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• ‘Rosenberg case takes bizarre twist’

  By kevodell on January 23, 2010 • ( 0 )

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• Tensions in San Marcos

  By Patrick Daniels on January 23, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Wednesday 13th January saw the second murder in three months of a leader in the campaign for the nationalisation of electricity provision in the department of San Marcos. The murder comes following recent heightened tensions in the department, which culminated… Read More ›

• Forwarded message: Screening of “Which Way Home” at Frontline Club, Paddington, 24th January

  By Patrick Daniels on January 23, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Which Way Home The film follows several unaccompanied child migrants as they journey through Mexico en route to the U.S. on a freight train they call “ The Beast ”. Director Rebecca Cammisa (Sister Helen) tracks the stories of children… Read More ›

• Forwarded message: Seeking letters of recommendation for human rights defender Jesus Tecu

  By Patrick Daniels on January 20, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Forwarded message from Kathy Dill: I am seeking letters of recommendation for human rights defender Jesus Tecú Osorio, whom I am nominating for the Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award. I am nominating him as an individual and speaking… Read More ›

• SITRAPETEN eviction on NISGUA website

  By Patrick Daniels on January 10, 2010 • ( 0 )

  An urgent action has been posted on US organisation, NISGUA’s, website concerning the violent eviction of trade unionists from the central square in Guatemala City last month. For our post on the eviction (which includes links for further information) click… Read More ›

• Interamerican Court finds against Guatemala in Dos Erres Case

  By Patrick Daniels on January 7, 2010 • ( 0 )

  After fifteen years of waiting for justice to be done in Guatemala the survivors and relatives of victims of the Dos Erres massacre have however received a favourable verdict elsewhere: the Interamerican Court of Human Rights found the state of… Read More ›

• Violent eviction of trade unionists of SITRAPETEN from Parque Central

  By Patrick Daniels on December 30, 2009 • ( 0 )

  On the 10th – which happens to be International Human Rights Day – and 11th December members of the trade union SITRAPETÉN were violently evicted by the National Civil Police (PNC) from the makeshift huts in which they had for… Read More ›

• In the Shadow of the Raid

  By kevodell on December 22, 2009 • ( 0 )

  On Monday 4th January, The Frontline Club is screening the film ‘In the Shadow of the Raid’. Viewing the trailer, this looks like a powerful indictment of US immigration policy. "On May 12, 2008, immigration officials stormed a kosher meatpacking… Read More ›

• Plan Sofia 82 is handed over

  By Patrick Daniels on December 20, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Translated from the Prensa Libre article by Olga López Ovando. The handing over of Plan Sofia in Guatemala earlier this month came shortly after expert testimonies in the genocide case were heard in Madrid by Spanish judge Santiago Pedraz. For more… Read More ›

• Universal Jurisdiction in the UK – why it matters

  By Patrick Daniels on December 20, 2009 • ( 0 )

  On the dome of the Old Bailey, England’s Central Criminal Court, stands the statue of Justice, with her sword and scales, above an inscription which exhorts us to “Defend the children of the poor and punish the wrongdoer.” There is… Read More ›

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