Bilingual Newsletter
| March 2006 |
Bring Former Peruvian President Fujimori to Justice
Former head of state, Alberto Fujimori, is being accused by the Peruvian
State of serious human rights violations, which include first-degree murder
(homicidio calificado) and forced disappearance. Fujimori is currently being
held in Chile. The Peruvian State has requested Fujimori's extradition from
Chile. Ensure that the crimes committed during Fujimori’s term in
office do not go unpunished.
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Join an online discussion next Tuesday, April 4th, from 1:00-2:00 pm EST.
Our guest will be Carlos Marín, Amnesty International USA's Country
Specialist for Perú.
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Interview: Saúl Hernández, Fighting for
Human Rights with Amnesty International
Saúl
Hernández, the lead singer of the Mexican rock band Jaguares,
talks about his collaboration with Amnesty International to support
the campaign to bring justice to the women of Ciudad Juárez
and Chihuahua, Mexico.
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Free Prisoners of Conscience in Honduras
Two leaders of the Lenca indigenous communities are jailed in Honduras
for a crime they did not commit, victims of a bitter struggle over land
rights. The Lenca people have struggled for years with local landowners
over the title to territory that the Lencas claim as ancestral communal
lands.
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"When the man who feeds the world by toiling in the fields
is himself deprived of the basic rights of feeding, sheltering and
caring for his own family, the whole community of man is sick." |