This letter was endorsed by the Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network:
Dear Mr. Brooks,
In your January 15, 2010 opinion piece in The New York Times, “The Underlying Tragedy,” you present what you seem to believe is a bold assessment of the situation in Haiti and what you certainly know is a provocative recommendation for Haiti’s future. You also offer some advice to President Obama. In order to successfully keep his promise to the people of Haiti that they “will not be forsaken” nor “forgotten” the President, you say, has to “acknowledge a few difficult truths.”
What follows, however, is so shockingly ignorant of Haitian history and culture and so saturated with the language and ideology of cultural imperialism that no valuable “truths” remain.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Salvadoran anti-mining activists murdered and threatened in Cabañas
The Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network endorsed and sent this letter:
To:
Romeo Barahona, Attorney General
Rodolfo Delgado, Federal Prosecutor
Manuel Melgar, Minister of Public Security
Carlos Antonio Asencio Girón, General Director of the National Civilian Police
Oscar Humberto Luna, Human Rights Ombudsman
Herman Rosa Chávez, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources
Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena, Honorable President
THE UNDERSIGNED SALVADORAN ORGANIZATIONS IN EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND MEMBERS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZAIONS
GIVEN THAT:
During the last six months there have been four assassinations in the Department of Cabañas, the first in June of Marcelo Rivera, who was kidnapped, tortured and assassinated; the second on December 20 of Ramiro Rivera Gómez and his companion; and the most recent on December 26 of Dora Alicia Sorto, whose husband José Santos is the spokesperson for the Environmental Committee of Cabañas. At the time of her assassination, Mrs. Sorto was in the eighth month of pregnancy and her two year old son was also wounded in the attack.
To:
Romeo Barahona, Attorney General
Rodolfo Delgado, Federal Prosecutor
Manuel Melgar, Minister of Public Security
Carlos Antonio Asencio Girón, General Director of the National Civilian Police
Oscar Humberto Luna, Human Rights Ombudsman
Herman Rosa Chávez, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources
Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena, Honorable President
THE UNDERSIGNED SALVADORAN ORGANIZATIONS IN EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND MEMBERS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZAIONS
GIVEN THAT:
During the last six months there have been four assassinations in the Department of Cabañas, the first in June of Marcelo Rivera, who was kidnapped, tortured and assassinated; the second on December 20 of Ramiro Rivera Gómez and his companion; and the most recent on December 26 of Dora Alicia Sorto, whose husband José Santos is the spokesperson for the Environmental Committee of Cabañas. At the time of her assassination, Mrs. Sorto was in the eighth month of pregnancy and her two year old son was also wounded in the attack.
Letter against the human rights abuses in post-coup Honduras
The Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network has endorsed this letter:
We, the undersigned workers, artists, & intellectuals, strongly condemn the widespread human rights atrocities against the Honduran people, beginning with the military coup on June 28th of 2009. Reports from human rights organizations emerge every day detailing state repression, from rape to assassination, of members of the non-violent resistance, whose aim is to restore constitutional order to their country and foster the creation of a more just society.
These abuses by the Honduran state violate nearly every article of the American Convention on Human Rights, to which Honduras is a signatory, beginning with the rupture of constitutional order and resulting in thousands of rights violations.
We, the undersigned workers, artists, & intellectuals, strongly condemn the widespread human rights atrocities against the Honduran people, beginning with the military coup on June 28th of 2009. Reports from human rights organizations emerge every day detailing state repression, from rape to assassination, of members of the non-violent resistance, whose aim is to restore constitutional order to their country and foster the creation of a more just society.
These abuses by the Honduran state violate nearly every article of the American Convention on Human Rights, to which Honduras is a signatory, beginning with the rupture of constitutional order and resulting in thousands of rights violations.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Urgent Appeal for Haiti
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere and thousands are feared
dead from the 7.0 earthquake that levelled Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010.
From the Canada Haiti Action Network:
On January 12th at 5 pm local time, a powerful magnitude-7 earthquake struck in Haiti . It was centred near the capital city Port-au-Prince and has caused massive destruction. The Canada Haiti Action Network urges Canadians and others around the world to contribute generously to emergency relief.
dead from the 7.0 earthquake that levelled Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010.
From the Canada Haiti Action Network:
On January 12th at 5 pm local time, a powerful magnitude-7 earthquake struck in Haiti . It was centred near the capital city Port-au-Prince and has caused massive destruction. The Canada Haiti Action Network urges Canadians and others around the world to contribute generously to emergency relief.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Public denunciation of treatment of political prisoner Liliany Obando
TRASPASA LOS MUROS
CAMPAÑA PERMANENTE DE SOLIDARIDAD CON LAS DETENIDAS Y LOS DETENIDOS POLÍTICOS
libertadpresxspoliticxs@jimdo.com
Beyond the Walls
Permanent Campaign in Solidarity with the Political Prisoners
PUBLIC DENUNCIATION
INPEC continues abuse and persecution against LILIANY PATRICIA OBANDO VILLOTA
The Beyond the Walls Campaign denounces to the national and international community the abuse of authority and the persecution carried out by members of the National Institute of Prison and Penitentiary – INPEC – against human rights defender LILIANY PATRICIA OBANDO VILLOTA, political prisoner in the “El Buen Pastor” Women’s Prison in Bogotá, Colombia.
CAMPAÑA PERMANENTE DE SOLIDARIDAD CON LAS DETENIDAS Y LOS DETENIDOS POLÍTICOS
libertadpresxspoliticxs@jimdo.com
Beyond the Walls
Permanent Campaign in Solidarity with the Political Prisoners
PUBLIC DENUNCIATION
INPEC continues abuse and persecution against LILIANY PATRICIA OBANDO VILLOTA
The Beyond the Walls Campaign denounces to the national and international community the abuse of authority and the persecution carried out by members of the National Institute of Prison and Penitentiary – INPEC – against human rights defender LILIANY PATRICIA OBANDO VILLOTA, political prisoner in the “El Buen Pastor” Women’s Prison in Bogotá, Colombia.
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