Human Rights
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 00:00
A diez anos de la declaracion de nulidad insanable de las leyes de punto final y obediencia debida en el Congreso, el escenario es completamente otro. Por lo pronto, tras un largo periodo de impunidad, ahora hay 415 represores condenados.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 10:39
U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa, and Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa, introduced bipartisan legislation that would establish a U.S. strategy to support affordable, reliable electricity in sub-Saharan Africa in order to improve economic growth, health and education in Africa, while helping job creation in the United States through greater exports.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 08:15
At least 10 people were killed in clashes across the capital of the Central African Republic between supporters of its former president and the fighters who ousted him and seized power five months ago, officials said.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 07:58
South Africa’s police force is increasingly violent against the people it is supposed to protect, researchers have found.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 07:55
The African Union (AU) on Wednesday began a three-day training course on human rights for 32 officers from the Somali National Army (SNA) in the Ugandan capital Kampala.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 07:53
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has today opened a four-day training workshop on improving understanding and compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Human Rights (HR) for thirty-two officers of the Somali National Army (SNA) in Kampala, Uganda.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 07:27
The Congress of the United States writes to express our deep concern with the deterioration of human rights conditions in the Republic of South Sudan.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 00:00
O Comando Militar do Leste impediu nesta quarta-feira (21) a visita de membros da Comissao Estadual da Verdade do Rio ao 1 Batalhao de Policia do Exercito, onde funcionava o DOI-Codi durante a ditadura militar.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 00:00
Forty years after the coup that brought a military dictatorship to Chile, leaders and families continue to search for answers about the country's stolen children.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 00:00
The court said late Wednesday that Otilio Romano should face a court in Argentina where he is accused of committing nearly 100 human rights crimes while working as a prosecutor during the country's 1976-83 military dictatorship.