Press Releases

11 de August de 2021 Press Release

Nicaragua must implemment UN resolution

The Americas, 11 August 2021- Thirteen human rights organizations joined forces to measure the level of implementation by Nicaragua’s government of United Nations Human Rigths Council (UN-HRC) recommendations, listed in resolution 46/2... View Article

18 de June de 2021 Press Release

Human rights organizations condemn escalated repression in Nicaragua and demand the immediate release of all political prisoners

Human rights organizations urgently condemn the recent wave of repression launched against opposition figures, presidential candidates, journalists, business leaders, and former civil society leaders 142 days ahead of the country’s general elections.... View Article

8 de June de 2021 Press Release

Guatemala: International organizations demand end to criminalization of justice officials and Human Rights defenders

Americas, 7 June 2021. The undersigned organizations express our concern over the increase in criminalization in Guatemala as a strategy to frighten and intimidate those who play significant roles in the fight... View Article

7 de May de 2021 Press Release

COLOMBIA: 650 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR EXHAUSTIVE INVESTIGATION OF REPRESSION OF PROTESTS AND CALL ON THE IACHR TO ACT

The Americas, May 7, 2021. The undersigned organizations condemn the excessive use of force by agents of the Colombian security forces in response to the protests that began on April 28... View Article

21 de April de 2021 Press Release

Feminicide of Marcia Barbosa de Souza will be judged in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in February, 23 years after the facts

Rio de Janeiro, February 1, 2021 .- The case of Márcia Barbosa de Souza is a femicide case of a 20-year-old woman who was murdered by a powerful congressman from the state... View Article

16 de February de 2021 Press Release

Case of the Los Josefinos Massacre will be tried in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

After 39 years of the events, on February 17th and 18th, the victims and survivors of the massacre that occurred in Petén at the hands of the Guatemalan Army, will be heard... View Article