Human and Indigenous Rights Links
The following links to information and other resources are provided as a community service. Articles are provided under U.S. Fair Use laws.
Community Action for Justice in the Americas (CAJA) - Social and environmental justice group based in Missoula. CAJA believes in globalización desde abajo (grassroots globalization) and works in solidarity with the people of Latin America to educate and mobilize our community to effect positive change.
Columbia Support Network - The Colombia Support Network is a non-governmental organization striving to improve the human rights situation in Colombia and build solidarity between the peoples of North America and Colombia.
Democracy, Human Rights and Militarism in the War on Drugs in Latin America - An award winning book published jointly, by The Transnational Institute, Bolivian Documentation and Information Center, and Inforpress Centroamericana Guatemala. You can read the entire book at this site.
Global Exchange - Global Exchange is a human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political, and social justice around the world. Since our founding in 1988, we have been striving to increase global awareness among the US public while building international partnerships around the world.
Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation - MVFR is supporting the coordinated national efforts to abolish the death penalty in the U.S. by recruiting, training, preparing and mobilizing family members to get involved in jurisdictional campaigns.
School of the Americas Watch - The US Army School of Americas (SOA), based in Fort Benning, Georgia, trains Latin American soldiers in combat, counter-insurgency, and counter-narcotics. Graduates of the SOA are responsible for some of the worst human rights abuses in Latin America. SOA Watch is an independent organization that seeks to close the US Army School of the Americas, under whatever name it is called, through vigils and fasts, demonstrations and nonviolent protest, as well as media and legislative work.
Montana Human Rights Network - Montana's grassroots human rights organization
Voices in the Wilderness - Since its founding in 1996, Voices in the Wilderness has campaigned to end economic and military warfare against the Iraqi people.