Peace Brigades International-USA, Amnesty International USA, Human Rights First, the U.S. Office on Colombia, the Latin America Working Group Education Fund, the Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA, the Washington Office on Latin America, and WITNESS cordially invite you to the following PBI Latin American Human Rights Defenders’(HRDs) delegation
tour event:
Institutionalized Injustice and the Struggle against Impunity:
The Dangerous Work of Human Rights Defenders
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Reception and Short Film Screening with the HRDs
Rosendo Radilla Case: An Open Wound from Mexico’s Dirty War (Produced by CMDPHD and WITNESS)
5:00pm
Washington Office on Latin America
1666 Connecticut Ave, 4th Floor Conference Room
Washington, DC
Featuring Members of the 2009 PBI Latin American Human Rights Defenders’ Tour:
COLOMBIA - Gloria Gómez, National President, ASFADDES (the Association of the Family Members of the Detained and Disappeared)
MEXICO- Tita Radilla, Vice-President, AFADEM (the Association of the Family Members of the Detained, Disappeared, and Victims of Human Rights Violations in Mexico)
GUATEMALA-Wiebke Schramm, PBI Field Volunteer (OASIS, HIV/AIDS & LGBT Rights Organization)
RSVP to events@pbiusa.org or for information call (202) 232-0142 or email info@pbiusa.org