Press Releases

1 de April de 2020 Press Release

To Ensure the Health and Safety of Brazilians, Bolsonaro Must Cease Deadly Misinformation and Inaction on COVID-19 and Protect the Right to Free Press

Washington, D.C. April 1, 2020.- On Monday, March 30, Brazilian health officials reported that 159 people have died in the country as a result of COVID-19, while more than 4,579 have been... View Article

30 de March de 2020 Press Release

States across the Americas must guarantee the lives and right to health of migrants and refugees in the face of the COVID-19 crisis

The Americas, March 30th, 2020.- Over the past few weeks, we have seen how the measures implemented by governments calling for quarantines, shut downs, deportations, border closures and militarization to address the... View Article

25 de March de 2020 Press Release

International Civil Society Organizations Call for the Colombian Government to Investigate Killing of Marco Rivadeneira and to Protect Human Rights Defenders

Washington, D.C. March 25, 2020.- We are grieved to learn of the death of Marco Rivadeneira, a community leader in Putumayo, Colombia. Rivadeneira was killed on March 19, 2020 by three armed... View Article

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18 de March de 2020 Press Release

Federal Prosecutors Office in Brazil denounces members of the military responsible for the death of journalist Vladimir Herzog

Rio de Janeiro, March 18, 2020.- Forty-five years after the murder of journalist Vladimir Herzog, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) announced it would start criminal proceedings against those responsible for his death,... View Article

28 de February de 2020 Press Release

Bolivia Must Allow the Truth Be Revealed About Human Rights Violations

Buenos Aires, February 28, 2020.- On Friday, February 21, Bolivia’s acting minister of justice, Alvaro Coimbra, announced that his government was vetoing two members of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI),... View Article