Tag Archives: human rights
How Zuccotti Park Became Zuccotti Prison: Creeping American Police State
America may not be a traditional police state (yet), but it is an increasingly militarized policed state in which rights are regularly tossed out the window.
Filed under Analysis, New York, United States
Police brutality charges sweep across the US
From Naomi Wolf’s arrest in New York to shootings in Tucson and Florida, forces face allegations of abuse of power
Filed under Analysis, Arizona, California, Illinois, New York, United States
Guerrillas’ child testifies against kidnapper
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA © 2010 The Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The first dirty-war kidnap victim to be identified by DNA tests returned from Spain to testify that a former government intelligence agent not only stole her from her … Continue reading
Filed under Argentina
Against the New McCarthyism: A NACLA Statement on Hollman Morris
The North American Congress on Latin America denounces the State Department’s decision to deny a visa to Colombian TV journalist Hollman Morris. Morris was slated to receive the Samuel Chavkin Award for Integrity in Latin American Journalism, given by NACLA … Continue reading
Filed under Colombia, United States
Colombia Support Network Representatives detained at Miami airport
We wish to report that we John I. Laun and Cecilia Zarate-Laun, were taken to an immigration office in the Miami airport when we returned on Friday July 17, 2010 from attending the dedication of the Carol Chomsky Forest (Bosque … Continue reading
Filed under Colombia
