Brazil: tension in Sister Dorothy’s settlement
Six years after Sister Dorothy Stang was murdered, settlers are once more being threatened by loggers near where she lived in the state of Pará.
Honduras: Campesinos Expelled Like ‘Vermin’
More human rights abuses as campesinos are evicted in the Bajo Aguan with nowhere to go.
Venezuela: protest letter in the Guardian
Leading activists and thinkers criticise the Guardian newspaper for failing to report on a 10,000-person march in Caracas to demand justice for the hundreds of peasant activists assassinated by wealthy landowners.
List of Charges Against Jean-Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier Continues to Grow
Former dictator moves from hotel to private Port-au-Prince residence as judicial proceedings over his rule gather pace.
Letter from Rio
In Rio de Janeiro the authorities mounted a full-scale military operation to clear out the criminal gangs from the huge Complexo do Alemão favela. In a special article for LAB, Jan Rocha reports.
Murió La Chapis, mujer comprometida siempre con las comunidades indígenas
Mexico mourns the death of a veteran indigenous activist. In Spanish.
COLOMBIA: HUMAN RIGHTS CHIAROSCURO IN 2011
OXFAM partner Somos Defensores issues new report on human rights abuses in Colombia.
Brazil: Campaign of terror against Amazon community
Loggers, keen to expel rubber-tappers from timber-rich land in the state of Amazonas in the Brazilian Amazon, are terrorising families, with the cumplicity of the local police force. A report from Pública, one of LAB's partners in Brazil.
Colombia: human rights organisation wins award
Human rights activist wins award for her organisation's struggle to regain land violently seized by paramilitary groups. Article, in Spanish, from La Semana.
UK: Colombian journalist refused entry
Award-winning Colombian journalist Claudia Duque has been refused entry to Britain. She was invited by the National Union of Journalists to give a speech about her work in upholding human rights.