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Wednesday, 10 December 2008 19:55 |
Dear No More Deaths Supporter,
From the desert to D.C., this year’s humanitarian efforts went far beyond anything we have done in the past. Thanks to your support, we did more first aid, put out more water, mapped more trails, trained more volunteers, documented more abuses and even sent a delegation to meet with lawmakers in Washington, D.C.; all surpassing previous years’ efforts. With your support, we have been able to build our capacity both in the desert and along the border to carry out our mission: End death and suffering on the US/Mexico border.
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Thursday, 04 December 2008 06:47 |
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No More Deaths is now recruiting for a full-time Volunteer Coordinator. The job will start in January and last through September. NMD provides a housing allowance and a monthly stipend. For more information, download the job description. |
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Humanitarian Found Guilty in Littering Charge |
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Wednesday, 24 September 2008 22:33 |
Press Conference: Thursday, September 24, Noon, El Tiradito Shrine (Main Ave. & Cushing St. - map)
A federal magistrate judge issued a ruling on Monday that water jugs intended to help save the lives of migrants are litter. The ruling stems from a trial held two months ago to determine if a littering citation given to No More Deaths volunteer, Daniel Millis, was valid.
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Abuse Documentation Update |
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Badly blistered feet and sprained ankles were treated for the first time at the Mariposa aid station... and the most heart-breaking story of the night was that of Angeles, a woman from Chiapas who fractured bones in her back climbing over the wall near Agua Prieta... she was in severe pain when she was made to walk back over the line from the Wackenhut bus. We were able to provide her with extra strength tylenol and a place to lie down for the night (the NMD trailer), but she faces a difficult time as she recovers. She was treated in the UMC ER, then released to the BP for processing. Keep her and all those migrating out of necessity in your prayers.
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Around-the-Clock Abuse Doc Campaign |
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We are organizing a week of action to collect and report on the experiences of every person passing through BP custody between November 15th and November 23rd. Our data, our report, and the BP's lies will be documented and presented to the incoming administration. We will demand that the US respect human rights and put the US on notice that we will not be silent in the face of their violation. Please join us for one or more days during that week... we will be meeting each bus and van as it arrives at the DeConcini or Mariposa ports and briefly interviewing every individual, using our short documentation form. We hope to collect the custody-treatment stories of as many as 5000 persons during the nine-day period. (We will be working in concert with our Mexican partners and will also be providing food, first aid, information and other services to the repatriated migrants)
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Numbing Numbers by Dan Millis |
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It’s no secret that the need for humanitarian aid in our borderlands is massive. Every year, thousands of migrants attempt the trek to El Norte, the U.S. government responds with an enforcement-only border policy and miles of destructive new border walls, and hundreds of dead bodies are recovered from our border deserts. Quantifying this tragedy would be impossible. Still, from my experiences as a No More Deaths volunteer, I want to share these “numbing numbers:”
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Report Reveals Systematic Abuse of Detainees by U.S. Border Patrol |
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 Tucson, AZ - A delegation of volunteers from No More Deaths, a humanitarian aid group based in Tucson, Arizona, will participate in a Congressional briefing in Washington, D.C., on September 17, 1:00 PM. Their new report, "Crossing The Line: Human Rights Abuses of Migrants in Short-Term Custody on the Arizona/Sonora Border," will be released at that time. The briefing is hosted by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ). The report will be shared with human rights groups in a briefing hosted by Amnesty International on September 18.
Read the Report Online
Read Article from the Arizona Daily Star (10.19.2008)
Downloads: [pdf]
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Dan Millis: Guilty, but no Punishment |
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On Monday U.S. Magistrate Judge Bernardo Velasco finally delivered his verdict in regards to my July 25 littering trial. The ruling was delivered as a memo to my lawyer, and said only that I had been found guilty of the Class B misdemeanor offense of littering on a National Wildlife Refuge, and that sentencing was suspended. A suspended sentence means no sentence whatsoever - no fine, no jail, I don't even have to pay the original $175 ticket. Apparently, the U.S. government believes that humanitarian aid is a crime for which no punishment is warranted.
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Rally at UU Church to Send Delegation to DC |
 Rev. Diane Dowgiert, Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson, speaks before a gathing of humanitarian aid supporters in Tucson. "To understand what goes on in our borderlands, it must be experienced.”
Rev. Diane Dowgiert of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson opened the rally with comments from a recent visit to the No More Deaths humanitarian aid camp in Arivaca. Volunteers Maryada Vallet, Shura Wallin and Jimmy Wells spoke about their experiences working on the border and collecting the stories of abuse. Attorney Margo Cowan and Rev. Gene Lefebvre gave closing remarks.
For video of the conference, visit this blog: part1 | part 2.
KXCI audio coverage
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