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WOLA Newsroom  August 24, 2010The Mexican government will be taken to the Inter-American Court on Human Rights (IACHR) in Costa Rica today and tomorrow for the torture of campesino environmentalists Teodoro Cabrera García and Rodolfo Montiel Flores  August 17, 2010Each year, thousands of migrants traveling through Mexico on their way to the United States are victims of abuse. Belén, Posada del Migrante, a refuge for migrants has recently been the victim of several attacks.  July 12, 2010Raúl Hernández, defender of human rights in Guerrero, Mexico, has been a prisoner of conscience for over two years. The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the Latin American Working Group (LAWG) call for Raúl's immediate release and ask the Attorney General of Guerrero, David Sotelo, to investigate the lack of due process in his case.  July 9, 2010Don't miss Presumed Guilty, a documentary about injustice in the judicial system in Mexico, airing on PBS on July 27. Check local listings for times.  June 22, 2010WOLA would like to call your attention to a letter sent to the Governor of Chihuahua that highlights to the ongoing violence against women in Juárez, México. (Available in Spanish only) Download  March 31, 2010WOLA and LAWG sent the following letter to Mexico’s Secretary of the Interior Fernando Francisco Gomez-Mont regarding repeated threats and harassment of members of the Organization of Indigenous Peoples of Me’phaa (OPIM) including specifically Obtilia Eugenio Manuel, her sister Andrea, and the Tlachinollan Human Rights Center, both located in the state of Guerrero.  March 25, 2010The opinion article centers on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's trip to Mexico and the prospects for greater US-Mexico cooperation in strengthening Mexico's institutions to provide for a better security environment in the country.  February 12, 2010WOLA Associate for Mexico and Central America, Maureen Meyer, appeared today on World Focus in a segment titled "South of the border, the drug war rages out of control". January 27, 2010The following memo describes how women in the Mexican state of Chihuahua have been subjected to violence and abuse as a result of the Mexican government's counter-drug operations and the conflicts between drug trafficking organizations.  December 18, 2009In spite of overwhelming documentation that his confession was obtained under torture and of irregularities in the legal proceedings, Alfonso Martín del Campo Dodd has been in prison for the last 17 years for the 1992 murder of his sister and brother-in-law in Mexico City, Mexico. After so many years, now is the time for the Mexican government to deliver ... November 12, 2009According to a recent report released by international experts from the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), the Transnational Institute in The Netherlands and the Colectivo para una Política Integral Hacia las Drogas in Mexico, the new Mexican law that decriminalizes the possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use will substantially increase chances that drug users are mistaken ...  September 25, 2009The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) granted its 2009 Human Rights Award to the Tlachinollan Human Rights Center from Guerrero, Mexico, an award given each year to organizations or individuals who significantly contribute to the promotion of human rights in Latin America.  April 23, 2009In a landmark case on gender violence, the families of three murdered women in Chihuahua have brought the Mexican government before the Inter-American Court, seeking justice for their daughters. Attached are further resources on the case.  May 9, 2008This report from the Congressional Research Service, outlines the Merida Initiative including a funding breakdown for both the Mexico and Central America portions.  April 20, 2008The shift toward Pentagon control over large areas of foreign assistance “will have a crucial bearing on how U.S. power is exercised and projected around the world,” says the new report. Download  March 19, 2008In this memo, WOLA provides an analysis of the Merida Initiative, a proposed $1.4 billion assistance package for Mexico and Central America, slated for a vote in the U.S. Congress later this year. | |
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