against Martin Fernández and the Movimiento Amplio that occurred the...
- Jun 23, 2017
- 13 min
The Berta Cáceres Case in Context: The Campaign Against Human Rights Defenders, Journalists, Indigen
The assassination of Berta Cáceres has, for good reason, become an emblematic case in the conversation around human rights abuses in...
- May 9, 2017
- 1 min
Help protect Mexican human rights defenders
Witness for Peace is extremely concerned about the safety of Oaxacan human rights defenders Rodrigo Flores Peñaloza and Bettina Cruz...
- Mar 3, 2017
- 0 min
- Feb 4, 2016
- 5 min
15 años después: El “gran éxito” del Plan Colombia
Por Lisa Taylor, Acción Permanente por la Paz Colombia Este artículo aparece en inglés en el periódico en línea Upside Down World. Este 4...
- Sep 14, 2015
- 11 min
Human Trafficking: not an isolated phenomenon
by Sue Davis (WFP Mexico Program delegate) “If you promise a girl heaven, you can take her to hell.” (Quote from a human trafficker...
- Aug 3, 2015
- 4 min
Children of the Monroe Doctrine: The Militarized Roots of America’s Border Calamity
by Arturo J. Viscarra and Michael Prentice “[I]n the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may...
- Sep 8, 2014
- 3 min
“Security” in Mexico doesn’t apply to many human rights defenders
Felipe Calderón, president of Mexico from 2006 to 2012, had a way of talking that sounded a bit like George W. Bush, which is to say...
- Nov 30, 2012
- 5 min
December 1: Mexican Presidential Power Transitions from one Human Rights Violator to the Next
by Carlin Christy, Mexico Team This December 1st, it might have been possible for Mexicans to breathe a collective sigh of relief. The...
- Aug 23, 2012
- 5 min
Nimbyism and Colombia’s “Socially Responsible” Mine, Cerrejón
By Jeanine Legato WfP Colombia Southeastern Massachusetts, where I am from, was deeply embroiled in a nimby (Not-In- My- Backyard) ...
- Aug 13, 2012
- 11 min
Labor Action Plan Monitoring Report
This is a Labor Action Plan Monitoring report done by Witness for Peace delegates and International Team this past July. It includes the...
- Aug 3, 2012
- 3 min
Fired GM Workers Commemorate Protest’s Anniversary with Hunger Strike
By Austin Robles WFP Colombia Minutes before he started to sew his mouth shut, Jorge Parra explained his rationale to me: “Essentially GM...
- Aug 1, 2012
- 4 min
Caño Manso Reclaimed its Collective Territory, but Security Concerns Persist
By Austin Robles WFP Colombia Team Colombians often refer to their country as one of laws but without law enforcement. For communities...
- Jul 12, 2012
- 3 min
Gold Rush in Colombia: Part 2
by Amanda Tello The lure of profits has attracted the attention of more than just the state and multinational corporations (MNCs) to the...
- Jun 8, 2012
- 3 min
Systematic Threats Force Mexican Labor Rights Organization CAT to Close its Office
by Carlin Christy, WfP Mexico Repeated attacks including kidnapping and death threats have forced the members of The Center of Support...
- Jun 5, 2012
- 4 min
“The bullets fell from above like rain:” accounts from the Ahuas tragedy
“The bullets fell from above like rain.” Recently, Witness for Peace partnered with PROAH, which provides International Human Rights...
- May 21, 2012
- 3 min
Car Bomb Explodes in Bogotá as Trade Accord Begins
By Austin Robles, WFP Colombia When I left the United States to do human rights work in Colombia, I knew the risks of entering the...
- May 18, 2012
- 4 min
Lessons from Iraq in Honduras and the Attack against the Miskitos
By: OFRANEH (Organizacion Fraternal Negra Hondureña) Translation by Witness for Peace Nicaragua Team For the original version in Spanish...
- May 18, 2012
- 3 min
Freedom of Expression in Mexico Threatened as Journalists are Systematically Targeted
by Moravia de la O, WFP Mexico This past Sunday, authorities found journalist Rene Orta Salgado’s body in the trunk of his car in the...
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