Human Rights
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 00:00
Over 100 representatives of PGR and other government bodies in the state of Jalisco attended the training, which provided information necessary to identify persons engaged in human trafficking and identify victims of these and other serious crimes.
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 00:00
El ministro del Interior daba una inesperada rueda de prensa para desvirtuar cualquier informacion sobre violencia e irrespeto a los derechos humanos por parte de miembros de la Policia Nacional contra manifestantes.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 09:09
The UN peacekeeping force (MONUSCO) has for the first time actively intervened in eastern Congo. It’s a significant step in the right direction, but peace can’t be achieved by force only, says Andrea Schmidt.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 09:06
Over 2,000 children are still being used as soldiers by 27 armed groups in North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo despite efforts by the United Nations Children’s Fund to remove them from the frontlines and return them to their homes.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 08:31
It is time for the South Caucasians to make up their minds about their future. If they want closer cooperation with the West, they must pursue reforms for transparent governance and wider economic opportunity.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 08:23
The U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan has criticized what it calls "disgusting personal attacks" against Khadija Ismayilova, an RFE/RL investigative journalist and talk-show host in Baku.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 08:21
News of the in absentia sentence of the leader of a human rights organisation that actively opposes the torture of prisoners in Uzbekistan, fights against the use of child labour among other issues was rather unexpected.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 07:33
Strengthening respect for human rights and fighting impunity are essential for the stabilization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a United Nations official said today, stressing the need to protect the rights of those most vulnerable in the country.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 00:00
El secretario del trabajo reconocio que es preocupante que 900 mil infantes se encuentren trabajando como jornaleros agricolas.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 00:00
Until now, an amnesty has shielded from prosecution those suspected of atrocities. But the discovery of a secret directory of death squad targets has given campaigners hope that the guilty can at last be held accountable.