Human Rights
Monday, March 30, 2015 - 05:17
Immigrants, desperate to avoid detection at a time of increased patrols, are choosing more dangerous and remote crossings into South Texas. Some of them even try to cross Rio Grande.
Monday, March 30, 2015 - 05:03
Thousands of victims of Colombia’s armed conflict now have access to legal justice through a ruling of the Constitutional Court processed days before the unwrapping of the body’s corruption scandal.
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 07:18
Burundi's government fiercely denies the allegations, yet at the same time makes no secret of its disdain of a section of the media and NGOs who are seen as political opponents in all but name.
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 06:55
Hundreds of mass graves have been discovered across Mexico, but the government isn’t keeping tabs. How many clandestinely buried bodies are rotting under the country’s surface?
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 06:49
The new labeling of the world’s most-popular weed killer as a likely cause of cancer is raising more questions for an aerial spraying program in Colombia that is the cornerstone of the U.S.-backed war on drugs.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 07:45
As in other parts of the world, most prison systems in sub-Saharan Africa are abusive. Routine and bureaucratized abuses are widespread throughout the region. This article looks at the challenges facing the continent’s prison systems, using case studies from several countries to better understand the possible paths to reform.
Appeals in Washington to Impose Sanctions on Azerbaijani Authorities for Crackdowns on Civil Society
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 07:06
Leading U.S. analysts for Eurasia discussed the issues of repressions against the civil society activists and media in Azerbaijan calling on the West to impose sanctions on the government representatives who violate human rights in the country, Azerbaijani information agency Turan reports, citing its Washington correspondent.
Monday, March 23, 2015 - 07:29
U.S. soldiers and military contractors have sexually abused more than 54 children in Colombia between 2003 and 2007, according to a recently released historic document on the country’s conflict. The alleged sex offenders have not been prosecuted due to immunity clauses in bilateral agreements.
Monday, March 23, 2015 - 07:08
Insurgent groups in Syria have carried out scores of indiscriminate attacks that have killed and maimed civilians in violation of the laws of war, a Human Rights Watch report said on Monday.
Friday, March 20, 2015 - 07:11
The Mexican Supreme Court has ordered the release of Alfonso Martin del Campo Dodd, a Mexican-American who was jailed in 1992 for the murder of his sister and brother-in-law after the court ruled that his confession had been extracted under torture.