Winter 2005


Defender of the Sierra
By Monica Campbell

For standing up to to corrupt landowning bosses and international logging interests in Mexico's southern state of Guerrero, activist Felipe Arreaga was framed for murder and thrown in prison. Now free, Arreaga faces a precarious future as a man marked for revenge. | More »

Streets of Despair
By Ed Vulliamy

Ruthless cirminal syndicates prey on the world's most vulnerable women and children, trafficking them across borders and forcing them into lives of servitude. Women trafficked into the sex trade suffer terribly in this modern-day slavery. | More »

Brutality in Blue
By Walter Armstrong

Groundbreaking research by Amnesty International USA shows a dangerous pattern of police brutality toward gays and transgender people. Activists are pressing for change and seeing some hopeful signs. | More »

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