Human Rights

UN Must Mandate Fact-Finding Mission to English-Speaking Cameroon

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Leaders Demand that the U.N. Human Rights Council Mandate a Fact-Finding Mission to English-Speaking Cameroon Press Conferences to be held in three cities on February 7, 2019 PRESS CONTACTS: Geneva: Dr. Bernadette Ateghang, +49 176 8655 4127

February 5, 2019 No Comments

How You Can Act for Migrant Justice at the Border

Tear gas on children. Tens of thousands of immigrants imprisoned and awaiting deportation. Military troops instead of humanitarian aid. The denial of asylum to thousands of people fleeing rampant violence in their homelands. What we are experiencing is a moral

December 7, 2018 No Comments

Nadia Murad: A Yazidi Voice Against Slavery

Nadia Murad, now a United Nation Goodwill Ambassador on Trafficking of Persons, is the co-laureate of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. In 2014, when she was 21, she and her neighbors in a predominantly Yazidi village in the Simjar mountainous

October 26, 2018 No Comments

Nadia Murad: A Yazidi Voice Against Slavery

Nadia Murad, now a United Nation Goodwill Ambassador on Trafficking of Persons, is the co-laureate of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. In 2014, when she was 21, she and her neighbors in a predominantly Yazidi village in the Simjar mountainous

October 26, 2018 No Comments

U.S. Faith Leaders Call for Protection and Safe Passage of Honduran Caravans

As news that caravans of Honduran migrants are setting off from Honduras, traveling through Guatemala and Mexico on their way to the United States, we as U.S. people of faith affirm their right to travel safely and seek protection. Rooted

October 22, 2018 No Comments

Solidarity with Latin America Means Opposing Nicaraguan Dictatorship

In 1978 and 1979, Nicaraguans took up arms to depose a dictatorship, and I am forever thankful for their heroic actions and for getting rid of the 43-year-old Somoza tyranny. In 2018, people are protesting nonviolently to end a second

September 21, 2018 No Comments

Solidarity with Latin America Means Opposing Nicaraguan Dictatorship

In 1978 and 1979, Nicaraguans took up arms to depose a dictatorship, and I am forever thankful for their heroic actions and for getting rid of the 43-year-old Somoza tyranny. In 2018, people are protesting nonviolently to end a second

September 21, 2018 No Comments

Urgent Appeal to Support FOR Peace Presence in Colombia

FOR Peace Presence (FORPP) is a sister branch to FOR-USA within the International FOR movement, providing life-saving human rights accompaniment to threatened activists and communities in Colombia. Because of the false perception of peace in Colombia following the Nov. 2016

September 20, 2018 No Comments

Urgent Appeal to Support FOR Peace Presence in Colombia

FOR Peace Presence (FORPP) is a sister branch to FOR-USA within the International FOR movement, providing life-saving human rights accompaniment to threatened activists and communities in Colombia. Because of the false perception of peace in Colombia following the Nov. 2016

September 20, 2018 No Comments

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