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14 de March de 2025
International organizations call on Inter-American Human Rights Commission to issue precautionary measures for Salvadoran human rights defender Fidel Zavala following his arrest, express concern about criminalization of community organizing
San Salvador, March 13, 2025. With just days remaining before a likely indictment hearing, over 170 human rights, faith, labor and solidarity organizations from 23 countries sent a letter urging the Inter-American... View Article
14 de March de 2025
International organizations condemn new Peruvian law that limits and censors the activities of civil society organizations
Washington D.C., March 14, 2025. – The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the law passed on March 12th by the Peruvian Congress that imposes a system of control, censorship and persecution against civil... View Article
6 de February de 2025
Sustained persecution and extraterritorial repression: human rights organizations denounce the situation in Nicaragua before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
In a hearing at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, human rights organizations denounced the continued repression and persecution by the Nicaraguan State against beneficiaries of provisional measures and their families, some... View Article
31 de January de 2025
El Salvador: Hundreds of Human Rights, Environmental and Faith Groups Call on President Bukele to Reject Mining Projects in El Salvador
Over 300 organizations, academics, researchers, and legal experts from 44 countries, have signed a letter asking President Bukele to drop charges against five salvadoran water defenders and reject mining projects. San Salvador... View Article
15 de January de 2025
Meta’s Oversight Board to Review Threat Against Human Rights Defender in Peru Posted on Facebook
The Oversight Board will evaluate a Facebook post in which an image of a human rights defender in Peru was manipulated. Organizations and individuals are invited to share their perspectives on this... View Article
8 de January de 2025
Ahead Of January 10, International Organizations Call For Respect For Human Rights In Venezuela
The undersigned international organizations reiterate our deep concern about the human rights situation in Venezuela, particularly in the context of the upcoming presidential inauguration, scheduled for January 10, 2025, as established by... View Article