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Anti-Militarism: News & Updates

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Newly conducted voice analysis investigations by Earshot, confirms leaked audio files, revealing U.S. Intervention in Honduras, to be moderatley authentic. 

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BBC reviews their interviews with the recently (under scandalous contions) pardoned, former Honduran President JOH Juan Orlando Hernandez. 

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IRTF is among the many organizations committed to human rights across the Americas urging the release of political prisoner Ruth López in El Salvador. May 18 marks one year since she was arrested at home in her pajamas on a Sunday at 9:30pm with the bogus charge of embezzlement. Ruth had been serving as lead human rights attorney for the organization Cristosal. 

Despite Ruth’s request for a public trial, the Salvadoran government continues to pursue non-public proceedings, raising serious concerns about due process, transparency, and the protection of fundamental rights.

TAKE ACTION to demand the release of human rights lawyer Ruth López.

(1) Use the campaign toolkit to share Ruth’s story with social media graphics, sample posts, scripts to contact legislators. Click here.

(2) Repost and share campaign posts: Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook.  #FreeRuth

(3) Circulate reports, interviews, statements, and stories about Ruth.

(4) Tell Congress to support legislation to condition US police/military aid to El Salvador on human rights improvements and request a US State Department briefing on efforts to secure the freedom of Ruth López.  Click here

 

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This article by El Pais examines the incarceration of Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán, representatives of 48 Cantons of Totonicapán, which is one of the strongest organizations of the Indigenous movement in Guatemala. They are political prisoners, detained on false charges of terrorism. 

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The Guardian investigates the US airstrikes targeting fishermen in the carribean (alleged narco trafficers) undrlining tha the strikes have not reduced the flow of drugs to the US, but have instead torn apart communities already fractured and weakened by organised crime and state neglect.

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Salvadoran human rights lawyer Ruth López has been imprisoned for a full year without trial after daring to challenge government abuses, held incommunicado, denied due process, and silenced for defending others. Her detention, condemned worldwide as arbitrary and dangerous, signals a chilling crackdown on justice itself—and demands urgent international action before it’s too late.

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AP news examines US deportations to El Salvador under Bukeles state of exception 

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Honduran authorities arrested former mayor Adán Fúnez and two others for allegedly masterminding the 2024 assassination of environmental activist Juan López, a prominent opponent of a controversial mining project. The case highlights ongoing violence against environmental defenders in Honduras, where activism remains highly dangerous amid corruption, impunity, and conflicts over natural resources.

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this article coherently summarizes the devestating reality of central american countries overlooked inspite of international warfare in the middle east and aisa demanding attention

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