Human Rights
Friday, May 27, 2016 - 06:54
Colombian Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas has confirmed that one Spanish and two Colombian reporters who went missing a few days ago are in the hands of the guerrilla group Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN).
Friday, May 27, 2016 - 06:49
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has warned that it is in the middle of a "severe financial crisis" that will require drastic cuts, which will heavily impact its ability to attend to victims across the continent.
Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 06:57
The recent disappearance of two journalists from Colombia’s RCN network highlights not only the complexities of the country’s dire political situation, but the insularity of Euro-American thinking.
Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 06:44
For over a year now, the British government has flatly rejected claims that the Saudi Arabian-led coalition has violated the laws of war during its conflict in Yemen, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 06:34
Between calling for an arms embargo and demanding the release of protesters, international rights organisations Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch lament Egypt's "crackdown on dissent".
Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 06:27
B'Tselem, one of Israel's leading human rights groups, said on Wednesday it would no longer refer complaints of abuse carried out by Israeli soldiers to Israeli military courts because the system was biased and set up to whitewash cases. The cases involved allegations of fatal shootings, injuries, beatings, damage to property and the use of Palestinians as human shields.
Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 06:23
United Nations torture prevention group has suspended its visit to Ukraine after being denied access to places in several parts of the country where it suspects people are being deprived of their liberty by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU).
Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 05:09
Carmelo Ramírez Morales never imagined a life without obstacles when he enrolled in the Ayotzinapa college for rural teachers in Mexico's beleaguered southern state of Guerrero. But he did not expect that two years later he would be seeking political asylum in the United States after surviving a police attack that killed three fellow students and disappeared another 43.
Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 04:52
In the history of modern war, fighters are much more likely to injure their enemies than kill them.But in Mexico, the opposite is true. According to the government’s own figures, Mexico’s armed forces are exceptionally efficient killers — stacking up bodies at extraordinary rates.
Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 04:40
Mexico's proposal to use GPS tracking to prevent torture by security officials is another example of unnecessarily elaborate fixes to simple but intractable problems. If it becomes law, arresting officers will be required to activate a GPS device the moment a subject is apprehended. The device would send real-time updates on the suspect's location to a National Public Security System information center.