Human Rights
Friday, March 21, 2014 - 00:00
La crisis humanitaria en Buenaventura, derivada de la violencia, que este ano ya deja mas de 60 homicidios, llevo al Gobierno a militarizar este puerto sobre el Pacifico. Desde ayer llegaron 400 soldados y 180 infantes de Marina, que se suman a los 380 p
Friday, March 21, 2014 - 00:00
Outside the shacks, a few men loiter, waiting and smoking; on the other side of the doors, women engage in the dangerous business of selling sex for money.
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 10:07
Meanwhile, some 400 people gathered near the district administration office in Rushan on March 19 demanding punishment for the GBAO police directorate chief Fayzullo Nozimov and the police officers who accompanied him on March 18.
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 08:35
Rhetoric aside, though, the Obama administration has largely refused to supply U.N. experts with details about the classified U.S. drone program, which has killed hundreds of suspected militants in Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, and other countries over the past decade.
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 08:13
The Islamists may no longer be in power, but religious despotism seems to be alive and well in the land of the Nile.
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 08:11
"Saudi Arabia must prove that its acceptance of these recommendations is more than a mere public relations exercise designed to deflect criticism of its human rights record."
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 00:00
The first 12 months of President Enrique Pena Nieto's six-year term witnessed the largest number of attacks on journalists since 2007.
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 00:00
The first 12 months of President Enrique Pena Nieto's six-year term witnessed the largest number of attacks on journalists since 2007, according to the group
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 00:00
"The situation in Buenaventura is among the very worst we've seen in many years of working in Colombia and the region," said Jose Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch.
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 00:00
But the torture, disappearances and dismemberments of victims which is currently plaguing Buenaventura is a recent development