Human Rights
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 00:00
Cuarenta anos despues del golpe, la leccion medular de Chile para Estados Unidos es que las protecciones de los derechos humanos deben agregarse a su conjunto de politicas.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 00:00
Uno de los mas perdurables y menos discutidos efectos del golpe de 1973 fue la transformacion de la politica exterior estadounidense colocando a los derechos humanos en su agenda.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 08:31
Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has applied for a U.S. visa to attend the opening of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the State Department said on Monday, adding that he should not make the trip because he is accused of war crimes.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 08:27
Ethnic violence erupted in the central Nigerian Nassarawa state late on Friday, reportedly claiming many lives and forcing many panicky residents to flee for safety.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 08:26
Protesters threw stones at officials from Mali's newly elected government during a weekend visit to the main northern rebel stronghold, but the reconciliation minister said on Monday that efforts to heal the country's deep social rifts were on track.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 08:11
Several suspected members of the Boko Haram sect and three civilians were killed on Monday when soldiers attached to the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Monguno, Borno State had an encounter with the insurgents.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 08:08
Kenya is canvassing support for a possible walk-out by African states from the International Criminal Court, whose prosecution of elected Kenyan leaders has revived accusations on the continent that the court unfairly targets Africans.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 07:34
At the beginning of June the Burundian Parliament promulgated a media law that threatens the freedom of the country's press. The law requires journalists to reveal their sources, imposes fines for contravention of the law and obliges journalists to hold a university degree.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 07:33
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) claims that the Sudanese Air Force’s aerial bombardments of Dilling locality in South Kordofan have resulted in the injury of two persons, the killing of livestock, as well as the destruction of a number of farms and a mosque.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 07:28
The heated anti-press rhetoric coming from the top echelons of power causes media owners to clear their newsrooms of independent voices, read the CPJ letter, addressed to Erdoğan and sent on Sept. 17.