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Reaping the Harvest of Fear: The Obama Administration Deports Asylum Seekers
This month, the Obama administration started to round up and deport many Central Americans, who despite surviving harrowingly difficult journeys, failed to achieve their goal of finding a home in…
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Mexico’s Journey of Death: ‘I opened the coffin and I knew it was not my daughter’
[caption id="attachment_64096" align="aligncenter" width="2944"] © AFP PHOTO/ JOSE Cabezas[/caption] By Josefina Salomón, News Writer at Amnesty International in Mexico @josefinasalomon It was the most difficult day of her life. On…
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Texas Appeals Court Grants Stay of Execution for Nicaraguan Citizen
A Texas court has granted a stay of execution for a Nicaraguan citizen who was scheduled to be put to death tomorrow. Bernardo Abán Tercero was sentenced in 2000. At…
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International Human Rights Body Urges Stay of Execution for Nicaraguan Citizen
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) today found that the United States violated the human rights of a Nicaraguan citizen facing execution next week.
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Honduran journalist told he would be found “in a ditch”
[caption id="attachment_58476" align="aligncenter" width="3065"] Honduran journalists take part in a vigil in memory of journalists killed in Honduras. (ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/GettyImages)[/caption] On January 24, a high-ranking military official told Honduran journalist…
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It is past time for El Salvador to rescind its total abortion ban
[caption id="attachment_53891" align="aligncenter" width="3456"] El Salvador: Marlene was accused and charged with having an abortion after she had a miscarriage when she was 18 years old.[/caption] I was on a…
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Chile Might Be Reforming Its Total Abortion Ban
This extreme restriction on women's reproductive health rights not only conflicts with international law, it also puts the lives of countless women and girls at risk.
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Estados Unidos y Otros Gobiernos de la Región Fracasan en la Protección de Menores Migrantes No Acompañados
El número de niños y niñas migrantes no acompañados que cruzan la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México se ha elevado a más de cincuenta mil y se espera que…
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United States and Other Regional Governments Failing to Protect Unaccompanied Migrant Children
Children fleeing unprecedented levels of organized crime and gang violence are not pawns in the political debate about immigration reform.
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Violence Against Women: When Will Nicaragua Wake Up?
Less than 2 years after passing a law against violence against women (Law 779), the National Assembly of Nicaragua has weakened the protection it offers.
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Annual Report: Nicaragua 2013
Republic of Nicaragua Head of state and government Daniel Ortega Saavedra All forms of abortion remained criminalized. A new law on violence against women came into effect; most victims of…
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What Would You Tell a Victim of Domestic Violence?
In Nicaragua, pressing charges may no longer be an option. The Nicaraguan government must not allow mediation to replace punishment of gender-based violence.