Below is a sign-on letter to oppose additional U.S. funds to the Merida Initiative for the disastrous drug war. We have already received an incredible response from all over the Hemisphere. We believe this is a critical juncture, as homicides…
Friends of Brad Will Action Alert Dear Friends and Supporters, Please read, take action, and spread the word! As you may know, on February 18, 2010, Juan Manuel Martínez Moreno – the Oaxacan social activist falsely accused of the 2006…
February 18, 2010 – From Casa Chapulin – Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno, husband and father of three children, was released from prison for wrongfully being accused for the killing of Indymedia journalist Bradley Ronald Will. Will was shot on October…
Four Foreigners Detained without Justification in Oaxaca, Mexico on Thursday January 28th 2010 Oaxaca — January 30, 2010 Press Release On Thursday January 28, at around 9 p.m. Andrea Caraballo, Guadalupe Rodriguez Lopez, James Wells and Jennifer Lawhorne were eating…
by Jenka, KBOO.fm A Mexican judge has once again called for the release of human rights activist Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno. Moreno was charged with the murder of Indymedia journalist Brad Will in 2006, despite the fact that there was…
Oaxaca, Oax, Mexico July 31, 2009 TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Dear President Obama, Maria Libia Martinez Moreno and the Martinez Tejada family wish, by means of this letter, to communicate to you our concern regarding…
By Scott Campbell It’s been a busy and interesting week regarding developments in Oaxaca, Mexico, and the U.S. First, there was the report in the Mexican media on July 29 that an investigation by officials from the Royal Canadian Mounted…
August 3rd, 2009 The Will family today condemned the latest tactics of the Mexican prosecutor general’s office (PGR) in the investigation into the death of photojournalist Brad Will, who was shot while filming street protests in Oaxaca, Mexico in October,…
By Scott Campbell I didn’t translate this article because I think it’s good. Actually, it’s horrible. As you likely know, in October 2006, Indymedia journalist Brad Will was shot and killed in Oaxaca while covering the uprising there. There is…
(Cambridge, Mass.) February 4, 2009 – Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) charges that Mexico’s investigation into the shooting death of an American video-journalist has presented a scientifically flawed theory that ignores PHR’s conclusive findings, including the discovery that one of…