Human Rights
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 07:58
Turkey, Iran, and China are the top jailers of journalists, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) media watchdog.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 00:00
Vigilante groups were noted in more than half of Guerrero's municipalities, according to the report, but Plascencia said he also had received reports of similar bands in 10 other Mexican states.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 00:00
Apesar disso, a organização lembrou que cinco jornalistas foram assassinados no Brasil, mesmo numero que no ano anterior, enquanto no Mexico foram dois, em comparação aos seis de 2012.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 08:16
But where Western democracy activists see the government trampling of civil society, some claim that many Western officials see only gas and oil.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:49
At least 21 found dead in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UN says, with women and a baby among those killed.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:47
The UN tribunal for Rwanda on Monday handed a 25-year jail term to a former mayor found guilty of genocide for the 1994 bulldozing of a church with 2 000 people inside.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:22
Attacks by Islamist group Boko Haram in Nigeria's restive northeast have killed more than 1,200 people since May, when a state of emergency was declared in the region, the United Nations said Monday.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 06:54
Recently defeated M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have continued to recruit fighters in neighboring Rwanda while the Congolese army has been involved in human rights abuses and corruption, according to a confidential U.N. report.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 00:00
Many of the girls drawn into gang life and the Medellin sex trade simply disappear. In 2013, close to 600 children have disappeared -- a majority of them girls -- according to investigators in the mayor's office.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 00:00
Maduro may lack the Chavez charisma but he is clearly intent on using the airwaves to counter criticism he says comes from right-wing elites intent on ousting him and the Venezuelan socialist revolution.