Some 10,000 Colombians marched through Bogota’s main avenues on July 1 as part of the worldwide celebrations for International Pride Day (June 28). The march, which went from the National Park to the Plaza de Bolivar, was organized by the… Read moreColombia: civil union law blocked
According to an open letter from the Provincial Council of Ecuador’s Orellana province, starting in June 26 the Ecuadoran armed forces attacked striking residents of 26 communities of the Dayuma-Pindo Zone parish in Orellana. The communities were protesting the refusal… Read moreEcuador: violence in Orellana oil zone
An unauthorized migrant drowned in a border canal in El Paso, Texas, on June 27 after a US Border Patrol agent trying to rescue him was hit in the head with a rock thrown by a suspected smuggler, Border Patrol… Read moreMigrants die on Mexican border
On June 23, some 500 activists marked World Refugee Day by gathering outside the T. Don Hutto Residential Center, an ICE detention center holding immigrant families with children in Taylor, Texas. The facility holds more than 500 immigrants, including hundreds… Read moreTexas activists protest ICE prisons
On July 5, De La Salle High School in Concord, California, was locked down for 15 minutes while ICE sought to arrest a construction worker on the school grounds. Confusion erupted after two Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officers… Read moreICE arrest locks down California school
The Pentagon said July 6 it has appealed a decision by a military judge to dismiss the case of a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of killing a US soldier in Afghanistan. It is the first use of the appeals process… Read morePentagon appeals Gitmo detainee’s case
From the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA), July 5: Alieh Eghdam Doost, who was arrested on June 12, 2006 for attending a women’s rights rally in Tehran, is sentenced to three years and five months prison term and 20 lashes,… Read moreIran: women’s rights activist gets prison and lashes
From the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC), July 6: Statement of Iraq Freedom Congress on the Assassination of Abdelhussein Saddam The terrorist US forces kidnapped Abdelhussein Saddam, head of the Safety Force of the Iraq Freedom Congress after opening fire at… Read moreIraq: civil resistance leader killed by US forces
From the International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI), July 3: Ebrahm Madadi, the vice-president of the board of directors of Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company was arrested on July 3, 2007. According to… Read moreIran: transport union leader arrested
Authorities in Brazil say they freed over 1,000 workers who were being held captive as “debt slaves” at an ethanol producing sugarcane plantation. The Brazilian Ministry of Justice said that police from the Mobile Verification Task Force freed 1,108 workers… Read moreBrazil: slaves freed from biofuel plantation
Argentina is preparing for a new human rights trial for crimes committed during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship. Just days before the start of the latest trial, Argentine police discovered a body thought to be that of a missing witness. Police… Read moreArgentina: rights trial opens; witness found dead?
From the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC), July 4: The US Special Forces attack the head of Safety Force, Abd-alhussien Sadam; opened fire at him and his daughter A US special unit escorted by Iraqi national guards had attacked the house… Read moreIraq: details on US attack against civil resistance leader
