Human Rights
Monday, February 22, 2016 - 05:35
The violence gripping El Salvador affects women in a different way than men. Within the current security crisis, gang and security force violence has exacerbated a broader, long-standing acceptance of violence against women. More than half of all Salvadoran women say they have suffered some form of violence in their lives. Over a quarter of these women were victims of sexual or physical violence.
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 07:23
The landmark Guatemalan case seeks to prove that the systematic rape of 11 women at the Sepur Zarco military base was a war crime.
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 07:22
Allegations of human rights abuses by the armed forces of Honduras have skyrocketed as the government has increased militarization of police across the country.
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 07:13
A recent report by Chile's judiciary has deplored the dangerous and inhumane conditions of prisons in Chile, highlighting concern over overcrowding, a problem that plagues prisons across Latin America.
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 06:23
Ugandans went to the polls on Thursday to choose presidential and parliamentary candidates in an election riddled with irregularities even before voting began.
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 06:20
Two Syrian watch groups charged on Thursday that U.S.-led coalition strikes against the Islamic State had killed as many as 38 civilians over a three-day period, the highest reported death toll in months.
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 06:42
The Afghan air force is poised to take a major step forward with the deployment of the A-29 Super Tucano, an attack plane bought by the Pentagon to give Afghans the ability to drop bombs in combat. But before the plane has flown a single combat mission, a new report suggests the Afghan military is struggling to avoid killing civilians with the other aircraft it already has.
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 06:39
The Tajik government is arresting, imprisoning, and torturing members of the country’s peaceful political opposition, Human Rights Watch and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee said today.
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 06:31
Egyptian authorities have ordered the closure of a prominent local non-governmental organization that documents alleged human rights abuses and treats torture victims, the NGO and security sources said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 06:43
The U.S.-backed Saudi coalition as well as Houthi rebels are both restricting humanitarian aid access in the impoverished country where more than 80 percent of people need help, United Nations aid chief Stephen O'Brien said on Tuesday.