Civil Society

Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 08:25
La Fortaleza emitirá este martes a las 6:00 p.m. por varias cadenas de televisión y de radio un mensaje grabado hace un mes por el gobernador Alejandro García Padilla en el que resume el progreso del plan anticrimen implantado por su administración.
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 06:58
Water scooter operators on Paradise Island in the Bahamas are reported to have sexually assaulted at least three American tourists since July, the United States Embassy announced in a security advisory this week that warned of increasingly brazen crimes sweeping the country.
Friday, November 7, 2014 - 11:10
We write today to urge more robust engagement by your administration on the Egyptian government’s current efforts to target independent nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and likely shut down organizations that do not register under a highly restrictive 2002 law. By all accounts, this effort may well end most independent civil society work in the country.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 21:45
Even those who gather statistics say there are no reliable numbers on sexual violence in El Salvador. Threats prevent many from reporting attacks. Others who have grown up amid rampant abuse may not even recognize rape as a crime. Still others flee the country for safety rather than seek justice from a system that more often delivers impunity.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 07:44
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is appointing a national security adviser who two years ago spearheaded criminal charges that nonprofit groups were acting as agents of an American conspiracy to weaken and destabilize Egypt.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 06:24
Tens of thousands of people marched down Mexico City's main boulevard Wednesday evening to protest the disappearance of 43 young people in the south of the country and demand the government find them.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 11:57

Security Assistance Monitor published its first Country Profile analyzing U.S. security assistance to Yemen. South Sudanese rival factions signed a framework for future peace talks. Public demonstrations against corruption and insecurity continued across Mexico. The U.S. State Department welcomed the release of four Azerbaijani human rights activists. These stories and more in this weeks top security assistance news. 

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 11:50

The Egyptian government denies carrying out airstrikes against militants in Libya, Mali has reportedly become the most dangerous country in the world for U.N. Peacekeepers, Mexican activists have threatened to bring the country to a standstll over the unsolved disappearance of dozens of students and the U.S. State Department urged the government of Azerbaijan to release human rights defenders held in pretrial detention. Read about these stories and more from this past week.

Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 07:04
Delitos como robo, extorsión y secuestro repuntaron durante el primer año de la administración del presidente Enrique Peña Nieto, reveló el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (Inegi) en la Encuesta Nacional de Victimización y Percepción sobre Seguridad Pública (Envipe) 2014.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 06:33
A 30-year-old street vendor was shot in the head by a police officer in São Paulo last month, in a raid targeting sales of pirated DVDs. Carlos Braga was killed after he tried to yank a canister of pepper spray out of a cop's hands as the officer brought down another vendor.

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