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Meta’s Oversight Board Issues Unanimous Decision on Threats Against Human Rights Defenders
The Oversight Board overturned Meta’s (formerly Facebook) decision to keep online a post containing a threat against a human rights defender in Peru. According to the Board, the post, published by a... View Article

Costa Rica: New report exposes human rights violations against migrants expelled from the U.S. and warns: “This cannot happen again.”
In a new report, CEJIL, AFSC, and SJM-CR denounce that Costa Rica’s agreement with the U.S. exposed migrants to a continuum of human rights violations that should have never occurred. They urge... View Article

El Salvador: International Organizations Condemn the Detention of Human Rights Defender Ruth López
Washington D.C., May 19, 2025. The undersigned international organizations condemn the detention of human rights defender Ruth López. The National Police arrested her on May 18, 2025 at 11 pm. Alarmingly, Ms.... View Article

Serious threat to civic space in Peru: organizations condemn law that restricts the work of civil society and violates victims’ rights
April 24, 2025. – The undersigned organizations express our strongest condemnation of the enactment last April 14, 2025, without observation by the Executive Branch of Peru, of the law approved in Congress... View Article

Guatemala’s Public Prosecutor’s Office Must Cease Intimidation of the Media and Respect Freedom of the Press
Washington, D.C., April 8, 2025. The undersigned organizations condemn the disinformation campaign and unfounded criminalization against the media outlets Prensa Comunitaria and La Ruda, whose community-based and feminist journalism work in Guatemala... View Article

Concerns about Peru’s candidacy for Assistant Secretary General of the OAS: An Aspiration Incompatible with the State’s Commitment to the Fundamental Pillars of the Body
Washington D.C., April 2, 2025. –We, the undersigned civil society organizations, express our concern regarding the candidacy submitted by the Peruvian State for Assistant Secretary General (ASG) of the OAS, whose election... View Article