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Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border (Excerpts)

For more than a decade, the southern border of the U.S. has resembled a war zone....

Mexico, United States

Arbitrary arrest

Witnessed: 24923 times

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Violent Evictions at El Estor, Guatemala

The video, released by the pressure group Rights Action, shows how a Canadian mining company recently called in state prosecutors and armed law enforcement officers to move indigenous peoples off land...

Guatemala

Housing, Indigenous peoples, Internally displaced persons

Witnessed: 13458 times

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Oaxacan Women March for Respect - 02.15.2007

On November 19th, women of Oaxaca marched to protest disrespect and harassment by the Federal Police.

Mexico

Racial discrimination, Rape and sexual abuse

Witnessed: 12790 times

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Now is the Hardest Time

La Unión de Comunidades Indígenas de la Zona Norte del Istmo (UCIZONI) se constituyó legalmente en Junio de 1985, aunque las primeras acciones organizativas se remontan a 1979....

Mexico

Housing, Poverty

Witnessed: 11638 times

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Radio Planton in Oaxaca - 07.20.2007

A sit-in or “plantón” is a demonstration method that is used to press the government to address a problem....

Mexico

Detention, Education

Witnessed: 9321 times

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Labor Day in Mexico - 06.07.2007

This week, to inaugurate our regular posts from this date on, AiM covers the first days of May in Mexico City, dates filled with history for ...

Mexico

Detention, Indigenous peoples

Witnessed: 9173 times

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Artisan Market in Mexico City - 06.21.2007

[Translator’s Note: A Ciudadela is an area with some protection from the elements found in the interior of a large plaza....

Mexico

Indigenous peoples

Witnessed: 9004 times

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Get That Camera!

Police attack a journalist and steal his camera in New York at a protest demanding justice for a Journalist murdered by state officials in Mexico. Oct 2006

Mexico, United States

Freedom of opinion & expression

Witnessed: 8659 times

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