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Stand with Father Roy Bourgeois |
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Show your Solidarity: SOAW.org/StandWithFatherRoy
With great sadness we are letting you know that the Vatican has dismissed Father Roy Bourgeois from the priesthood and from his religious order, the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, because of his stands for gender equality in the Catholic Church. Father Roy has served with great courage and commitment for 45 years. He has dedicated his life to serving the poor and oppressed, those whose human rights have been violated by dictators, assassins, torturers, bullies, and racists.
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Thousands Converged on Fort Benning |
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Click here to read the Media Release: SOA Watch Activist Arrested by Military Police While Thousands Gather
Remembering the Victms of SOA Violence and Celebrating the Resistance
From November 16-18, 2012, thousands of human rights activists, torture survivors, anti-war veterans, students, families, union workers, nuns, artists, and others converged at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia, to call for an end to U.S. militarization of the Americas, and for the closure of the School of the Americas (SOA/ WHINSEC)! (Photo by Ann Dowling, NYC SOAW - click here to view more photos)
Check out the Photos from the November Vigil from the Columbus Ledger-Enquierer (click here).
Mobile Broadcast News live streamed the events this weekend.
Watch the footage from Saturday's rally at the gates:
SOA Watch Met with the White House
After protests and nonviolent direct actions, thousands of petitions, and letters from religious leaders and Members of Congress, the White House finally sat down with an SOA Watch delegation to discuss the School of the Americas / Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. Click here to read the report back from the White House meeting. |
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Death Squads, Then and Now |
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By Liz Scherffius
October 7th, 2012
A climate of fear and repression has taken hold of Honduras in recent years. After the June 2009 coup-- in which Porfirio Lobo Sosa, a man loyal to the ruling elite and its armed forces cronies, replaced Manuel Zelaya-- violence against Honduran activists has increased sharply.
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Last Updated on Monday, 08 October 2012 19:04 |
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Washington's Open Door on Terrorists |
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By Nick Alexandrov
Counterpunch
"This hypocrisy isn’t a new development, of course, and other recent
news items provide more evidence of Washington’s true principles. In
August 2011, it emerged that Inocente Orlando Montano, El Salvador’s
Vice-Minister of Public Security from 1989-92, had been living
comfortably in a Boston suburb for years. Several months earlier,
Spain’s National Court had indicted Montano and nineteen other
Salvadoran military officials for their roles in the “Jesuit Massacre,”
the 1989 slaughter of 6 Jesuit priests, their housekeeper, and her
14-year-old daughter. But the U.S. government couldn’t care less about
these legal proceedings."
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Nicaragua Withdraws Its Troops From the School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC) |
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Written by Tomas
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Thursday, 06 September 2012 16:33 |
For immediate release
September 6, 2012
Contact: Hendrik Voss, SOA Watch
202-425-5128,
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President Daniel Ortega Made Decision After Meeting With Human Rights Advocates On September 4, 2012
Managua, Nicaragua - A delegation, organized by the Nicaragua Network and School of the Americas Watch, met with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on September 4, 2012 to demand the removal of Nicaraguan troops from the School of the Americas (SOA, renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation). In this meeting, President Ortega announced Nicaragua's withdraw from the notorious institution.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 06 September 2012 20:22 |
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