GUATEMALA: ANOTHER MURDER IN THE POLOCHIC VALLEY
Monday, June 6, 2011 In the community of Parana, in the Polochic Valley, Alta Verapaz, MARIA MARGARITA CHE CHUB, a Mayan Qeqchi mother of two, midwife, member of her community development council and...
View ArticleDEMAND JUSTICE FOR FEBRUARY 12th STUDENT MASSACRE & FREEDOM FOR RAMIRO CHOC,...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 No functional justice system exists to protect the fundamental rights of communities. Rather, administration of justice officials and security forces are part of the...
View ArticleMAUDE BARLOW BEARING WITNESS TO GUATEMALA'S DESTRUCTIVE MINING INDUSTRY
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Rights Action forwards this HUFFINGTON POST article by Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, Council of CanadiansShare on FacebookTweet WidgetFacebook LikeGoogle Plus...
View ArticleOCCUPY WALL STREET -- Please get informed and get involved:...
Thursday, October 6, 2011 It's 10 PM in Liberty Plaza and the jubilant 20,000-plus crowd from the day's solidarity march has dwindled, now, to the faithful, the regulars, having debated and decided by...
View ArticleECONOMIC DEMOCRACY & EQUALITY NOW! GLOBAL TO LOCAL, LOCAL TO GLOBAL
Saturday, October 15, 2011 The systemic exploitation and poverty and inter-connected racism and repression in much of Central America, that Rights Action has been denouncing and resisting for years,...
View ArticleELECTIONS IN CENTRAL AMERICA: Nicaragua building civil society and democratic...
Saturday, November 12, 2011 In contrast to elections in Guatemala, won by "genocidal" general Otto Perez Molina, Nicaragua continues with political and socio-economic policies prioritizing the...
View ArticleACTIVATE: How to Stop a Multinational Company
Monday, February 13, 2012 25 minute Al Jazeera doc-film. Argentinians are used to hitting the streets to start revolutions, fight for their rights or overthrow governments. But now people are taking to...
View ArticleCanada and Chile Meddling in Honduras's Economic and Security Policies
Monday, May 21, 2012 An Article by Sandra Cuffe and Karen Spring ( human rights activists working with Rights Action) regarding Canadian and Chilean involvement in mining & security reform in...
View ArticleHuman Rights Violations by U.S.-backed Honduran Special Forces Unit
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Over the past three years at minimum 89 members or associates of campesino movements have been killed in the Bajo Aguan Valley in a campaign of targeted killings. This...
View ArticleHONDURAS: THE KILLINGS CONTINUE: The Latest Drug War Success Story
Friday, March 1, 2013Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield succumbed to a fit of honesty earlier this month: "When the drug war turns bloody, he said, the strategy is working," journalist...
View ArticlePRECEDENT SETTING LAWSUITS IN CANADA, IN COURTROOM 808
Thursday, March 7, 2013 Rights Action was honored to bring Angelica Choc - one of the plaintiffs - to Toronto, to attend 2 days of court hearings concerning 3 civil suits filed against Hudbay Minerals...
View ArticleGUATEMALAN PRESIDENT, OTTO MOLINA PEREZ, NAMED AS INTELLECTUAL AUTHOR OF...
Thursday, April 11, 2013 Associated Press: “ GUATEMALA WAR TRIAL PUTS PAST CLOSER TO PRESIDENT” Reuters: “WITNESS AT EX-DICTATOR'S TRIAL LINKS GUATEMALAN PRESIDENT TO WAR CRIMES”Share on...
View ArticleVICTORY FOR BERTA CACERES, COPINH AND THE HONDURAN RESISTANCE
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 74-day blockade and protest against Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam in Rio Blanco continues.
View ArticleUPDATE: Human Rights In Honduras
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 The ‘Murder Capital Of The World’, The ‘Repression Capital Of The Americas’, Leading Up To The November Elections
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