Millions across the Americas are fleeing human rights violations in their countries, seeking protection. Refugees are people who find themselves with no choice other than to leave their lives behind hoping for safety. Many arrive in hostile environments but stepping back home could put their lives...

Amnesty International expresses its concern about the preventive detention of 12 human rights defenders who are campaigning to protect the Carlos Escaleras National Park, a protected area, from a mining project. The Honduran state must guarantee an independent and impartial investigation that...

The arrival in Mexico since 19 October 2018 of between 8,000 and 10,000 migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum from Honduras, as well as from El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala as part of a series of so-called caravans is an urgent situation that requires States to respond in line with...

The National Criminal Court, based in the Supreme Court of Justice, declared that the lawyers representing Berta Cáceres’ children and Gustavo Castro, the only witness to her killing, had abandoned the trial. Consequently, the Court ordered that representation of the human rights defender’s family...

Several countries in the Americas have established national protection mechanisms to guarantee the safety of human rights defenders as well as other at-risk groups, like trade unionists, journalists and justice officials. The purpose of this brief document is to present Amnesty International’s...

This community campaigning manual was developed with and for young territory, land, and environmental defenders in Guatemala and Honduras as part of the Defending the Defenders project financed by the Swedish Postcode Lottery. The manual complemented a comprehensive training-of-trainers process for...

This security toolkit was developed with and for young territory, land, and environmental defenders in Guatemala and Honduras as part of the Defending the Defenders project financed by the Swedish Postcode Lottery. The toolkit was designed to complement a comprehensive training-of-trainers process...

The Honduran security forces used excessive force to suppress the wave of demonstrations that followed the elections on 29 November 2017. They detained hundreds of people. Several of those arrested for crimes allegedly committed during the protests face criminal proceedings and are being denied...

Amnesty International acknowledges the XLVIII Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly as a regional summit that promotes dialogue between the diverse states of the Americas. In the context of its 70th anniversary, the OAS has invited reflections on its future as it seeks to...

Mexico is witnessing a hidden refugee crisis on its doorstep. Citizens from nearby countries who formerly left Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador and passed through Mexico in search of economic opportunities have for a number of years been leaving their countries due to fear for their lives and...

Ahead of massive popular mobilization and protests announced to take place as of 20 January, Amnesty International calls on the Honduran authorities to respect and protect the right to peaceful assembly life and physical integrity of protestors. The opposition has called for a week of protests at...

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