2009

Join Us in Remaking Cuba Policy

by Paulo Gusmao on January 29, 2009

This is an exciting time to be active in our country's decision making process. There are certainly no shortage of opportunities to get involved in responding to our new President's call to "…pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

:2009, Action Alerts

Honoring Colombia's True Heroes and Heroines

by Travis Wheeler and Lisa Haugaard on January 12, 2009

As President Bush in the waning days of his administration bestows the Presidential Medal of Freedom upon Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, we'd like to nominate as LAWG Heroes of the Year 2008 the brave and tireless Colombian human rights activists who are taking risks to end the Colombian army's killings of civilians.

:2009, Action Alerts

Scapegoats of Juárez: The Misuse of Justice in Prosecuting Women's Murders in Chihuahua, Mexico

by Ben Leiter on September 01, 2005

Scapegoats details the use of scapegoats and the manipulation of the judicial system in Chihuahua, Mexico to resolve the spate of 410 women's murders there since 1993.

:2009, LAWG/LAWGEF Publications