Amnesty International USA Latin America and Caribbean Network

03/29/2026

⚠️ URGENT ACTION: Our country cannot withstand another sign of impunity.

The Government of Chile, led by President José Antonio Kast, could grant pardons to police officers and military personnel convicted of serious human rights violations during the 2019 protests. This would put justice for victims at risk and deepen impunity.

After nearly seven years, fewer than 2% of the more than 11,000 reported cases have resulted in a conviction—and now they want to grant pardons as well!

Join our urgent action now: https://www.amnestyusa.org/urgent-actions/chile-do-not-issue-pardons-to-convicted-former-carabineros-and-military-officials/ (Link in Bio).

Do not let horror paralyze you! Actions like these, even if they seem small, can save lives—they can change the world.

03/11/2026

⚠️ : The Peruvian State is declared responsible for the forced sterilization and death of Celia Ramos.

03/06/2026

🚨 PERU: Alarming Trend Towards Authoritarian Practices
Peru is facing a troubling rise in authoritarian practices:

🔴 Anti-NGO Law (APCI Reform – 2025)
Congress amended the law governing the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI), granting the state expanded oversight powers over civil society organizations receiving international funding. Amnesty International and other human rights groups warn that the reform threatens freedom of association, freedom of expression, and access to justice, and could be used to intimidate or sanction organizations that support victims of state abuses.

🔴 Shrinking Civic Space
Amnesty International’s 2024 report “Who Called the Shots?” finds that at least 50 civilians were killed and more than 1,400 injured during protests between December 2022 and March 2023. Evidence suggests that senior political and security officials, including the President, ministers, and high-ranking commanders, may bear responsibility under the chain of command for the lethal and excessive use of force.

🔴 Entrenching Impunity
Amnesty International rejects legislation that is incompatible with international human rights law:
• Law 32419 (2025) grants amnesty to members of the Armed Forces and police investigated or prosecuted for crimes committed during Peru’s 1980–2000 internal armed conflict.

• Law 32107 (2024) introduces statutes of limitation for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed before 2002

01/08/2026

📰 PERU: 2025, THE DEADLIEST YEAR FOR JOURNALISTS 🇵🇪

A new annual report by the National Association of Journalists of Peru (ANP), supported by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), documents an alarming escalation of violence against the press in 2025. According to the report:

📊 458 attacks against journalists and media outlets were recorded nationwide during the year — more than one per day — making 2025 the most dangerous year to practice journalism so far this century.

⚠️ Four journalists were killed, including Gastón Medina, Raúl Célis, Fernando Núñez, and Mitzar Castillejos — the highest death toll in years — amid a persistent climate of impunity.

👮‍♂️ The report reveals that over 70% of the attacks were carried out by public officials and security forces, highlighting the growing use of state power as a tool of intimidation.

💻 Digital journalism was the most affected sector, followed by television, print, and radio. Journalists faced threats, harassment, physical attacks, and judicial pressure.

El informe anual de la Asociación Nacional de Periodistas del Perú (ANP) documentó una escalada inédita de la violencia contra la prensa, con cuatro periodistas asesinados y un uso creciente del aparato estatal para hostigar a periodistas y medios de comunicación. La Federación Internacional d...

01/05/2026

Today’s military action by the US Trump Administration in Venezuela, which resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, raises grave concerns for the human rights of the Venezuelan population. It most likely constitutes a violation of international law, including the UN Charter, as does the stated US intention to run Venezuela and control its oil resources.

Amnesty International is particularly concerned about the risks of further escalation of human rights violations in the country, stemming either from additional US operations or from the Venezuelan government’s responses to the US attacks.

The organization urges the US government to abide by international humanitarian and human rights law, prioritize the protection of civilians, and uphold the human rights of all persons deprived of liberty, including due process and humane treatment.

It also calls on the Venezuelan authorities to refrain from further repression, reminding them they are bound by international law to respect and protect the human rights of all Venezuelans.

Those most immediately at risk include human rights defenders and political activists who have courageously opposed Maduro government’s human rights violations and crimes under international law for years. Amnesty International stands in solidarity with the Venezuelan people: the thousands of victims and survivors, and the millions who have fled after years of enduring grave violations and crimes against humanity.

Amnesty International reiterates its long-standing call for Maduro’s government to be investigated and, where evidence permits, individuals to be prosecuted before an independent and impartial court to ensure justice, reparation, and guarantees of non-repetition for the survivors and victims of violations in Venezuela.

Amnesty International is alarmed that the attack against Venezuela and capture of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores by one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council further deepen the breakdown of international law and the rules-based order. These actions signal an international system run by military force, threats, and intimidation, and they increase the risks of copycat actions by others.

12/09/2025

🕯️ Yanette Bautista was an exemplary woman, a searcher for victims of forced disappearance and a human rights defender.
We express our solidarity with her family, friends, fellow searchers, and with the Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation, standing with them at this time, recognizing the strength of her work, which will continue to inspire resistance and hope in the Americas and around the world.
We honor her memory and her legacy, which lives on in every female searcher and in every fight against forced disappearance.

10/04/2025

https://watermarkonline.com/2025/10/03/for-paraguays-transgender-women-survival-often-means-leaving-home/

In Paraguay many LGBTQ+ people feel compelled to leave their hometowns due to discrimination, harassment and gender-based violence.

09/18/2025

Enforced disappearance is a crime under international law:

▪ Officials who commit it may be criminally liable
▪ it does not admit justification or exception
▪ it does not prescribe

In the case of , the can investigate it and offer

09/16/2025

The families of those forcibly disappeared in search for their loved ones against many risks and obstacles.

They suffer the pain, fear and uncertainty of not knowing where or how their relatives are, or if they are even alive. They are also victims and demand justice.

09/14/2025

An intl crime, like enforced disappearances, entails individual criminal responsibility. In it could be a crime against humanity according to the because it:
▪️ is part of a widespread and systematic attack
▪️ by the State
▪️ against the civilian population

09/12/2025

Enforced disappearances are committed in . They are a serious human rights violation and a crime under intl law, leaving the victim in total helplessness and risk, and causes great suffering to those who look for their loved ones. It must not go unpunished.

09/10/2025

: Our latest research includes the stories of 15 in . International justice and can and must act to prevent impunity!