Human Rights

Efrain Rios Montt podria ir a juicio por genocidio
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 00:00
Orlando Lopez, fiscal a cargo de la investigacion, acuso a Rios Montt de autor intelectual y de haber implementado el plan de campana Victoria 82.
Se duplica el numero de presos politicos en Cuba
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 00:00
El numero de presos politicos en Cuba se duplico a 90 en los ultimos nueve meses, a pesar de la preferencia del gobierno por detenciones a corto plazo como manera de controlar la disidencia.
Guatemala’s war on women
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 00:00
Despite promises made by successive Presidents to fight crime and violence against women and a law passed by Congress in 2008 for the establishment of special tribunals and sentencing guidelines, the figures continue to tell a different story.
Despejado caso Rios Montt
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 00:00
Con el rechazo de 13 recursos planteados por la defensa de tres militares retirados, el juez Primero B de Mayor Riesgo, Miguel Ángel Galvez, dejo ayer la mesa limpia
Truth commission to investigate crimes against journalists during military dictatorship in Brazil
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 00:00
Together with state journalists' unions, the group will investigate cases of censorship, killings, disappearances and other forms of violence and restrictions on the practice of journalism in Brazil during the dictatorship
Mayor central sindical Colombia denuncia amenazas de muerte por paramilitares
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 00:00
La Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Colombia (CUT), la principal asociacion sindical del pais, denuncio hoy amenazas de muerte por un supuesto grupo armado que los declaro "objetivos militares"
Paso historico de Colombia frente a la libertad de expresion
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 00:00
La proteccion de la libertad de expresion en Colombia, especialmente en zonas afectadas por el conflicto, recibio este lunes el apoyo de alcaldes y gobernadores del pais y del presidente Juan Manuel Santos
Facts about Guatemala's Kaibiles
Friday, January 18, 2013 - 11:14

“For the first time in more than 25 years, an American Soldier has graduated from the Guatemalan special operations Kaibil School, in Poptún, Guatemala,” announces a December

Una de cal y otra de arena
Friday, January 18, 2013 - 00:00
Casi daria la impresion de que hay sensatez y mesura en la gestion de la politica en materia de derechos humanos o de que, al menos, se busca avanzar en esa direccion. Lamentablemente, las muestras en sentido contrario, continuan
Statement by Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights Concerning Colombia’s Expansion of Military Jurisdiction
Friday, January 18, 2013 - 00:00
Colombia's decision to expand the jurisdiction of its military tribunals is a setback for the strengthening of the rule of law in the country and the region

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