Human Rights Advocates Given Maximum Federal Prison Sentences of Six Months for Direct Action Opposing the School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC)
Judge Finds SOA Watch Activists Guilty for Carrying Protest against the SOA/WHINSEC onto Fort Benning, Issues Arrest Warrant for Michael Walli for Refusing to Appear for the Trial. - 1/25/10
November 20-22, 2009, Fort Benning, Georgia: Mass Mobilization to Shut Down the School of the Americas
- 11/3/09
U.S. Human Rights Activists Stand Vigil in front of the U.S. Embassy in Honduras
- 7/9/09
Military Coup by SOA Graduates in Honduras Shines Spotlight on Controversial U.S. Military Training School
- 7/6/09
Human Rights Advocates Face Six Months in Federal Prison for Nonviolent Direct Action Opposing the School of the Americas (SOA/ WHINSEC)
Trials Against Opponents of the Controversial Military Training School Begin in Columbus, Georgia on Monday, January 26 - 1/26/09
Bolivian Military Withdraws from Controversial U.S. Army Training School
In a letter to the Western Hemisphere Institute for Cooperation’s Commandant, Col. Gilberto Perez, President Evo Morales announced that the Bolivian military will no longer attend the former U.S. Army School of the Americas in Fort Benning, GA. - 2/19/08
Trial Against Peruvian Human Rights Abuser Concludes in Miami
Perpetrator Hurtado Takes Fifth; Refusing to Face Victims - 2/11/08
Kucinich Rejects Spending Bill Because of SOA/ WHINSEC Funding
- 12/17/07
Thousands Turn Out to Protest US Army Training School for Latin American Soldiers
Two Presidential Candidates Joined Protest in favor of closing the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation; Eleven Human Rights Advocates Arrested by Military Police for Nonviolent Direct Action - 11/18/07
Dennis Kucinich Joins Rally to Demand Closure of U.S. Army School of the Americas
Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, Representative Jim McGovern, veteran civil rights activist Ruby Sales, the Indigo Girls, torture survivors and social movement leaders from Latin America are among the speakers and performers at the annual vigil at the gates of Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia. - 11/16/07
Human Rights Advocates Rally in Georgia to Demand Closure of U.S. Army School of the Americas
Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, Representative Jim McGovern, the Indigo Girls, torture survivors and social movement leaders from Latin America are among the speakers and performers at the annual vigil at the gates of Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia. - 11/8/07
Evo Morales Announces End of Bolivian Military Training at ex-U.S. Army School of the Americas
Bolivia is the fifth Latin American country to announce a withdrawal from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation - 10/11/07
U.S. Army School Instructors Jailed for Involvement in Colombian Drug Cartel
Col. Alvaro Quijano and Maj. Wilmer Mora taught courses in Peacekeeping Operations and Democratic Sustainment at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation from 2003-2004 - 8/21/07
Costa Rica to Cease Police Training at Controversial U.S. Army School
President Oscar Arias vowed to stop sending Costa Ricans to train at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), formerly known as the School for the Americas (SOA). The Central American nation is the fourth country after Argentina, Uruguay and Venezuela to sever ties with the school, citing its history of human rights abuses. - 5/17/07
Colombian Paramilitary Leader Confirms Collusion with U.S. Trained Colombian Generals
Former AUC Commander Identified U.S. Army School of the Americas Graduates as Collaborators - 5/16/07
Peruvian Human Rights Violators Arrested in U.S.
Telmo Hurtado and Juan Rivera Rondon Received Training at U.S. Army School of the Americas - 4/2/07
School of Americas Protesters Sentenced
- 1/30/07
Human Rights Activists Face Six Months in Prison for Opposing Controversial School of the Americas
Judge refuses to hear testimony from wife of man murdered by SOA Graduates - 1/25/07
Multitud Record en Protesta contra Escuela de Entrenamiento Militar para Latinoamericanos
22,000 personas se reunieron en Georgia, miles m?s en diez pa?ses
Diecis?is personas fueron detenidas por protestar en base militar - 11/20/06
Record Show of Opposition to U.S. Army Training School
22,000 rallied in Georgia;
thousands more in ten other countries
At least thirteen arrested while taking protest onto military base - 11/19/06
Two Priests Arrested at Ft. Huachuca Torture Protest
120 Join Ft. Huachuca Torture Protest as Part of Hemisphere Wide Actions against Torture and U.S. Military Intervention - 11/19/06
U.S. Army Training School for Latin Americans Losing Ground
Tens of Thousands to Rally for Human Rights
For the first time, coordinated actions calling for closure of the School of the Americas will take place November 18-19 in ten countries - 11/18/06
Escuela de Entrenamiento Militar para Latinoamericanos Pierde Terreno
Decenas de Miles se Manifestaran por los Derechos Humanos
Por primera vez, acciones coordinadas llamando a cerrar la Escuela de las Americas se realizaran del 17 al 19 de Noviembre 2006 en diez pa?ses
- 11/18/06
Miles se Reunir?n para Demandar el Cierre de la Escuela de las Am?ricas
17 al 19 de noviembre en el Fuerte Benning, en el estado de Georgia, sede de la Escuela de las Am?ricas -- acciones coordinadas en ocho pa?ses - 11/17/06
Thousands to rally this weekend for closure of Pentagon school for Latin Americans
Coordinated actions November 17-19, 2006 in eight countries; thousands expected at Fort Benning, Georgia, home of US Army?s School of the Americas - 11/16/06
Thousands will Rally to Demand Closure of U.S. Military Training School for Latin Americans and Call for an End to U.S. Military Intervention.
Coordinated actions November 17-19, 2006 in eight countries; thousands expected at Fort Benning, Georgia, home of US Army?s School of the Americas - 11/9/06
Record 20,000 Expected at Annual Peaceful Protest at the School of the Americas/Whinsec
Press release from Maryknoll - 11/7/06
School of the Americas Graduate Responsible for Priest Murders Found in U.S.
Former Salvadoran Soldier convicted for the 1989 murder of six Jesuit priests and two Salvadoran women arrested in California - 10/26/06
Tens of Thousands to Rally Across Hemisphere to Demand Closure of US Combat Training School for Latin Americans
Coordinated actions November 17-19, 2006 in five countries; thousands expected at Fort Benning, Georgia, home of US Army?s School of the Americas - 10/19/06
1000 Grandmothers Gather November 17 to Say NO to Torture
Grandmothers across the nation are organizing for the
annual mobilization to close the SOA/WHINSEC - 10/18/06
SOA Watch FOIA Request Denied by the Pentagon
- 10/5/06
Bolivia Delegation Urges U.S. to Notify Ex-President Sanchez de Lozada of Obligation to Return to Trial
Ex-President and two ministers face charges for the death of 67 protesters during Bolivia's "Gas War" - 9/26/06
Pedir?n al Gobierno Chileno que Termine Env?o de Soldados a la Nueva Escuela de las Am?ricas
- 8/20/06
Barbara Lee Calls for More Humane, Less Militaristic Policy in Debate on Foreign Aid Bill
Press Release from Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Ninth Congressional District of California, U.S. House of Representatives - 6/9/06
Congressional Vote to Cut Funding for School of the Americas/ WHINSEC Expected Today
Congress Will Decide Fate of Controversial Pentagon Training Facility for Latin American Soldiers - 6/8/06
Torture is Un-American: The SOA and its Devastating Legacy
Press Memorandum from the Council on Hemispheric Affairs - 6/8/06
Declassified FBI Files Reveal Years of Surveillance of Peaceful Demonstrations by FBI's Counterterrorism Division
ACLU and School of the Americas Watch filed for documents; much information blacked out, some pages not released - 5/4/06
Human Rights Advocates Flood Congress to Call for Suspension of Training at School of the Americas
Congress Will Soon Decide Fate of Controversial Pentagon Training Facility for Latin American Soldiers - 4/25/06
Human Rights Advocates Rally at Park, Flood Capitol Hill in Support of Suspension of Training at School of the Americas
Congress Soon to Decide Fate of Controversial Pentagon School
- 4/20/06
29 Human Rights Advocates Report to Federal Prisons Today for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Actions
Those Headed to Prison, including 81-year-old WWII Veteran, Will Serve Time for Opposition to U.S. Army?s School of the Americas
- 4/11/06
Uruguay & Argentina Cease Training at
U.S. Army?s School of the Americas
Defense Ministers of Both Countries Cite SOA Legacies of Torture and Social Repression in Meetings with Human Rights Advocates; Congress Soon to Decide Fate of Controversial Pentagon School - 3/28/06
Thirty-one Nonviolent Activists Sentenced to Prison in Columbus, Georgia
Two protestors over 80 years old headed to prison for actions opposing controversial Army training school - 2/1/06
Seventeen Sentenced to Prison as Trials Continue for Human Rights Advocates
81-year-old WWII Veteran among 32 Charged in Columbus, Georgia - 1/31/06
Trials Begin in Georgia for 32 Human Rights Advocates
Nine, including 81-year-old, Sentenced to Prison this Morning - 1/30/06
Human Rights Advocates Face Six Months in
Prison for Civil Disobedience Opposing
Controversial U.S. Army Training School
Trials Begin in Columbus, Georgia on Monday, January 30
Grandmother, Priests, Retirees, Nun, Students among those Prosecuted - 1/26/06
Summertown Man Reports to Memphis Federal Prison Today to Begin 3 Month Sentence for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience
Don Nelson Arrested with 40 Others in November at Fort Benning, Georgia Opposing Controversial U.S. Army?s School of the Americas - 1/17/06
Brother of Slain Labor Representative Visits Burial Site,
Calls for Closure of US Army?s School of the Americas
Frank Hammer Opposes Controversial Army School Where Brother?s Killers Trained - 1/3/06
?Zero-Tolerance for Torture?
Thousands to Rally for Human Rights
Annual Protest to Close School of the Americas Broadens Focus;
Demands Discontinuation of ?the Policies and Politics of Torture? - 11/19/05
Thousands to Rally to Demand
Closure of Controversial US Army
Training School this Weekend
Mass Convergence at Fort Benning, Georgia
November 19-20 to Close School of the Americas - 11/17/05
Woman GI Publicly Stands Against War as She Faces Immediate Deployment to Middle East
- 11/16/05
Maryknoll Sister Released from Prison
Sister Lelia Mattingly says her six-month sentence helped efforts to
close down the infamous School of the Americas - 9/14/05
U.S. Priest Awarded Prestigious German Peace Prize
Father Roy Bourgeois honored for his work to close
controversial U.S. Army training school for Latin Americans - 9/1/05
Human Rights Advocates to Report to Prison for
Civil Disobedience Opposing Controversial
Training Facility for Latin Americans
Eleven will begin three- to six-month sentences on Tuesday, March 15 - 3/15/05
Torture Survivors, Veterans, Students, Nuns Rally at Justice Department to Oppose Gonzalez, School of the Americas
Human Rights Advocates Lobby Congress, Call for Closure of School of the Americas and End to Torture Policies - 2/22/05
Students, Steelworker, Farmer, Retiree Sentenced to Federal Prison
Eight Defendants ? Including Two High School Students ? Await Trial for Nonviolent Actions to Close School of the Americas - 1/24/05
Human Rights Activists Facing Prison Time for Civil Disobedience to Close the SOA/ WHINSEC
Minors, Nun, Steelworker, Students and Retiree Among Those Headed to Trial and Possible Six Months in Prison - 1/20/05
Why Does the US Government Want to Export Salvadoran Death Squads to Iraq?
- 1/13/05
School of the Americas Watch Wins Prestigious Human Rights Award
Fr. Roy Bourgeois Accepts Award from Alfonso Com?n Foundation, Presented by the Mayor and City Council of Barcelona, Spain - 12/14/04
Over 16,000 Converge at Fort Benning
Many Scale Barbed-Wire Fences and are Arrested While Calling for Closure of US Army?s School of the Americas - 11/21/04
More Than 12,000 Gather to Demand Closure of the ?School of Assassins?
Susan Sarandon, Sr. Helen Prejean Join Demonstrators to Call for an End to Impunity for the US Army?s School of the Americas - 11/20/04
Protestors Declare Fences Unconstitutional
On Heels of Federal Appeals Court Ruling,
Columbus City Police Restrict Access to Protest Site
- 11/19/04
Thousands to Demand End of Impunity for the "School of Assassins"
Convergance and Mass Civil Disobedience Action at Fort Benning, Georgia November 20-21, 2004 to Close the US Army's School of the Americas - 11/11/04
Miles de personas demandaran el fin a la impunidad de la "Escuela de Asesinos"
Convergencia y acci?n masiva de desobediencia civil en Ft. Benning, Georgia, el 20 y 21 de noviembre de 2004 para cerrar la Escuela de las Am?ricas. - 11/11/04
Court Rules Terror Fears do not Justify Unconstitutional Searches at Annual SOA Watch Demonstration
Eleventh Circuit Court rules that search policy
violates First and Fourth Amendments - 10/16/04
Honduran Commander Accused of Torture, Disappearance, and Summary Execution to Face Trial In Florida
- 10/6/04
Comandante hondure?o acusado por tortura, desaparicion, y ejecucion sumaria se enfrenta a juicio en Florida
- 10/6/04
March from Ground Zero to Republican National Convention Followed by Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Action Today
- 8/31/04
Hundreds Illegally Arrested at Ground Zero
Over 50 ?Die-In? Outside of Republican National Convention ? Arrests in Progress - 8/31/04
Nonviolent Direct Action in New York to Call for the Closure of the SOA
Mass Civil Disobedience on Tuesday, August 31
during the Republican National Convention
- 8/25/04
International Catholic Peace Movement Calls for the Closing of the SOA
Pax Christi International speaks out on torture and the SOA/WHINSEC - 5/22/04
From Latin America to Abu Ghraib:
Map of U.S. Pattern of Abuse Grows
Torture of Iraqi Soldiers Indicative of Ongoing Policy of Systematic and Illegal Abuse - 5/7/04
Catholic Priest to be Released From Jail After Three Month Sentence
Father Joseph Mulligan, S.J., a Catholic Priest from Detroit, will be Released from the Harris County Jail in Hamilton, Ga. After 90 Days of Imprisonment for his Nonviolent Actions to Close the School of the Americas/WHINSEC - 4/23/04
People from Across the Country Gathered in Washington D.C. to Lobby Congress to Close the School of the Americas/WHINSEC
Successful Lobby Efforts Result in Five New Co-Sponsors to HR 1258, a Bill Calling for the Closure of the SOA/WHINSEC. - 4/7/04
Known Human Rights Abusers Continue to be Trained
at the School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC)
Important New Findings Continue to Detail the Atrocities of the Past, the Fraudulent Nature of Cosmetic Reforms Made in 2001, and the Continuation of Support for Human Rights Abusers - 3/25/04
New Research Findings Incriminate Notorious
School of the Americas (SOA/WHISC)
Human Rights Activists from Across the U.S. Prepare for Mass Mobilization and Lobby Day to Close the SOA/WHISC. Support for Controversial U.S. Military School in U.S. Congress Erodes. - 3/16/04
Jesuit Priest To End Fast on Martyr's Birthday
Fr. Joseph E. Mulligan, S.J., a Catholic Priest and member of the Detroit Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), begins the fortieth day of a fast to end on March 12. - 3/7/04
Venezuela Ceases all Training of Soldiers at the School of the Americas
Graduates of Notorious U.S. Military Training School Cited in
Coup Attempt Against President Hugo Chavez in April 2002
and Embassy Bombings in Caracas in February 2003
Opposition to the SOA in the U.S. Congress Continues to Grow
- 3/1/04
Venezuela cesa el entrenamiento de sus militares en la ?Escuela de las Am?ricas?
Varios graduados de la famosa escuela de entrenamiento militar de EEUU son responsables del tentativo golpe de estado contra el Presidente Hugo Ch?vez en abril del 2002 y de las bombas
puestas en embajadas de Caracas en febrero del 2003.
Sigue creciendo la oposici?n a SOA en el Congreso.
- 3/1/04
28 Human Rights Activists to Begin Federal Trial for Civil Disobedience at Ft. Benning, GA to Close the School of the Americas (SOA/WHISC)
Defendants Aim to Put SOA and US Foreign Policy on Trial
Press Conference: Monday January 26, 2004 8:00-8:30am
U.S. District Court House Steps
(1017 1st Ave., Columbus, GA), Columbus, Georgia
- 1/22/04
Venezuelan President to Reconsider Training of Soldiers at the School of the Americas (SOA/WHISC)
Announcement by Hugo Ch?vez Follows Meeting with
SOA Watch Founder Fr. Roy Bourgeois in Caracas
- 1/22/04
General Wesley Clark on Defensive on School of the Americas (SOA/WHISC), Once Under His Command
Clark ?Proud? of SOA/WHISC, Downplays Atrocities - 1/20/04
Over 10,000 Converge at Fort Benning
Nuns, Priests, Veterans & Students Arrested on the Military Base after Committing Civil Disobedience to Close School of Americas - 11/23/03
U.S. Military Blasts High-Decibel Music at Peaceful, Permitted Vigil
- 11/22/03
Curas, monjas, estudiantes, obreros, veteranos de guerra y muchos otros participaran en la convergencia y participaran en desobediencia civil en la Escuela de Las Am?ricas
De Londres, a Miami, a Georgia...La semana de resistencia al concepto imperio concluir? con una acci?n en masa en la base militar de Ft Benning GA, el 22 y 23 de noviembre. - 11/21/03
Thousands to Expose Double Standard in War on Terrorism
Convergence and Mass Civil Disobedience Action at Fort Benning, Georgia, November 22-23, 2003 to Close the School of the Americas - 11/5/03
Final Group of Human Rights Advocates Sentenced to Federal Prison for Civil Disobedience to Close School of the Americas
- 2/12/03
Human Rights Advocates from Across the U.S. Begin Federal Trial for Civil Disobedience to Close School of the Americas
Defendants Aim to Expose Double Standard in War on Terrorism, Put SOA and U.S. Foreign Policy on Trial - 2/10/03
Defensores de los Derechos Humanos Empiezan El Proceso Judicial de Resistencia Civil Contra La Escuela de las Americas
Defendientes Quieren Revelar Problemas en La Guerra Contra El Terrorismo, Poner La Escuela y La Politica Exterior de E.E.U.U. en El Proceso - 2/10/03
Nuns, Priests, Veterans and Students Sentenced to Federal Prison for Civil Disobedience to Close School of the Americas
Defendants Testified Against Double Standard in War on Terrorism,
Put SOA and U.S. Foreign Policy on Trial - 1/29/03
Defensores de los Derechos Humanos Empiezan El Proceso Judicial de Resistencia Civil Contra La Escuela de las Americas
Defendientes Quieren Revelar Problemas en La Guerra Contra El Terrorismo, Poner La Escuela y La Politica Exterior de E.E.U.U. en El Proceso - 1/27/03
Human Rights Advocates from Across the U.S. Begin Federal Trial for Civil Disobedience to Close School of the Americas
Defendants Aim to Expose Double Standard in War on Terrorism, Put SOA and U.S. Foreign Policy on Trial - 1/27/03
80 Human Rights Activists to Begin Federal Trial for Civil Disobedience to Close the School of the Americas
Defendants Aim to Expose Double Standard in War on Terrorism,Put SOA and US Foreign Policy on Trial - 1/21/03
M?s de 10.000 Personas se Re?nen Pac?ficamente en el Fuerte Benning para Exponer el Doble Est?ndar en la Guerra contra el Terrorismo y Cerrar la Escuela de las Am?ricas
96 Entran en la Base Militar en un Acto de Desobediencia Civil No Violento, a pesar de que Probablemente Ser?an Encarcelados - 11/17/02
Over 10,000 Peacefully Converge at Ft. Benning to Expose Double Standard in War on Terrorism and Close School of Americas
96 (as of 4:30PM) Enter Military Base in Act of Nonviolent Civil Disobedience, Despite Likely Prison Time - 11/16/02
Thousands to Expose Double Standard in War on Terrorism
- 11/15/02
Miles de personas denunciaran la doble moral de la Guerra contra el Terrorismo
- 11/15/02
ACLU and SOA Watch Challenge in Court Plan to Search Each Participant In School of the Americas Protest
Thousands Expected to Arrive in Columbus, GA This Weekend to Expose Double Standard in the War on Terrorism - 11/13/02
Thousands to Expose Double Standard in War on Terrorism:
Massive Convergence at Ft. Benning, Georgia, November 15-17 to Close the School of the Americas - 11/12/02
U.S. Veterans Lobby Congress to Close
School of the Americas
- 9/24/02
Human Rights Activists Begin Federal Prison Term for Civil Disobedience at School of the Americas
Send-Off Rallies Planned Across the Country ? Interviews Available - 9/5/02
Three Arrested at Gates of School of the Americas Upon Return from Human Rights Delegation to Colombia
- 8/12/02
35 U.S. Activists Return from Human Rights Delegation to Colombia
Group to Engage in Nonviolent Direct Action at School of the Americas
Sunday, August 11th, 11AM at main gate to Ft. Benning (Ft. Benning Rd., Columbus, GA) - 8/9/02
Salvadoran Generals Connected to SOA Found Liable for Torture
A Florida federal jury today awarded $54.6 million to three Salvadorans who proved they were tortured by Salvadoran security forces. The two convicted generals are both connected to the SOA. - 7/23/02
Human Rights Activists Sentenced to Prison for Civil Disobedience at School of the Americas
Photos Available at http://www.soawne.org/Photos1Trial37.html - 7/13/02
Human Rights Activists Convicted; Sentencing Today
Photos Available at http://www.soawne.org/Photos1Trial37.html
- 7/12/02
School of the Americas Civil Disobedience Trial: Ex-SOA Instructor to Testify for the Defense
Interviews With Defendants Available
Photos Available at www.soawne.org/Photos1Trial37.html - 7/11/02
School of the Americas Civil Disobedience Trial:
Day One in Court
Ten Defendants Plead Not-Guilty, Stipulating to Facts
Eight Plead Guilty
Nineteen Begin Trial Today, Expected to Continue Through Week
Interviews With Defendants Available
8:30am each morning at courthouse (1017 1st Ave., Columbus, GA),
or call 202.903.7257 - 7/9/02
37 Human Rights Activists Stand Trial for Civil Disobedience at School of the Americas
Trial Starts Monday, July 8
NEWS CONFERENCE
8am outside U.S. District Court
1017 1st Ave., Columbus, Georgia
Solemn Procession to Courthouse
7:30am from Howard Johnson
1011 Veterans Parkway
Interviews With Defendants Available (See Below) - 7/5/02
SOA Grad Arrested for Murder of Colombian Archbishop
- 6/11/02
As “Board of Visitors” Meets, School Is Engaging in Public Relations, Not Genuine Policy Change
- 6/3/02
July 8 Trial Date Set for 43 Human Rights Activists for Civil Disobedience at School of the Americas
Interviews With Defendants Available - 5/29/02
Otto Reich Named on Board to Oversee SOA/WHISC
Reich Is Notorious for Aiding Coups - 5/2/02
43 Human Rights Activists Charged On Eve of Massive Demonstrations
- 4/19/02
Veterans to Begin "Bishops Fast"
in Memory of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero
& Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi
Victims of Assassination by School of the Americas Graduates - 3/21/02
89 Year Old Nun and 13 Others to be Released from Federal Prison on 1/14 after Serving 6 Month Sentences for Demonstrating Against the School of the Americas
Diverse Group Includes Senior NASA Research Scientist and Former Corporate Executive and Ranges in Age from 19 to 89 - 1/9/02
Jailed Protesters Fast to Close Down Terrorist School
- 11/20/01
Nonviolent Demonstrations to Close School of the Americas Continue into the Night
30 More Arrested - 11/18/01
Over 50 arrested in Massive Nonviolent Funeral Procession Commemorating Victims of School of the Americas' Grads
Ten Thousand People Demand Closure of the
"Terrorist Trainning Camp in our Own Back Yard" - 11/18/01
Federal Judge Upholds First Amendment Right to Demonstrate
SOA Watch’s Annual Funeral Procession Calling for Closure of the School of the Americas to Proceed on Sunday Morning - 11/17/01
THOUSANDS TO CONVERGE ON THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS AT FT. BENNING, GEORGIA -- ON NOV. 17 & 18 TO PROTEST U.S. ARMY TRAINING OF LATIN AMERICAN TERRORISTS
On Nov. 18 hundreds to risk arrest approaching Ft. Benning in SOA Watch's annual funeral procession commemorating victims of SOA graduates - 11/8/01
Federal Inmates Declare Hunger Strike To Protest Military Training School
Call For A Permanent Closure To The U.S. Army School Of The Americas - 11/1/01
SOA Watch Prepares for Annual Demonstration at Ft. Benning Gates
Human Rights Advocates vow to Close the School of the Americas - 9/24/01
Human Rights Activists Go To Prison For Protesting Army School
Diverse Group Ranging in Age From 19-88 Start 6 Month Sentences Today - 7/17/01
“SOA 26” Prisoners of Conscience Ordered to Prisons Nationwide
International Press Conference At Pekin, IL Federal Prison
- 7/12/01
Six Students Found Guilty of Telling the Truth
- 6/23/01
SOA 26 Sentenced to Prison!
Civil Resistance Actions continue as Sentences Come Down - 5/23/01
26 Human Rights Defenders Face Prison for SOA Protest
Diverse Group Including Student and 88 Year-Old Nun to Stand Trial 5/22 - 5/21/01
ARMY RETIREE BEGINS 42 DAY FAST AT FORT BENNING ON APRIL 12
- 4/12/01
Seven Arrested Protesting SOA Name Change on Ft. Benning; Supported by Protests World-Wide
- 1/17/01
Opponents of the School of the Americas and Western Hemisphere Institute call for Investigation and Assessment
- 1/17/01
Two Nuns Extradited to Decatur After Demo to Close the Renamed School of the Americas
- 1/17/01
OHIO STUDENT BEGINS MONTH-LONG VIGIL & FAST AT BENNING'S MAIN ENTRANCE TO PROTEST THE SOA & ITS SUCCESSOR
- 1/1/01
Activists Deploy 1,750 Square Foot Banner Within Fort Benning Military Reservation, Demand School of the Americas Be Closed.
Trial Date Set for January 22, 2001 - 11/29/00
10,000 Gather at the gates of Ft. Benning Military Base to Close the US Army School of the Americas
3,600 Risk Arrest by Crossing the Line in Civil Disobedience
Simultaneous Action in Chiapas, Mexico - 11/19/00
Activist Stages Symbolic Hanging on Fort Benning Military Reservation
Demands School Of The Americas Be Closed - 11/14/00
US Army School of the Americas Graduate
Arrested for Murder of Guatemalan Bishop
- 1/22/00
US Army School of the Americas Cited by Guatemalan Truth Commission Report
- 3/4/99
601 ARRESTED PROTESTING THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS
- 11/17/97