The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined more than 40 members of the Interfaith Working Group on Foreign Assistance in this letter to Congress raising grave concerns about the sudden order to stop lifesaving foreign assistance work around the globe and the dismantling of USAID.
Sarah Bueter, a Maryknoll lay missioner in El Salvador, reflects on the murder of Honduran environmental defender Juan Lopez and her recent visit to his grieving community of Tocoa as part of an emergency delegation organized by the SHARE Foundation. 27 September 2024 It was only when I saw his photo up on the wall,…
The Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA) MISA – of which the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns is a member – is an international alliance standing in solidarity with the Maasai of Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Loliondo in northern Tanzania. It brings together faith-based organizations, human rights groups, international aid and development organizations as well as…
Knowing that Maasai representatives have, for years, submitted reports of evictions, human rights violations, and harassment to various UN bodies, including UNESCO, and called for investigations and protection, to no avail, we stand in solidarity with the Maasai people in requesting that UNESCO delist the Ngorongoro Conservation Area due to human rights violations against Indigenous peoples taking place with no abatement.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined nearly a hundred organizations in a letter to President Biden asking for the closure of the Guantanamo detention center
Maryknoll joined ten other faith groups in a letter to the U.S. Ambassador to Peru requesting the Ambassador’s support for the human rights of government protestors.
A surprise second-place finish for anti-corruption candidate bodes well for a country plagued by corruption.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 25 faith-based organizations in a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai voicing hopes for a Indo-Pacific Economic Framework that prioritizes “the planet, human rights, and dignity over profit.”
We are writing to express our solidarity with you and your struggle and to tell you that as Christians we recognize the great example you are setting for the whole country with your marches in defense of true democracy and human rights; you are exemplary citizens and we demand that you be respected as such.
The fact that these migrants – many of them reportedly from Venezuela – were forced to wait in Mexico while on their migration journey to the U.S. border is the United States’ shame.
Mr. President, we ask you to immediately suspend U.S. security assistance to Peru until the violent repression ends and human rights violations are addressed.
With the new policies announced by President Biden, the right to seek asylum at ports of entry continues to shrink to the point of illusion.
We need a world that effectively promotes human rights, that includes cultures, spiritualities, ancestral justice and that does not uproot individuals and peoples, especially young people.
Greenpeace East Asia has asked the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency to ban imports of fish supplied by the parent company of Bumble Bee Tuna after uncovering suspected illegal fishing and human rights abuses in the supply chain.
Returned Maryknoll lay missioner Gigi Gruenke writes about the devastating stories she heard about life under the state of exception in El Salvador during her visit there this past August.
Maryknoll lay missioner Jill Foster writes from Haiti about the deteriorating living conditions as the Caribbean country struggles with growing gang violence and organized crime.
The annual UN Climate Change Convention, which in years past yielded the Paris Climate Accords and Kyoto Protocol, will be held in Egypt. We hope for a human-centered approach that takes into account the marginalized.
Now is the moment to hold CBP and other law enforcement in the United States accountable, and point to the reforms that will open a new chapter, one where human rights and life are paramount and protected at all times for all people.
