Human Rights

Monday, January 13, 2014 - 00:00
The entire situation has been an embarrassment for the president and the vice president, domestically and internationally. While it's not over, the president and the vice president have now dropped the criminal complaints against Zamora
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 00:00
IFC was or should have been aware of a series of public allegations and negative perceptions in relation to its client
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 00:00
The World Bank ombudsman issued a stinging critique Friday of the bank’s private-sector arm over a loan to a Honduran palm-oil company engaged in a violent conflict with farm workers over land tenure
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 00:00
El general Efrain Rios Montt obtuvo una victoria judicial, que de ser confirmada por la Corte de Constitucionalidad significa que el ex dictador de 87 anos no podra ser juzgado en 2015
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 14:31
Mr. President, I have taken the floor of the Senate--and when I was a Member of the House, the floor of the House--to talk about circumstances that are occurring somewhere in the world where people are being killed, displaced; people are being uprooted simply because of their ethnicity.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 14:12

The following is a round-up of some of the top security-related articles and news highlights from around the region over the past week.

Argentina

Friday, January 10, 2014 - 13:47
Convicted of corruption and sexual offences, Zayd Saidov was arrested shortly after setting up an opposition party.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 13:36
“All of these stories have an impact on the public,” said Ismayilova. “The ruling family and other officials use public money to invest in their projects done by their own companies.”
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 00:00
El Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montana Tlachinollan (CDHM-T) demando al Poder Judicial de la Federacion emitir una sentencia con “celeridad, eficacia e incorporando las perspectivas de genero y etnicidad” en los casos de Valentina Rosendo Cantu e
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 00:00
Una serie de acciones desmedidas de espionaje y abuso de poder por parte del Gobierno de Rafael Correa muestran el doble discurso del regimen

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