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No More Training in the School of Americas (SOA/WHINSEC) Training in 2019 Colombia trained 490 government “security” force members in 2019 in SOA/WHINSEC Colombia continues to produce “false positives,” in which state forces assassinate civilians Read More …
The result of the civilian-targeted warfare training provided at SOA/WHINSEC is lethally trained and militarized state “security” forces that lack oversight and target their own populations, disproportionately threatening Black and Brown communities. For 30 years, the Read More …
January 28, 2020 María Consuelo Porras Attorney General of the Republic of Guatemala Édgar Godoy Samayoa Department of the Interior Nester Mauricio Vásquez Pimentel President, Supreme Court of Justice CC: Sara Romero Office Against Organized Read More …
Update: Changes in Tucson Action-Training Convergence March 27-29 We have been excited to work together to resist border imperialism and the arms trade and to support migrants whose lives are at risk from policies of Read More …
BY Maha Hilal, Truthout From the Muslim ban to the continuing proxy war in Yemen, the new era of the “war on terror” under the Trump administration has kept Guantánamo largely invisible. But two years since Donald Read More …
Dear Friends, While the year is winding down, SOA Watch has been busy scheming and dreaming about building and mobilizing a strong mass movement in support of autonomy and dignity for our communities and one that Read More …
This December 18th, we celebrate International Migrants Day. First and foremost, SOA Watch expresses our love and solidarity with all people who are forced to flee their homelands. According to the latest UNHCR report, “Global Trends: Read More …
El 2 de diciembre de 2019, un tribunal hondureño dictó las condenas a siete hombres acusados por el asesinato de la visionaria líder del movimiento social hondureño Berta Cáceres. Esto sucedió, un año después de Read More …
On December 2, 2019, a Honduran court sentenced seven men for the murder of visionary Honduran social movement leader Berta Cáceres — over a full year after finding them guilty. This includes Douglas Bustillo, an SOA graduate and former Read More …
Today on International Human Rights Day, SOA Watch reiterates our deep condemnation of the brutal state violence and systematic human rights violations – murders, sexual violence, torture, and serious injuries – that the Chilean military Read More …