Human Rights
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 00:00
Cuban dissidents were able to travel abroad in 2013 but as they distanced themselves from daily life on the island their influence at home waned
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 08:53
Escalating violence in the Central African Republic is posing a threat to children, with at least two beheaded and thousands recruited as soldiers, the United Nations said.
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 00:00
Given the amount of time and media space spent by Latin American politicians criticizing the NSA last year, the hemisphere may also want to focus on a real and ongoing abuse of intelligence capabilities in Venezuela
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 00:00
Ocho militares colombianos, entre ellos un mayor y un sargento, fueron acusados por la Fiscalia por su presunta participacion en el asesinato en 2006 de un campesino que falsamente fue presentado como un guerrillero muerto en combate
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 00:00
Sin haber recibido un fallo condenatorio en su contra, un postulado a la Ley de Justicia y Paz por parte del Bloque Bananero acaba de recuperar su libertad luego de haber cumplido ocho anos de encierro
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 00:00
Zamora is director of the newspaper El Periodico and in recent months has published several articles critical of Vice President Roxana Baldetti, accusing her of corruption and nepotism
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 00:00
Insecurity, social unrest and lack of legal security have been the hallmark of 2013 for Guatemala
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 11:31
US criticises plan to make homosexuality punishable by up to life imprisonment, as tycoon Richard Branson urges boycott.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 10:54
A group of Islamists jailed in Mauritania for terrorist activity linked to al-Qaeda announced a hunger strike on Sunday, demanding an end to “arbitrary measures” including being denied parole and having to pay to be released.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013 - 08:33
The United States remains deeply concerned by the fragile situation in South Sudan. We continue to urge President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar to take immediate steps to end the current conflict, and we welcome their agreement to send representatives to Addis Ababa for talks mediated by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in the coming days.