Human Rights

Periodicos de Ecuador alertan por ley que busca "asfixiarlos"
Monday, June 17, 2013 - 00:00
La Asociacion de Editores de Periodicos de Ecuador (Aedep) alerto ayer sobre un eventual control "asfixiante" del gobierno de Rafael Correa a la prensa, tras la aprobacion de una nueva Ley de Comunicacion
Puntos claves en debate final del fuero militar
Monday, June 17, 2013 - 00:00
Se mantienen diferencias por investigaciones de los 'falsos positivos', entre otros temas
Court in Venezuela Orders Release of a Judge Once Scorned and Jailed by Chavez
Monday, June 17, 2013 - 00:00
A court in Caracas, acting at the government's request, ordered Ms. Afiuni to be set free in the latest sign of a shifting political landscape in post-Chavez Venezuela
Edward Snowden, NSA Whistle-Blower, Wins Unusual Sympathizers in Latin America
Monday, June 17, 2013 - 00:00
The countries most inclined to take Snowden in - that is, those with leftist governments like Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua, which would love to hold him up as an anti-U.S. trophy - also sport some of Latin America's more checkered human-right
For Colombia's military, a new era of reduced civilian human rights prosecutions
Sunday, June 16, 2013 - 16:46

A very contentious debate is nearly over. Last Wednesday, Colombia’s Senate approved legislation that will allow the country’s military to try its own personnel in many more cases of human rights abuse. On Monday, Colombia’s House of Representatives is expected to do the same.

Growing Concerns On Impact Of Nigeria’s Conflict On U.S.-Nigeria Relations
Friday, June 14, 2013 - 14:29

The Obama administration considers Nigeria a “vital” strategic partner and provides Nigeria withsecurity assistance to stabilize the Niger Delta. Yet, as Jamestown Foundation’s Jacob Zenn notes, a recent escalation of violence and brutal military conduct, coupled with continued U.S.

La paradoja del nuevo fuero penal militar
Friday, June 14, 2013 - 00:00
Lo paradojico es que si el proceso de paz va tan bien como ha dicho el Gobierno, cuando esta reforma entre en vigor en principio ya no habra guerrilla para perseguir
Colombia and United States to Hold First Meeting on Racial and Ethnic Equality Action Plan
Friday, June 14, 2013 - 00:00
The U.S.-Colombia Action Plan on Racial and Ethnic Equality recognizes ethnic and racial diversity as a crucial element in the development of democratic and multicultural societies like those in Colombia and the United States.
Brazilian journalist slain in apparent effort to silence coverage
Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 00:00
If police suspicions are correct, this would be the fifth slaying of a journalist this year with an apparent link between the crime and the victim's work
Mexico rescues 275 workers from 'slavery'
Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 00:00
Mexican authorities have rescued at least 275 people who were being held in slave-like conditions at a camp where tomatoes are sorted and packed for export

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