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Organizations Oppose Agreements with the U.S. that Violate Migrant Rights

Drug War December 22, 2018 0Likes 0Comments

On Dec. 7, Mexican organizations in defense of migrants’ rights held a press conference announcing their opposition to an agreement with the Trump administration, such as “Third Safe Country” or “Remain in Mexico” being negotiated between the two governments, in an Open Letter to the Mexican government. On Dec. 20, Donald Trump announced a plan to deport asylum-seekers who entered the United States through Mexico to await decisions in their cases on Mexican soil. The government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador accepted the plan, which is essentially the “Remain in Mexico” agreement referred to in this Letter.

Academics and Civic Leaders Call on U.S. Congress to Ensure Neutrality and Support for Democratic Norms in Mexican Elections

May 3, 2018 Dear Members of the US Senate and House of Representatives, On July 1, Mexicans will go to the polls to elect a new president, both houses of Congress, and thousands of local…

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEMAND TRANSPARENCY AND RESPECT FOR THE VOTE IN HONDURAS

Democracy and Society November 30, 2017 0Likes 0Comments

URGENT ACTION SIGN ON: As organizations in defense of human rights and democracy, we urgently call on the Honduran government to respect the vote and provide full transparency, credibility and legitimacy in all aspects of the vote count and elections results.

Honduran Human Rights Organizations Call for Suspension of US Aid

Drug War Human Rights social movements September 1, 2016 0Likes 1Comment

Some fifty major Honduran human rights organizations wrote a letter to the New York Times expressing their conviction that US aid is perpetuating violations of human rights in their country.

Stop the Raids and Focus Instead on U.S. Policy towards Central America

Drug War Human Rights Migration January 11, 2016 0Likes 2Comments

We, the undersigned organizations working in the fields of human rights, Latin American solidarity, immigrant rights, women’s rights and fair foreign policy, call for humanitarian protection for Central American migrants through administratively-granted relief and for an immediate halt to the raids.

Statement: IV National Meeting of the National Network of Women Human Rights Defenders of Mexico

Democracy and Society Gender Equality social movements December 9, 2015 0Likes 3Comments

Five years after the creation of the National Network of Women Human Rights Defenders, in the face of violence and the human rights crisis in Mexico

Open Letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Drug War Human Rights Mexico's Meltdown October 7, 2015 0Likes 1Comment

The signatory organizations address The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide information, as a result of their research, documentation and accompaniment of cases, that show the widespread, and in some cases systematic, violations of human rights committed in Mexico.

7 Reasons to Scrap the $1 Billion Aid Package to Central America

Drug War Human Rights Land and Territory Migration June 30, 2015 0Likes 10Comments

We are a group of social scientists with decades of research experience with the very populations targeted in Biden’s plan. We are painfully aware that Central America’s rural and urban poor need support. But Biden’s package is guaranteed to deepen—not alleviate—the problems faced by Central America’s poor majority.

Government Documents Reveal Canadian Embassy Backed Mining Abuses in Mexico

Land and Territory February 25, 2015 0Likes 1Comment

A new report based on internal documents concludes that Canadian diplomats in Mexico were complicit in Toronto-based Excellon Resources Inc.’s efforts to avoid redressing a violated land use contract and poor working conditions, and supported repression against a peaceful protest.

Because Violence and Sexual Slavery Should be Tried in a Court of Law: No Impunity!

Gender Equality Human Rights November 26, 2014 0Likes 0Comments

We, plaintiffs and supporters of the Sepur Zarco case for justice for sexual slavery, take up the political cause that gave rise to this commemoration. Today, more than ever, we women remember, we reclaim our history and we affirm that we will not turn back. Today more than ever: No to Oblivion. No to Silence. No to Impunity.

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Organizations Oppose Agreements with the U.S. that Violate Migrant Rights

Academics and Civic Leaders Call on U.S. Congress to Ensure Neutrality and Support for Democratic Norms in Mexican Elections

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEMAND TRANSPARENCY AND RESPECT FOR THE VOTE IN HONDURAS

Stop the Raids and Focus Instead on U.S. Policy towards Central America

Open Letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

7 Reasons to Scrap the $1 Billion Aid Package to Central America

Government Documents Reveal Canadian Embassy Backed Mining Abuses in Mexico

Because Violence and Sexual Slavery Should be Tried in a Court of Law: No Impunity!

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