Amnesty International
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 00:00
Ecuador is the first country in the world to ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights.
Friday, June 11, 2010 - 00:00
"The Colombian authorities tried to bury the truth about the Palace of Justice despite overwhelming evidence that members of the security forces orchestrated the enforced disappearance, torture and execution of some of those inside"
Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 00:00
Luis Alfonso Plazas Vega faces 30 years in prison for the disappearance of 11 people in November 1985.
Friday, May 28, 2010 - 00:00
Security forces have so far accounted for four firearms seized, quite a low number compared with the number of people killed.
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 00:00
Despite the progress made in an important number of emblematic cases of past human rights violations, the legal, jurisdictional and political obstacles that have helped entrench impunity in the region, remained formidable in 2009
Friday, May 21, 2010 - 00:00
Rogelio Martà nez, who represented displaced rural communities in the area of San Onofre, was shot dead by a group of hooded men dressed in black as he travelled home by motorbike taxi
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 00:00
Amnesty International has urged Colombia's presidential election candidates to make human rights a top priority ahead of the 30 May poll.
Friday, April 2, 2010 - 00:00
Amnesty International urged the Venezuelan authorities to stop targeting government critics following a series of politically motivated arrests.
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 00:00
The organization also urged the guerrilla group to put an immediate and unconditional end to kidnapping and hostage-taking.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 00:00
Amnesty international on Tuesday denounced an increase in attacks against Indigenous Peoples across Colombia during 2009.