The murder trial of George Alan Kelly brought out the elephant in the room for public viewing: We live in a country founded on racism that continues to serve justice
Kichwa leader Quinto Inuma Alvarado, president the Santa Rosillo de Yanayacu community, was murdered last Wednesday, November 29, in the San Martín region of the Peruvian Amazon. The crime took place around five p.m. when the activist was traveling with several relatives on the Yanayacu River. When his boat hit a tree and got stuck, […]
As the first woman president of the Federation of Kechwa Chazuta Amazonia Indigenous Peoples (FEPIKECHA), Marisol García Apagüeño represents about 3,000 people from 11 communities in the San Martín region of Peru. Although half of
A delegation of U.S. officials is at the United Nations office in Geneva this week to address the Human Rights Committee. The officials will answer questions from the committee about how various policies impact human rights in the U.S., including at the border. The UN panel is made up of independent rights experts focused on whether countries are honoring the International