Biden nominates genocide supporter to diplomacy panel! President Joe Biden announced on July 3 that he would nominate Elliott Abrams to a position on the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. Abrams was a supporter of the worst human rights violations in Central America in the 1980s and has been guilty of similar human rights…
Press release For immediate release: June 20, 2023 Contact: Camille Landry Alliance for Global Justice (202) 540-8336, ext. 508 camille@afgj.org Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ) demands justice for Nicaragua and an end to the United States’ ongoing human rights abuses AFGJ calls attention to the United States’ crimes against humanity This June, The International People’s…
By Tanya Nuñez and James Patrick Jordan In a new act of anti-union abuse by Carlos Camargo, Colombia’s right wing Ombudsman, the Human Rights Defenders Union, SINDHEP, was recently expelled from the collective bargaining table on reasons that have no legal basis. This arbitrary and illegal act comes days after SINDHEP made a public denouncement…
*español sigue al inglés Black Alliance for Peace, Casa Benjamin Linder and AFGJ, are excited to invite you to the Women in Nicaragua Report-back webinar! From January 7-16, 2023, 22 delegates traveled to Nicaragua to investigate the conditions and lives of Nicaraguan women. Join us to hear the findings of this effort from some of the participants, and…
While claiming to defend freedom around the world, the U.S. has hundreds of political prisoners – and the majority are people of color By James Patrick Jordan, Eduardo Garcia, Natalia Schuurman (Program Coordinators) Racism is still the driving force behind U.S. political imprisonment Political imprisonment in the United States exists primarily as a tool of…
Racism is still the driving force behind U.S. political imprisonment By James Jordan, Eduardo García, Natalia Schuurman (Program Coordinators) Originally published on Covert Action Magazine Political imprisonment in the United States exists primarily as a tool of racist repression. It’s aimed disproportionately at people of color as well as others engaged in anti-racist struggle. Whether…
This list has been temporarily suspended we work on a project to produce a new, updated and comprehensive list that uses new terminologies, categories for political imprisonment, and standards for inclusion. We encourage you to visit the Jericho Movement’s list of political prisoners.
None of us are free until all of us are free! By Camille Landry (Program Coordinator) Any analysis that originates in the United States claiming to accurately and fairly address issues pertaining to the human rights of Indigenous people must begin with the acknowledgement that we occupy land that is the ancestral home of Indigenous…
An examination of the structural inequalities and anti-democratic nature of the United States government By Camille Landry (Program Coordinator) The singer Paul Simon told us there are 50 ways to leave your lover. Turns out there are at least 50 ways to suppress the votes of U.S. voters. What is a democracy? The term democracy…
November 17: Rights of Indigenous & Afro-descendant Women in Nicaragua Casa Benjamin Linder and AFGJ, in close collaboration with Black Alliance for Peace and Friends of the ATC, are excited to invite you to the next Women in Nicaragua: Power & Protagonism series session: Rights of Indigenous & Afro-descendant Women in Nicaragua. Click here to register! During this…
