by Dominique Griffith
on April 22, 2010
Although months have passed since the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti, our partners believe that a lot more should be done to help Haitians recover and rebuild.
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by Vanessa Kritzer and Lisa Haugaard
on April 19, 2010
Over the last couple weeks, from Tempe, Arizona to Duluth, Minnesota,
Olympia, Washington to Jackson Heights, New York, people like you have
been creating hundreds of portraits of our
Colombian sisters and brothers and have been showcasing them in your community centers, churches
and city streets. And people are paying attention! 
But to make a real impact, we need Washington to get in on the
conversation, too.
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by Lisa Haugaard
on April 20, 2010
In March, two major annual human rights reports on Colombia were
released by the State Department and the United Nations High
Commissioner on Human Rights’ office in Colombia. They highlight some
advances, most notably a decline in killings of civilians by the army
(extrajudicial executions), but point to numerous ongoing problems,
including the major scandal of illegal wiretapping by the government’s
DAS intelligence agency, a pronounced slowness in achieving justice in
extrajudicial execution cases, threats and attacks against human rights
defenders and failures by the government in protecting them, a
resurgence of illegal armed groups following the paramilitary
demobilization, and sexual violence in the context of the conflict.
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by Lisa Haugaard
on April 16, 2010
Extremely serious human rights violations have taken place since
the inauguration of Honduran President Porfirio Lobo on January 27th.
Since that date, there has been a notable increase in attacks against
people opposed to the June 28th coup d’état and their family members, as
well as a surge in attacks against journalists. A teacher was slain in
front of his class. Three campesino leaders from the community of Aguán
were assassinated.
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by Brian Erickson & Jennifer Johnson
on April 20, 2010
We don't typically take action on state-level legislation. However, we find a bill recently passed by Arizona's state legislature and currently on its way to Governor Jan Brewer's desk –- SB1070 –- so dangerously misguided that we feel we cannot sit back silently. And you shouldn't either!If allowed to pass into law by Gov. Brewer, SB 1070 would effectively force police to engage in racial profiling, criminalize unauthorized migrants for 'trespassing' into Arizona, and permit anyone to sue local agencies if they believe that the law isn't being adequately enforced. Such policies are as sweeping as they are dangerous.
by Brian Erickson & Jennifer Johnson
on April 15, 2010
Earlier this week, Arizona state legislators voted in favor of legislation that – if signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer - would institutionalize discriminatory and dangerous policies by effectively pressuring police to engage in racial profiling, criminalize unauthorized migrants for 'trespassing' into Arizona, and permit anyone to sue local agencies if they believe that the law isn't being adequately enforced. Such policies are as sweeping as they are dangerous.
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