SAN FRANCISCO-The formerly proposed Conga Mine was the source of years of struggle by the people of Celendin, Cajamarca, Peru. Denver’s Newmont Mining allegedly attempted to […]
School of the Americas Watch Annual Action Takes Over Congressional Offices
WASHINGTON-“We are here in honor of Berta Caceres, the indigenous activist and environmentalist who was assassinated last month in Honduras, a country that has been ripped […]
Immigrant Rights Supporters Count Monday as a Win
WASHINGTON-Texas vs. the United States was heard on its first day in the US Supreme Court in the nations capital on Monday. Those coming out of the […]
Democracy Spring Events Continue in DC
WASHINGTON-A broad coalition of organizations brought their demands to the nation’s capital. The group called for the end to corruption of big money in politics and […]
Supreme Court to Hear DAPA/DACA Case on Monday
WASHINGTON-This morning the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on President Obama’s immigration initiatives DAPA and expanded DACA, acronyms for Deferred Action of Parental Arrivals […]
International Delegation Attacked by Hydroelectric Company Backers at Berta Caceres Memorial (New photo essay below)
TEGUCIGALPA-What began as an attempt to honor assassinated human rights and indigenous leader Berta Caceres at the very river she lived to protect, ended in an […]
EMN Blog: Former Serb Official Acquitted of War Crimes
“Vojislav Seselj is now a free man,” ruled the judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Jean Claude Antonetti on March 31, 2016. […]
Denver Police Hit with Another Federal Civil Rights Suit
An April 29, 2015 rally in Denver against police brutality resulted in several arrests. Most of those cases were dismissed but it has been the Denver […]