On Sunday, Haitians to the streets in massive numbers as they did the week before after U.S.-backed dictator Jovenel Moïse refused to leave office on February 7, the end of his four-year term established by an illegal election. One of the main calls from the mobilizations of hundreds of thousands in the streets of Port-au-Prince…
Petition
Petition, Sanctions Kill Campaign
TELL THE NEW U.S. ADMINISTRATION TO END ECONOMIC SANCTIONS IN THE FACE OF THE GLOBAL COVID-19 PANDEMIC
To: President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and all Members of the U.S. Congress We write to you because we are deeply concerned about the impact of U.S. sanctions on many countries that are suffering the dire consequences of COVID-19. The global COVID-19 pandemic and global economic crash challenge all humanity. Scientific and technological cooperation and…
Calls to action, Colombia, Eco-Solidarity, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas), Madeline McClure, Petition
Indigenous Land Grab on the Horizon: Act Now to Save Oak Flat!
By: Madeline McClure BHP and Rio Tinto, two of the world’s largest resource extraction companies, have earned themselves a solid reputation for obliterating native lands and communities throughout the world. Leaders in the international mining market, the British-Australian companies are globally condemned for their labor, environmental and human rights abuses. Today, they’re hard at work…
Action alerts, Colombia, Petition
COLOMBIA URGENT ACTION TO PROTECT IVAN CEPEDA AND HIS FAMILY
On August 6, 2020, the AFGJ sent a statement on the arrest orders for the former president of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe Velez. In this statement, the AFGJ requested the protection of the Supreme Court members, and all Colombian social leaders, and those participating in the peace process. A week after the Supreme Court order, USA Vice-President asked…
Calls to action, Colombia, Honduras, International solidarity - not Americas, Latin America solidarity - general or not otherwise covered, Mexico, Petition, Prison Imperialism, Uncategorized
End Mass Incarceration, Breeding Ground for Coronavirus-Act Now!
The coronavirus pandemic has turned prisons into breeding grounds for the pandemic. We are asking you to take the following actions in support of this campaign: Send an appeal to international human rights officials and authorities demanding an end to mass incarceration during this pandemic If you are a resident of the United States, click…
Petition, Uncategorized, Venezuela
Open Letter to Condemn Trump Administration’s Hypocritical Indictment on Drug Charges of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and High-Ranking Venezuelan Officials
The Alliance for Global Justice, CODEPINK, and Friends invite your organization and prominent individuals in your community to sign on to the Open Letter below. The letter will be used to educate the press, public, and elected officials about the US government’s economic and political war against Venezuela at a time when all countries are…
Petition, Sanctions Kill Campaign, Uncategorized
[Petition] THE WORLDWIDE HEALTH CRISIS DEMANDS SOLIDARITY, NOT SANCTIONS END SANCTIONS NOW!
NicaNotes Newsletter, Petition
NicaNotes: Sanctions Kill! End US Sanctions on Nicaragua
By Chuck Kaufman When we hear the word sanctions, most Latin America solidarity activists think immediately of Venezuela. But Nicaragua is also the target of unilateral coercive measures illegally imposed by the US and the most serious sanction, the NICA Act, can’t be blamed on the Trump regime since it was imposed by Congress. Unilateral…
Colombia, Petition, Uncategorized
Open Letter Concerning the Harassment of the Lazos de Dignidad Foundation, Colombian Human Rights Defenders
If your organization would like to sign on to this open letter, send an email to [email protected] To read in Spanish Open Letter from the People’s Human Rights Observatory To President Ivan Duque, the Colombian authorities, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: There is a witch hunt currently against the human rights defenders,…
Action alerts, Anti-racism, Colombia, Labor, Petition, Prison Imperialism, Uncategorized
Solidarity with the Striking Prisoners of Colombia and North America – No More Prison Imperialism!
Read the original Spanish Click HERE to add your name to this declaration! We, the People’s Human Rights Observatory (Observatorio de los Derechos Humanos), declare our solidarity with the worldwide resistance to prison imperialism and reject the expansion of the United States model of mass incarceration. Likewise, we express our support for the demands of…