Human Rights

Colombia le dice a HRW que reforma al fuero militar no es un capricho
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:56
El director para las Américas de Human Rights Watch criticó la reforma señalándola como un mecanismo para la impunidad.
Behind deadly force in Kenya, there's often a police badge
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:45
Despite US aid for police reform, civilians in Kenya are five times more likely to be shot by cops than by thugs or terrorists, says new study of major cities. In most cases, police offer no explanation for why they opened fire.
Declassified Documents Given By Biden to Rousseff Detail Secret Dictatorship-Era Executions, “Psychophysical” Torture in Brazil
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:25
The Brazilian military regime employed a “sophisticated and elaborate psychophysical duress system” to “intimidate and terrify” suspected leftist militants in the early 1970s, according to a State Department report
Bahrain questions activists after diplomat meeting
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:03
Bahraini authorities summoned two prominent opposition activists for questioning Wednesday in connection with their meeting with a U.S. diplomat who was ordered to leave the Gulf island nation this week.
Taking Sides in Libya
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 09:21
The United States should make clear that they will not tolerate upending the rule of law in Libya in the interest of fighting ill-defined “terrorist” threats.
U.S. weighs retaliation after Bahrain expels diplomat
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 09:01
The Obama administration weighed retaliation against Bahrain on Tuesday after the Persian Gulf emirate, a strategic U.S. ally, expelled a senior U.S. diplomat for allegedly meddling in its internal affairs.
The U.S. must take a stronger stand on Bahrain after it expels a senior official
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 08:27
Arab autocrats go out of their way to defy and humiliate senior U.S. officials while continuing to pocket U.S. aid and arms.
CEJIL, DPLF y WOLA expresan su preocupación por el nombramiento del General (r) Daniel Urresti como Ministro del Interior en Perú
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 08:14
Urresti es actualmente investigado por su participación en el asesinato del periodista Hugo Bustíos en 1988
Daily Press Briefing - July 8, 2014
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 08:08
Spokesperson Jen Psaki discussed the violence in Israel and Palestine, the P5+1 talks with Iran, the latest on Iraq, asylum claims by Central Americans entering the United States, and the latest on chemical weapons in Syria.
Human Rights Vetting: Nigeria and Beyond
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 07:57
"One of the components of these engagement strategies is foreign military training. Since the 1990’s, a requirement to providing training is the
certification on human rights, better known as the Leahy laws."

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