August 10, 2009
WOLA wrote the following letter to Guatemala's Attorney General Amílcar Velázquez Zárate in support of Raul Figueroa Sarti's appeal against a copyright infringement. Figueroa Sarti is the owner of F&G Editors, a publishing company that has published innumerable works on human rights in the country. WOLA fears the charges against Sarti are baseless and meant to be an ...
August 7, 2009
WOLA Executive Director sent a letter to administration officials expressing concerns regarding the pending agreement between the US and Colombia over the US military's use of military facilities in that country. Click to read her letter.
August 6, 2009
This past week we received various reports of concern from our Afro-Colombian grassroots counterparts that we wish to bring to your attention. We kindly suggest that you contact the State Department and ask that they take action on the following cases affecting Afro-Colombian communities.
August 5, 2009
On April 30, 2009, experts on Colombia's IDPs and refugees, U.S. NGOs, international institutions and affected governments came together to participate in a pioneering conference, entitled A Solution Oriented U.S. Policy to Address the Colombian Forced Displacement Crisis organized by Refugees International and the Washington Office on Latin America with the support of twenty one other U.S. non-governmental and faith-based ...
July 28, 2009
Civil society reports on the human rights situation in Honduras.
July 16, 2009
As the State Department prepares to issue its first report to the US Congress, it is imperative that they recognize the deeply troubling human rights violations happening in Mexico, particularly military abuses against the civilian population. WOLA urges the US to not release to Mexico the portion of Merida Initiative funding withheld under the human rights reporting requirements.
July 14, 2009
The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) recently sent President Obama and Members of the U.S. Congress a letter highlighting their opposition to the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Colombia and the U.S. under its' present guidelines. ONIC's position to the FTA is important to consider because this entity represents 102 indigenous peoples that recognize trade an essential element for ...
July 14, 2009
President Uribe met with President Obama recently to primarily promote the trade agreement between the United States and Colombia. As the 111th Congress debates the agreement, they should take into consideration the structure of the sugarcane industry in Colombia which is of particular concern from a human rights and environmental perspective.
July 2, 2009
Representative James P. McGovern (D-MA) sent the following letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today regarding the recent coup in Honduras. McGovern a long-time advocate for human rights in Latin America applauded the Administration's principle stand against the coup in Honduras and urged the Administration to call for an immediate reinsertion of Zelaya, a suspension of U.S. assistance ...
June 25, 2009
This report paints a portrait of the police in Central America today. It draws on interviews conducted by in-country experts with government officials, current and former police, representatives of international aid agencies, and civil society leaders in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
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June 25, 2009
Human rights defenders face increasing levels of persecution in the Mexican state of Guerrero, and WOLA has worked with counterparts in the state and in the US to oppose militarization and the criminalization of social protest. Today, WOLA,LAWG, DPLF, and HRW sent a letter denouncing the attempted murder of Margarita Martín de las Nieves. Read more...
June 12, 2009
The Washington Office on Latin America along with 12 other human rights organizations wrote a letter today, June 12, 2009, to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton requesting that the United States Government take immediate, concrete and public action to help resolve the escalating social and political crisis in Peru.
June 11, 2009
WOLA’s study entitled, DR-CAFTA and Workers' Rights: Moving from Paper to Practice evaluates the progress countries have made with regard to objectives stipulated in the “White Paper” a self-assessment written by the CAFTA-DR governments at the signing of the free trade agreement on how to improve labor rights in their own countries.
May 14, 2009
Eight US human rights groups wrote the following letter to Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom. The groups expressed profound concern about the series of death threats and reported surveillance by unidentified persons recently received by staff members of two prominent human rights organizations, Security in Democracy (SEDEM) and the Unit for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala ...
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