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Case Updates By Date (Sort by Country)
2005
6/01/05Colombia Government Pledges to Protect Women's Rights Group
6/21/05Guatemala Death Threats Against Lawyer End
8/01/05Guatemala Myrna Mack Conviction Upheld
7/18/05Guatemala New Secret Police Files Discovered
6/02/05Guatemala UN Opens New Human Rights Office
6/15/05Honduras Death Squad Member Sentenced
5/26/05Mexico Indigenous Woman Released
8/25/05 Nicaragua Banana Workers Win Against Dow & Shell
9/1/05 Mexico Environmental activist acquitted and released
11/3/05Colombia Oil Workers End Hunger Strike
2006
1/6/06El Salvador Class Action Suit Upheld Against Salvadoran Generals
1/13/06Nicaragua Banana Workers Put Lien on Shell Oil
1/17/06Honduras Honduras Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
1/18/06Nicaragua Court Orders Halt to Water Privatization
1/20/06Mexico Court sides with women's activist/journalist
1/30/06Guatemala Police Chief Charged in Election Riots
2/1/06 Mexico President of Human and Labor Rights Commission Released
2/1/06 Colombia Special Protection for Threatened Labor Leaders
2/2/06Honduras Indigenous Leader Released!
3/22/06El Salvador Government "Regrets" Child Disappearances
4/3/06Honduras SOA Grad/Death Squad Leader found Guilty
5/16/06Colombia Arrests in murder of Afro-Colombian Leader
7/14/06Mexico Former municipal police officers arrested for the death of 18 indigenous
9/20/06Honduras Afro-Hondurans make progress in protecting their lands
10/16/06Guatemala Government apologizes for murder of Efraín Bámaca
10/26/06 Guatemala No more threats against human rights lawyer
10/28/06 Colombia Murder of union leader prompts lawsuit against Nestle in US federal court
11/1/06 Guatemala Lawyer and Family no longer being threatened
12/20/06Nicaragua Court orders Dole & Shell to pay $800 million to former banana workers
2007
1/2/07 Nicaragua Champion of consumers' rights to head public water system
2/13/07 Colombia Family member of the Popular Women’s Organization is disappeared
5/1/07 Mexico Defamation charges against women’s activist and journalist are dropped, then new attempt on her life
5/11/07 Mexico Mexican Federal Commission for Electricity says that hydroelectric dam protesters “destroy information to confuse people of good faith”
5/14/07 Colombia Threats and attacks continue against the Peace Community; another leader is murdered
5/17/07 Honduras New attacks against Association for More Just Society (ASJ)
5/24/07 Mexico Union organizer tortured, killed in Monterrey
5/27/07 Nicaragua $300,000 awarded to former banana workers for pesticide poisoning
6/1/07 Guatemala Threats finally stopped after several attacks against activists opposing mining
6/1/07 Mexico Activist, President of the Human and Labor Rights commission, released
2008
2/1/08 Colombia Landmark court ruling to protect the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó
2/19/08 El Salvador New attacks against Association for More Just Society (ASJ)
2/25/08 Guatemala Military archives now open to the public
3/1/08 Colombia Justapaz thanks people of the U.S. for their solidarity
4/1/08 Guatemala Dirty Gold = Death Threats
4/17/08 Guatemala Genocide survivors give testimony
5/13/08 Colombia Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó
High ranking army official admits army-paramilitary orchestration of Feb 2005 massacre
6/9/08 Guatemala Military parade canceled due to protests by human rights groups
6/11/08 Colombia More threats against Coca-Cola union leaders
6/16/08 Guatemala Important steps forward in movement to Stop Dirty Gold.
Indigenous from 60 communities gather to say ¡No Más!
6/18/08 Colombia Threats continue against leaders of OFP, women’s rights organization
7/1/08 Colombia Important victories for flower workers
2009
3/09 Guatemala US knew about 1980s abuses
3/09 Mexico OPIM: Release of prisoners of conscience
4/09 Colombia Protective measures for journalist
4/09 Mexico OPIM: protective measures for indigenous leader
5/09 Colombia Soldiers charged in civilian "false positive" killings
5/09 Honduras Capture of suspected killers of labor leader Altagracia Fuentes
6/09 Guatemala Two sentenced for murder of peasant rights activist Israel Carías
7/09 Colombia International pressure prevents eviction in Curvaradó River basin
8/09 Colombia Nestle worker shot 10 times at his house
10/09 Colombia Suspects arrested in massacre of 12 Awa people
10/09 Mexico Protective measures for activist family in Oaxaca
12/09 Guatemala Historic first conviction of military officer for crime of forced disappearance; paramilitary also convicted in related case
2010
1/10 Colombia Attorney General admits that national police killed student activist
2/10 Nicaragua Despite set-backs in US courts, poisoned workers continue their pursuit of justice
3/10 Guatemala Genocide survivor Jesus Tecu Osorio receives human rights award
3/10 Colombia First army officer sentenced in Peace Community massacre
4/10 El Salvador Preliminary hearing for four suspected in murder of anti-mining activist in Cabañas
4/10 Colombia MOVICE leader unjustly detained for more than a year
5/10 Guatemala U.S. rounds up former Guatemalan military accused of Dos Erres massacre; face deportation and possible prosecution in Guatemala
5/10 Guatemala Goldcorp ordered to stop open pit mining in San Marcos
5/10 Nicaragua Improvements to La Chureca dump in Managua
Case Updates By Country (Sort by Date)
Colombia
6/01/05Colombia Government Pledges to Protect Women's Rights Group
11/3/05Colombia Oil Workers End Hunger Strike
2/1/06Colombia Special Protection for Threatened Labor Leaders
5/16/06 Colombia Arrests in murder of Afro-Colombian Leader
10/28/06 Colombia Murder of union leader prompts lawsuit against Nestle in US federal court
2/13/07 Colombia Family member of the Popular Women’s Organization is disappeared
5/14/07 Colombia Threats and attacks continue against the Peace Community; another leader is murdered
2/1/08 Colombia Landmark court ruling to protect the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó
3/1/08 Colombia Justapaz thanks people of the U.S. for their solidarity
5/13/08 Colombia Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó
High ranking army official admits army-paramilitary orchestration of Feb 2005 massacre
6/11/08 Colombia More threats against Coca-Cola union leaders
6/18/08 Colombia Threats continue against leaders of OFP, women’s rights organization
7/1/08 Colombia Important victories for flower workers
8/09 Colombia Nestle worker shot 10 times at his house
4/10 Colombia MOVICE leader unjustly detained for more than a year
4/09 Colombia Protective measures for journalist
5/09 Colombia Soldiers charged in civilian "false positive" killings
7/09 Colombia International pressure prevents eviction in Curvaradó River basin
8/09 Colombia Nestle worker shot 10 times at his house
10/09 Colombia Suspects arrested in massacre of 12 Awa people
1/10 Colombia Attorney General admits that national police killed student activist
3/10 Colombia First army officer sentenced in Peace Community massacre
El Salvador
1/6/06El Salvador Class Action Suit Upheld Against Salvadoran Generals
3/22/06El Salvador Government "Regrets" Child Disappearances
2/19/08 El Salvador New attacks against Association for More Just Society (ASJ)
4/10 El Salvador Preliminary hearing for four suspected in murder of anti-mining activist in Cabañas
Guatemala
6/21/05Guatemala Death Threats Against Lawyer End
8/01/05Guatemala Myrna Mack Conviction Upheld
7/18/05Guatemala New Secret Police Files Discovered
6/02/05Guatemala UN Opens New Human Rights Office
1/30/06Guatemala Police Chief Charged in Election Riots
10/16/06Guatemala Government apologizes for murder of Efraín Bámaca
10/26/06Guatemala No more threats against human rights lawyer
5/1/07 Guatemala Threats finally stopped after several attacks against activists opposing mining
2/25/08 Guatemala Military archives now open to the public
4/1/08 Guatemala Dirty Gold = Death Threats
4/17/08 Guatemala Genocide survivors give testimony
6/9/08 Guatemala Military parade canceled due to protests by human rights groups
6/16/08 Guatemala Important steps forward in movement to Stop Dirty Gold.
Indigenous from 60 communities gather to say ¡No Más!
3/09 Guatemala US knew about 1980s abuses
6/09 Guatemala Two sentenced for murder of peasant rights activist Israel Carías
12/09 Guatemala Historic first conviction of military officer for crime of forced disappearance; paramilitary also convicted in related case
3/10 Guatemala Genocide survivor Jesus Tecu Osorio receives human rights award
5/10 Guatemala U.S. rounds up former Guatemalan military accused of Dos Erres massacre; face deportation and possible prosecution in Guatemala
5/10 Guatemala Goldcorp ordered to stop open pit mining in San Marcos
Honduras
6/15/05Honduras Death Squad Member Sentenced
1/17/06Honduras Honduras Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
2/2/06Honduras Indigenous Leader Released!
4/3/06Honduras SOA Grad/Death Squad Leader found Guilty
9/20/06Honduras Afro-Hondurans make progress in protecting their lands
5/17/07 Honduras New attacks against Association for More Just Society (ASJ)
Mexico
5/26/05Mexico Indigenous Woman Released
9/1/05 Mexico Environmental activist acquitted and released
1/20/06Mexico Court sides with women's activist/journalist
2/1/06 Mexico President of Human and Labor Rights Commission Released
7/14/06Mexico Former municipal police officers arrested for the death of 18 indigenous
5/1/07 Mexico Defamation charges against women’s activist and journalist are dropped, then new attempt on her life
5/11/07 Mexico Mexican Federal Commission for Electricity says that hydroelectric dam protesters “destroy information to confuse people of good faith”
5/24/07 Mexico Union organizer tortured, killed in Monterrey
6/1/07 Mexico Activist, President of the Human and Labor Rights commission, released
10/09 Mexico Protective measures for activist family in Oaxaca
3/09 Mexico OPIM: Release of prisoners of conscience
4/09 Mexico OPIM: protective measures for indigenous leader
Nicaragua
8/25/05Nicaragua Banana Workers Win Against Dow & Shell
1/13/06Nicaragua Banana Workers Put Lien on Shell Oil
1/18/06Nicaragua Court Orders Halt to Water Privatization
12/20/06Nicaragua Court orders Dole & Shell to pay $800 million to former banana workers
1/2/07Nicaragua Champion of consumers' rights to head public water system
5/27/07 Nicaragua $300,000 awarded to former banana workers for pesticide poisoning
2/10 Nicaragua Despite set-backs in US courts, poisoned workers continue their pursuit of justice
2/10 Nicaragua Despite set-backs in US courts, poisoned workers continue their pursuit of justice
5/10 Nicaragua Improvements to La Chureca dump in Managua