Resources - Policy Statements
Thursday, May 2, 2013
From 2006-2012, the government of Felipe Calderon mounted a full-scale assault on democratic labor unions in MexicoEnglish
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Mexico
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Calderon has in recent years played a key role in exposing major national human rights scandals, including the extravagant privileges enjoyed by prisoners at the Tolemeida military detention centerEnglish
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Colombia
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
El Fuero Militar fue el tema mas notoriamente criticado al Gobierno en la sesion del Examen Periodico Universal en Naciones Unidas el pasado 23 de abril.Spanish
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Colombia
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Ten journalists have been murdered since 2010 with no convictions in any of the cases. The vast majority of the victims covered politics or corruption, and worked outside of the country's urban centers.English
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Brazil
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
If post-conflict Colombia features a politically aggressive, budgetarily bloated, judicially untouchable military, then it will be an example of an outcome to avoid.English
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Colombia
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Colombia is the country with the largest population of IDPs, with estimates from the government and civil society ranging from 4.9-5.5 millionEnglish
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Colombia
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
While repeatedly promising to reduce violence, the details of his administration's security plan remain vagueEnglish
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Mexico
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
In 2012 the ICRC observed a deterioration in civilians' living conditions because of intensifying hostilities in the departments of Cauca, Norte de Santander, Caqueta, Arauca, Putumayo and NarinoEnglish
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Colombia
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
With this first newsletter, the Venezuelan Program of Education and Action on Human Rights, PROVEA, started a monthly series designed to inform national and especially international level, on the situation of human rights in VenezuelaSpanish
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Venezuela
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
"The victims, their families and survivors of this brutal, shocking crime have waited 20 years for justice"English
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Brazil
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The group received a typewritten letter warning that Mexico director Dario Ramirez would be beaten "until his heart stops"English
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Mexico
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Nicolas Maduro, who was declared the winner by the National Electoral Council by a narrow margin, said he would not allow the opposition to hold a rally, initially scheduled for April 17, 2013English
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Venezuela
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
En 2012 se registraron un total de 207 agresiones contra periodistas, trabajadores de la prensa e instalaciones de medios de comunicacion en 25 diferentes estados del pais.Spanish
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Mexico
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Country(s):
Colombia
Cuba
Honduras
Venezuela
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
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.English
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Brazil
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Faced with the results released by the National Electoral Council (CNE) at the end of the day Sunday, and then the announcement by the representatives of the government and the opposition on the need to conduct an audit and a full recount of the vote, SecEnglish
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Venezuela
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Neto had covered police corruption throughout his career, and had frequently received threats, especially for his coverage of cases in which police officers were suspected of being involved in local murdersEnglish
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Brazil
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Eurasia in ten years -- by 2023 -- is on a trajectory toward Chinese preeminence, and China is now being helped along that trajectory by a strategic alignment with the Russian Federation.English
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Central Asia Regional
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Iran
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The scale and level of China’s economic (and increasingly, military) power argues for some redirection of overseas funding priorities. and the Russian Far East certainly should be the beneficiary of such a shift, for the reasons cited above.English
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Central Asia Regional
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
In the case of the Russian Far East, the Chinese economy’s vitality and Moscow’s actual neglect of the Far East, could lead in the long run to the attachment of the Russian Far East to China, even, possibly without direct Chinese involvement.English
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Central Asia Regional
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