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We're voting for @WomenWarPeace to win a #Webby Award before the polls close on 4/26. Vote with us at pv.webbyawards.com/ballot/104. 1:18 PM Apr 26th via web
GlobalFundWomen We're voting for @WomenWarPeace to win a #Webby Award before the polls close tomorrow. Vote with us at: bit.ly/IhnHqW #fem2 1:36 PM Apr 25th via SMX:Thrive Retweeted by LAWGaction and 2 others
WitnessforPeace 10 more Blackhawk helicopters for Colombia. Is that really what Colombians need? fb.me/1P3vyFcz2 7:32 AM Apr 26th via Facebook Retweeted by LAWGaction and 1 other
Remember that amazing @WomenWarPeace episode on Afro-Colombian women fighting for their rights? Vote for it to win!! bit.ly/JFhdcA 6:41 AM Apr 26th via web
"If they had taken this opportunity away from me, maybe I would be into drugs, violence, and even be a gunman" huff.to/HAwSbM 11:53 AM Apr 12th via web
adam_wola In Medellín, #Colombia, "For once, architecture-as-spectacle" used "to make poverty visible," says @guardian critic - ow.ly/aeiyH 10:00 AM Apr 12th via HootSuite Retweeted by LAWGaction and 2 others
@WHLive Santos' Victims Law is a good step, but can't succeed if impunity remains the norm. How will Obama address this? #whchat #Colombia 9:29 AM Apr 12th via web
LissetteMiller How will @WHLive hold Colombian govt accountable to Labor Action Plan & support Colombian workers’ struggle for justice? #WHChat 9:18 AM Apr 12th via web Retweeted by LAWGaction and 1 other
@WHLive Will efforts be made to increase US funding to thousands of refugees in the Andes? #whchat #enddisplacement 9:02 AM Apr 12th via web
@WHLive In what ways is Obama prepared to further protection for human rights defenders in the region? See: huff.to/HDl4q3 #WHChat 8:43 AM Apr 12th via web
HRColombia Must read from @LAWGaction - Leaders at the Summit of the Americas: Protect Your Human Rights Defenders huff.to/HGPBQM @HuffingtonPost 8:37 AM Apr 11th via Tweet Button Retweeted by LAWGaction
Check out our article!! Leaders at the Summit of the Americas: Protect Your Human Rights Defenders huff.to/HGPBQM via @HuffingtonPost 8:47 AM Apr 11th via Tweet Button
LAWG is hiring social media savvy organizers with a love for Latin America and human rights! Pls apply, pass on, or RT bit.ly/HvZ3oT 11:27 AM Apr 9th via web
Take action this month to promote #peace and #humanrights in U.S. policies towards #Colombia bit.ly/HV5lQM 12:18 PM Apr 4th via web
adam_wola FARC, laying landmines in Putumayo, #Colombia, tells citizens "they should only walk in the middle of the main roads" - ow.ly/9Zk2w 12:49 PM Mar 30th via HootSuite Retweeted by LAWGaction and 11 others
Colombia: Forced disappearance, torture, sexual violence--all crimes removed from list requiring mandatory civil court bit.ly/HqNgaC 11:13 AM Mar 30th via web
Join @Avaaz in supporting the Guatemalan women allegedly raped by security forces of a Canadian nickel #mining company bit.ly/GEljJW 9:26 AM Mar 21st via web
Everyone deserves a place to call home In Colombia 5.2 million people have been evicted Organize for change: lawg.org/organizers 1:06 PM Mar 19th via web
HRColombia Canadian gold #mine corp Gran Colombia wants to relocate ppl of #Marmuto as they fight for the right to their OWN land! bit.ly/zRWRYo 9:33 AM Mar 9th via web Retweeted by LAWGaction
@salsalabsops is it broken again? Sigh. 12:24 PM Mar 2nd via web

Name LAWG
Location Washington, DC
Web http://www.lawg.org
Bio The Latin America Working Group is a coalition of over sixty organizations dedicated to promoting US policies toward Latin America that support human rights.