Bilingual Newsletter
| Winter 2007 |
Right: Jennifer Lopez stands with Catalina Gonzalez, whose daughter Cristina Escobar Gonzalez was murdered in Juarez, Mexico on 3/13/04.
Urge the New Mexican President to Take Action to Stop the Femicides in Ciudad Juárez
Over 400 women and girls have been brutally killed in Ciudad Juárez
and Chihuahua, Mexico since 1993. Some of the victims were employees of
the maquiladora industry and disappeared on their way to or from work.
Sign the petition now »
Jennifer Lopez Works With Amnesty to Expose Femicides
At the Berlin Film Festival, Jennifer Lopez received Amnesty International's
"Artists for Amnesty" Award in recognition of her work as producer
and star of Bordertown, a film exposing the ongoing murders of hundreds
of women in the border city of Juárez, México. Lopez also
worked with Amnesty to launch a
bilingual website in memory of all the murdered women »
Take Action
Guatemala: “Claudina Was Killed by One Thing: Impunity..."
19 year-old university student Claudina Velásquez had
been studying to become a lawyer when her dead body was found on 13 August
2005. As serious deficiencies have been reported in the investigation into
Claudina's murder, her killers may not be brought to justice. Act
now »
Video
México: Laws but No Justice
Narrated
by Gael García Bernal, this 5 minute video looks at cases of human
rights violations committed within the public security and criminal justice
system in Mexico. Watch
the video »
Latest News
USA:
Amnesty International is renewing its call to the Louisiana authorities
for a pardon to be granted to Gary Tyler, whose 1975 trial was infected
with racial prejudice
China:
The millions of migrant laborers who are fueling China's economic growth
are treated as an urban underclass
USA:
New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission recommends abolition
Colombia:
Amnesty International welcomes advances in investigations into 2005 Colombia
peace community massacre
Bolivia:
Amnesty International visits the country 23 February to 6 March
Events
Reading of "Loteria for Juárez" By Josefina López
International Women's Day
Thursday, March 8 8:00 p.m.
CASA 0101
2009 East First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Josefina López, is one of today's preeminent Chicana writers. She has written such plays as Simply Maria, Or the American Dream, Confessions of Women From East L.A. and Real Women Have Curves. Josefina López is committed in bringing awareness and Justice for the Murders of Women of Ciudad Juárez, and has written a screenplay for HBO titled "Loteria for Juárez".
Amnesty International's Aliados con Amnesty Network invites you to attend this reading and presentation at CASA 0101 in Los Angeles, Ca, and will be present to collect petitions and letters to Stop Violence Against Women in Ciudad Juárez. Please attend in commemoration of International Women's Day and to support the campaign to Stop Violence Against Women.
Admission is FREE but space is limited. RSVP's
are required »
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