Human Rights

Monday, November 4, 2013 - 00:00
Villarraga aseguro que su hijo Fernando visito al oficial Robinson Gonzalez del Rio -preso por 'falsos positivos'- para pedirle ayuda con la libreta militar y para conseguir dos cajas de municion para escopeta.
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 00:00
Bricklayer Amarildo de Souza was last seen June 14 when police picked him up for questioning in Rio de Janeiro's Rocinha slum.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 12:59
A Georgian court has acquitted a former defense minister of charges involving the torture and inhuman treatment of seven special forces soldiers.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 12:51
Mukhortova insists she is mentally fit and that the legal actions against her are politically motivated.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 10:02
The Moroccan king has been clever enough to promise reform whenever opposition pressure has built up since the protests of 2011. But he still maintains an iron grip on the media, as the arrest of one editor has shown.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 08:45
Spokesperson Jen Psaki discussed the latest developments in Syria, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki's visit to the U.S., U.S.-Afghan relations, Egypt's military operations in the Sinai and other issues.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 08:09
The African Union is pushing ahead with its bid for a one-year deferral of International Criminal Court charges against Kenya’s president and deputy president, saying it will move for a resolution in the U.N. Security Council.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 08:06
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has called on President Uhuru Kenyatta to veto a new measure passed by parliament that would impose stiff penalties on the media.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 07:50
The start of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s International Criminal Court trial has today been postponed to February 5, 2014. The postponement comes barely a fortnight before the November 12 date on which the case was set to kick off.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 07:32
Cameroonian gendarme Gaitan Atouba was stunned when the Nigerian military opened fire on more than 100 Nigerian refugees under his protection, killing 15 and seriously wounding seven in the northeast Nigerian border town of Banki earlier this month.

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