Human Rights
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 00:00
Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta S. Jacobson will travel to Mexico, April 2–4, to reinforce bilateral cooperation in protecting human rights, ensuring safe and secure communities, and promoting economic prosperity.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 00:00
Los militares accedieron por primera vez a investigar las denuncias sobre torturas y muertes ocurridas en instalaciones del ejercito durante la dictadura (1964-1984).
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 00:00
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has issued a defense of a Brazilian journalist who says she has received rape threats after launching a campaign against rape on her Facebook page.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 00:00
Brazil's defense minister has agreed to investigate military facilities where human rights abuses were believed to have been committed during the country's 21-year dictatorship.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 00:00
Las autoridades de Buenaventura declararon Calamidad Publica tras evaluar la situacion humanitaria de los damnificados del voraz incendio estructural que arraso con 37 viviendas del barrio Santa Fe.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 08:39
The British penitentiary system and prison reform were the focus of an OSCE-supported working visit to the United Kingdom that concluded in London today, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat reported.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 08:32
Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf addresses the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israel, the Arab summit recognition of Israel as a Jewish State, the political and diplomatic situation in Syria, an Iranian leader's Anti-Semitic statement,mass trials and sentencing in Egypt, and the trial of U.S. citizens in Qatar.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 08:19
Reporters Without Borders annually includes Uzbekistan on its "Enemies of the Internet" list for blocking access to international media websites and websites critical of the Uzbek government.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 08:07
Photographer Jean-Marc Bouju was one of the first journalists to drive into Kigali, Rwanda twenty years ago this month, upon hearing of growing ethnic unrest in the area. It was unclear what was happening at the time, and there was no way of knowing that within the next 100 days, nearly one million people would be slaughtered with machetes and farm tools in what would become known as the Rwandan genocide.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 08:07
Egypt’s interim president, Adly Mansour, has said in public letters to the journalists’ families that he hoped they were soon released.