|
4Reverse Matter of A-T- and defend women's rights
On September 27, 2007, the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board), the highest immigration court in the country, denied protection to Alima Traore, a 28 year-old woman from Mali who was subjected to female genital cutting (FGC) as a child, and who fears a forced marriage should she be sent back to her home country. Learn more...
4Justice for Pepe ~ Justice for Guatemala
On Friday, August 17, 2007, 28 year-old José Emanuel “Pepe” Méndez Dardón was assassinated on his way home from work in Guatemala City. Pepe, the married father of seven year-old twins, was the son of Amílcar Méndez, who has been internationally recognized for his human rights work. Learn more...
4Femicides in Guatemala
In just the past six years, over 2,500 young Guatemalan women have been murdered, 665 in 2005 alone. What local activists are calling "femicide" is spreading in Guatemala and throughout Latin America. Learn more...
4Legal update and Documents relating to Matter of R- A- (the Alvarado case)
See this page for more information on our campaign to defend Rody Alvarado and win asylum for women fleeing gender persecution.
4Rody Alvarado's Story
|
|
