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News Article
Open Letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Regarding Murder of Honduran Indigenous and Environmental Activist Berta Cáceres
March 10, 2016

Dear Secretary of State Kerry,

We write in shock and deep sorrow regarding the murder of Honduran human rights and environmental defender Berta Cáceres, founder and general secretary of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). We urge a response from the State Department that is not business as usual but a profound change of direction towards improving the abysmal situation of human rights in Honduras.

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Event
Social Justice Teach-In
February 6, 2016
The InterReligious Task Force, in conjunction with Case Western Reserve University, presents the 16th annual Social Justice Teach-In as a great opportunity for people of all ages to learn about critical human rights issues and practice hands-on skills to organize for change. This annual event attracts 500+ participants, many from area high schools and colleges. The Teach-In will provide participants with information, skills, and resources to support their own social justice programming at their schools and congregations.
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RRN Letter
RRN Letter: Colombia, 1/25/2016
January 25, 2016
assassination attempt on Maricel Ipia Yenny Luligo, peasant leader in Cauca Department and member of the Board of the Peasant Movement of Cajibio and member of the Municipal Roundtable of the Victims of Cajibío, affiliated with MOVICE-Cauca (Movement of Victims of State Crimes)
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RRN Letter
RRN Letter: Honduras, 1/23/2016
January 23, 2016
killing of Garífuna residents Joel Palacios Lino, age 24, and Elvis Armando Garcia, age 19, by Honduran Navy on Atlantic coast in Colón Dept.
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News Article
SOA graduates arrested
January 22, 2016
In Guatemala eighteen former military officials were arrested on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in one of the largest mass arrests of military officers Latin America has ever seen. Twelve of them were trained at the SOA.
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RRN Case Update
RRN Case Update: Mexico, 01/01/2016
January 1, 2016
Disappearance of 43 Students: suspicion of torture, collusion between officials and organized crime

RRN letter  [excerpted]

October 13, 2014: to the governor of Guerrero and federal interior minister, with copies to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHCR) and other officials

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RRN Letter
RRN Letter: Colombia, 12/13/2015
December 13, 2015
death threats to Danelly Estupiñán (Process of Black Communities, PCN), and Rocío del Pilar Segura (community leader), organizing resistance to port expansion at Buenaventura sea port in Valle de Cauca Department.
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RRN Letter
RRN Letter: Colombia, 12/12/2015
December 12, 2015
assassination of Daniel Abril, member of the Movement of Victims of State Crimes (MOVICE), who had been vocal about human rights abuses committed by oil companies in Casanare Department. Also: death threats to María Cardona Mejía, technical secretary of the Caldas Department chapter of MOVICE.
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News Article
Human Rights Day - What can we celebrate?
December 10, 2015
Our German volunteer Sophie Fruechtenicht wrote this article for the blog of her volunteer program Action Reconciliation Service for Peace.
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RRN Case Update
RRN Case Update: El Salvador, 12/1/2015
December 1, 2015
US deports Salvadoran general for 1980s assassinations

Gen. Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova is the highest-ranking foreign official to be deported under laws enacted in 2004 to prevent human rights violators from seeking haven in the US

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