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August 11, 2020 Dispatches

Mexican Senate Should Engage in Meaningful Consultations on Mental Health Bill

Coalition urges the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the consultation process.

August 10, 2020 Commentary

Those Who Value the Rule of Law Should Back Supreme Court’s Independence in Colombia

Former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe arrives at the Supreme Court for questioning in a case about his alleged involvement in witness tampering in Bogotá, Colombia, Tuesday, October 8, 2019.

August 5, 2020 News Release

Colombia: Uribe’s House Arrest Tests Rule of Law

Government, Ruling Party Should Respect Judicial Independence

Alvaro Uribe, Colombia's former president, attends a debate as a senator at the Congress in Bogota, Colombia, October 3, 2016. © 2016 Reuters

August 5, 2020 News Release

Bolivia: Civil Registries Should Recognize Same-Sex Unions

High Court Rules Against Anti-LGBT Discrimination

LGBT march during the International Day Against Homophobia in La Paz, Bolivia, in 2013. © AIZAR RALDES/AFP via Getty Images

August 3, 2020 Commentary

Militarization: Colossal Error

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, center, stands with Secretary of Defense Luis Crescencio Sandoval, left, and Secretary of the Navy, Vidal Francisco Soberon, in an open military vehicle during the Independence Day military parade in the capital's main plaza, the Zocalo, in Mexico City.

August 3, 2020 Dispatches

Ecuador Court to Review Military Use of Force

Ministerial Resolution Endangers Protesters

Soldiers in riot gear arrive to reinforce authorities after street merchants protested the seizure of their merchandise by the municipal police of Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, May 21, 2020.

August 3, 2020 Commentary

A Glimmer of Hope for Transgender People

Women practice social distancing as they wait in line to enter a supermarket, on a day that men must stay indoors in Panama City on April 3, 2020.

July 31, 2020 News Release

El Salvador: Police Officers Convicted for Transgender Murder

Further Efforts Needed to Prevent, Prosecute Hate Crimes

A transgender woman shows a photograph of Camila Díaz, whom she met while migrating to the US, where they both turned themselves in to immigration authorities. Both women were eventually deported.

July 29, 2020 News Release

Venezuela: Allow UN to Help Stop Covid-19 Spread

Member Countries, Donors Should Support Apolitical Aid Efforts

People wearing face masks walk past a mural depicting Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on April 17, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

July 28, 2020 News Release

Cuba: Protest Over Police Killing Suppressed

Covid-19 No Excuse for Arbitrary Detention, Communication Restrictions

A man is detained at the site where a protest against the killing of a Black man by police was due to take place in Havana, Cuba, June 30, 2020.

July 27, 2020 Commentary

Sustained Pressure Against the Ortega Government

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega greets soldiers during the oath of the Commander in Chief of the Nicaraguan army General Julio Cesar, at the Revolution square in Managua, Nicaragua February 21, 2020.

July 24, 2020 News Release

Mexico: Overhaul Police Forces

Protests Highlight Abuse, Impunity, Corruption, Lack of Training

Young people march in Guadalajara, Jalisco on June 6, 2020 to protest the May 4 killing of Giovanni López after he was arrested in Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Jalisco, allegedly for not wearing a mask.

July 23, 2020 News Release

Cuba: Repressive Rules for Doctors Working Abroad

Receiving Governments Should Press for Change

Medics and paramedics from Cuba pose upon arrival at the Malpensa airport of Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 22, 2020. Fifty-three doctors and paramedics from Cuba arrived in Milan to help with coronavirus treatment.

July 22, 2020 News Release

Guatemala: Rights Official at Risk of Dismissal

Congress Attacks Ombudsperson’s Support of LGBT Rights, Abortion Access

Guatemala’s Human Rights Ombudsperson Jordan Rodas speaks during a press conference after a meeting with members of the organization "proud of my PNC" (Civil National Police), formed by relatives of police officers, in Guatemala City on July 17, 2018.

July 15, 2020 Commentary

Stuck at Venezuela’s Border with Covid-19 All Around

The vulnerability that drove many Venezuelans to leave their home country has increased because of the Covid-19 pandemic. These migrants now face discrimination on the journey back

Venezuelan migrants wait for a bus in Bogota, Colombia, to travel to the border with Venezuela during the Covid-19 pandemic, on Thursday, July 2, 2020.

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