Amnesty International
Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 00:00
The law, due to be debated soon, will entrench impunity for violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed by Colombia's security forces
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 00:00
Confronting a nightmare: Disappearances in Mexico highlights the country's ongoing pattern of disappearances amid the government's efforts to rein in organized criminal groups
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 00:00
"The victims, their families and survivors of this brutal, shocking crime have waited 20 years for justice"
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 00:00
More than 20 years after São Paulo state police repressed a jail riot in Carandiru prison, killing 111 prisoners, 26 rank and file police officers who allegedly took part on the deadly operation are due to face trial.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 00:00
"Relatives of victims have been waiting for justice for more than 30 years and it is a testament to their perseverance, along with their lawyers, that a trial which has been blocked by appeals for 11 years is finally taking place."
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 00:00
Despite promises made by successive Presidents to fight crime and violence against women and a law passed by Congress in 2008 for the establishment of special tribunals and sentencing guidelines, the figures continue to tell a different story.
Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 00:00
Authorities in Guatemala are putting the lives of women at risk by systematically failing to protect them and ensuring those responsible for the hundreds of killings that take place each year face justice
Friday, January 11, 2013 - 00:00
President Pena Nieto now needs to commit to following up this new law by ensuring that the Mexican authorities put in place -- as soon as possible -- effective measures to help victims of crime and human rights violations
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 00:00
“A very good first step President Pena Nieto can take as as commander in chief of the armed forces is to instruct them to respect human rights or face the consequences”
Friday, December 7, 2012 - 00:00
The report Transforming pain into hope: Human rights defenders in the Americas, is based on around 300 cases of intimidation, harassment, attacks and killings of human rights defenders in more than a dozen countries.