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10 international organizations submit amicus brief in case of imprisoned Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín
A group of 10 international organizations submitted an amicus curiae brief to Guatemala’s Supreme Court in the case of ...
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Mass Incarceration and Democratic Deterioration: Three Years of the State of Exception in El Salvador
On March 27, 2022, at the request of President Nayib Bukele, the Legislative Assembly passed a state of exception, limiting ...
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Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: The Alien Enemies Act, military buildup, border wall
With this series of weekly updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See ...
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Feminist Community Journalism Builds Hope”: How Women Communicators in Guatemala and Colombia Are Defending Human Rights
Our second episode was our first-ever Spanish-language episode. Our president, Carolina Jiménez Sandoval, spoke with Quimy de ...
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The Alien Enemies Act
President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 for only the fourth time in U.S. history. The target, this time, ...
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Argentina must protect social mobilization, not silence it
Social and human rights organizations express our deep concern over the brutal repression ofsocial protest in Argentina on ...
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Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: February migration, ICE arrests, Guantánamo empties, Panama releases
Adam Isacson has worked on defense, security, and peacebuilding in Latin America since 1994. He now directs WOLA’s Defense Oversight... With this series of weekly updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most ...
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“The Era of Women”: challenges and priorities in the women’s human rights agenda in Mexico
Claudia Sheinbaum, president of Mexico since October 2024, stated in her inauguration speech that she did not come to power alone, but rather, “we have all arrived”. That is to say, that the election ...
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