Almost a year after Juan López was killed, a court in the Central American country formally charged the three alleged perpetrators, marking progress in the investigation.

On March 14th, 2018, Marielle Franco was assassinated. All over Brazil on Tuesday, people gathered to pay tribute to the slain activist and leader on her 5th death anniversary.

Five years since her murder, the names of those behind the crime and their motives are still unknown

Thousands of people attended a tribute to the Indigenous rights activist and journalist held on July 16 in downtown São Paulo

Political and societal figures denounce the federal government’s disregard for the Amazon region and demand the protection of indigenous peoples

The assassination of three journalists triggered protests in 65 cities across Mexico, demanding an end to violence and impunity

Magdiel Sánchez Quiroz discusses the increase in violence during the pandemic and the initiatives of solidarity of Mexico’s social movements

A group of social activists and human rights defenders have been marching from the southwestern Colombia for the past 15 days to demand respect for the life, territory and human rights of minority groups in the country

Five years have passed since social leader Carlos Alberto Pedraza Salcedo was forcibly disappeared and assassinated, and the struggle for truth and justice continues

The genocide against Colombia’s social leaders, human rights defenders and ex-combatants continues as six of them were violently assassinated in the past one week

Citing police brutality, arrests and assassinations they have been subjected to by the ANC government, the movement has concluded that voting ANC “is like digging our own graves.”

The protesters are demanding that the national government guarantee basic rights such as health, education and housing as well as the protection of social and peasant leaders