Central America

TRANSIT

MTV Staying Alive — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:57:41 -0700

Transit is a 90-minute made-for-TV film that explores sex and sexuality, and the behaviours, emotions and circumstances that lead young people to take sexual risks. It is intended to be used as a tool to open dialogue about sex and sexual decisions among young people. The goal of the film is to encourage behaviour change among young people that will motivate them to practice safer sex.

Rights On The Line: Vigilantes at the Border

WITNESS Archive — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:12:14 -0700

Running Time: 25 Minutes

RIGHTS ON THE LINE: VIGILANTES AT THE BORDER exposes the ugly anti-immigrant politics that lurk behind the Minuteman Project - and shows the continuum between official border militarization and vigilante action. This video was shot by human rights activists and residents of border communities. It tells the story of border tensions from the point of view of those affected and reveals the underlying motivations of the vigilantes through interviews and disturbing footage of their nighttime patrols.

Dual Injustice : Feminicide and Torture in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua (Excerpts)

WITNESS Archive — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:25:43 -0700

Running Time: 4 Minutes, 46 Seconds

Since 1993, over 400 women have been violently killed in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua in northern Mexico. Known as "feminicide," this phenomenon has become one of the most embarrassing human rights scandals in recent Mexican history. Under fire for their inability to resolve these crimes, the police have attempted to appease the public outcry by torturing people to confess to the murders. However, neither the families of the disappeared nor those of the accused believe the right people are behind bars.

Forgotten People (Excerpts)

WITNESS Archive — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:48:41 -0700

Running Time: 1 Minute, 13 Seconds

FORGOTTEN PEOPLE documents the frightening similarities in the degrading treatment of people with mental disabilities in Mexico, Armenia, Hungary and the former Yugoslavia. Yet this problem is not confined to Latin America or Eastern Europe but extends around the globe to Western European countries and the United States.

Every Human Has Rights: Speak Out

Garífunas Holding Ground

WITNESS Archive — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:58:33 -0700

Running Time: 11:08 mins.

CULPABLES HASTA CUANDO? ABORTO LEGAL Y SEGURO

IPPF-WHR — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:10:18 -0700

En su país todas estas mujeres son culpables. Culpables por haber abortado. ¿Culpables hasta cuándo? Aborto legal y seguro.

Paramilitaries sentenced in Rio Negro massacre

WITNESS Archive — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:52:32 -0700

After years of trials, delays, and obstruction, five civil patrollers (Patrullas de Autodefensa Civil) have been found guilty by a Guatemalan court of the horrific mass murders on March 13, 1982 at Rio Negro. The Rio Negro massacre was just one among many massacres which characterized the height of the genocidal campaign against the indigenous Maya during the 36-year Guatemalan civil war.

Amnesty International

Derecho A La Justicia

WITNESS Archive — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:15:47 -0700

Running Time: 9:30 min.

Garífunas Holding Ground

WITNESS Archive — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:05:15 -0700

[Full/Rights Alert RT 11:00]

Garífunas Holding Ground

WITNESS Archive — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:05:15 -0700

[Full/Rights Alert RT 11:00]