Amnesty International USA

Erick Veliz
We talked to Erick Veliz, an Amnesty International USA member, who also serves as legislative coordinator for Tennessee and is currently an elected board Member to AIUSA.

Miguel Orlando Muñoz Guzmán’s Family
Miguel Orlando disappeared on May 8th, 1993 at the age of 25 in a military barrack of the Mexican city of Juárez. The family alleged that there are soldiers involved in the disappearance and that Miguel Orlando supposedly discovered them in a pretended connection with drug trafficking. The following is an interview granted by Miguel Orlando’s family during their visit to Washington, D.C.

Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia Castillo
A U.S. military court sentenced Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia Castillo to one year's imprisonment for desertion. He had refused to return to his unit in Iraq, citing moral reasons, the legality of the war and the conduct of U.S. troops towards Iraqi civilians and prisoners.

Christina Alvarez
Christina is the Co-Chair of the OUTfront Steering Committee. Her areas of interest are: refugee resettlement, migrancy issues, and LGBT rights. She currently resides in Orange County, California with her partner, Emily Wood, and their two overwhelming terriers.

Eleazar Juárez
Local Student Area Coordinator with Amnesty International Arizona, he is deeply committed to issues of immigration and refugees. Eleazar is finishing up his undergraduate degree at Arizona State University.

Dan Esparza
Dan has over 8-years of experience in the rape crisis field. He participated as a spokesperson for AIUSA’s 700 women campaign that pushed for the full reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.

Juan Meléndez
Juan Meléndez is the 24th person to be exonerated from death row in the state of Florida. After spending almost 18 years facing the death penalty for a crime he did not commit, Mr. Meléndez was released in 2002.

Luis Mandoki and Oscar Torres
In this interview Luis Mandoki, director, and Oscar Torres, writer, talk about "Innocent Voices," a film that tells the true story of an 11 year-old boy who is caught in the middle of the civil war in El Salvador in the 1980s.

Hilda Solis
Southern California Congresswoman Hilda Solis (D-CA) is a leader in the effort to raise awareness of the tragic violence against women in Juárez and Chihuahua.

Bishop Gabino Zavala
Bishop Zavala has been the Auxiliary Bishop for the San Gabriel Region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles since 1994. He is a native of Guerrero, Mexico. Bishop Gabino participated in the Weekend of Faith and Action Against the Death Penalty.

Alex Taylor
Alex Taylor del Cid, a committed human rights advocate, volunteers with Amnesty International USA as a specialist for Chile and collaborator for Argentina. He works full time for the Council of Latino Agencies, a community organization based in Washington, DC that conducts political investigations in benefit of the Latino community living in the area.

Claudia Acevedo
Claudia María Acevedo González, general coordinator of the Asociación de Lesbianas Liberadas or Lesbiradas ("Lesbirated”) is one of the main leaders of the gays and lesbians movement for the human rights in Latin America.This organization emerged from the efforts of twelve women who, with the participation of other lesbians in Guatemala, have fought for the visibility of lesbianism and the public defense of lesbians’ human rights.

Saúl Hernandez
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.

Flor Arballo
Flor Arballo is Amnesty International's Stop Violence against Women (SVAW) Campaign Coordinator for Northern California. She grew up in Tijuana, Mexico, and worked closely with the migrant community as well as with disadvantaged children. Read about her experiences volunteering as well as her profound commitment to Human Rights.