Posted by Cristina Parker on April 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Department of Justice Announced Friday that the U.S. will not pursue charges in the 2010 shooting death of 15-year-old Sergio Hernandez-Guereca by a Border Patrol agent. The agent, standing in El Paso, shot and killed Hernandez-Guereca, who was standing in Mexico. The Border Network for Human Rights has been publicly demanding justice and accountability [...]
Categories: News · Tags: bnhr, border communities, Border Patrol agent, border patrol killing, border violence, charges, department of justice, fernando garcia, human rights violations on the border, obama administration, Sergio Hernandez-Guereca, us government
Posted by Cristina Parker on April 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Members of the Human Rights at Home Campaign, which includes BNHR, will examine the Obama Administration’s human rights record on Thursday and Friday. The members will join leading policy makers, practitioners, human rights experts and academics to examine the Obama administration’s human rights record during the two-day high-level human rights conference. BNHR executive director, Fernando [...]
Categories: News · Tags: aclu human rights program, american university, border network for human rights, civil rights, economy, fernando garcia, human rights, human rights at home committee, immigrant rights, Jamil Dakwar, Lisa Crooms, Margaret Huang, Maria Foscarinis, nation, national law center for homelessness and poverty, obama administration, rights working group, washington d.c.
