Human Rights
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 00:00
Dos organizaciones de venezolanos residentes en el sur de La Florida (Estados Unidos) criticaron el ingreso de Venezuela al Consejo de Derechos Humanos (CDH) de las Naciones Unidas.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 00:00
A new law could be passed that would specifically target users that level insults at President Evo Morales and his government on online social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter, and online forums.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 00:00
For many displaced women and girls, the hardships of displacement are compounded by the trauma of rape and domestic violence," said Amanda Klasing, women's rights researcher at Human Rights Watch.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 00:00
El titular de la Secretaria de Gobernacion, Alejandro Poire, se reunio ayer por segunda ocasion en la semana con un grupo de representantes de madres y familiares cuyos hijos se encuentran desparecidos o fueron asesinados.
Monday, November 12, 2012 - 00:00
Venezuela fue designada este lunes como miembro del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la Organizacion de Naciones Unidas (ONU), tras una votacion celebrada en la sede del organismo en Nueva York.
Monday, November 12, 2012 - 00:00
Over the past several years, some military officers have been held to account for their responsibility for past human rights abuses and in 2011, the then Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom publicly apologized for Carlos Cuevas' disappearance.
Monday, November 12, 2012 - 00:00
The Mexican Supreme Court recently ruled that Moreno, his officers and two dozen of his soldiers should be tried for human rights crimes in a civilian court.
Monday, November 12, 2012 - 00:00
Magali ha luchado desde septiembre de 1998, cuando arrestaron a su hijo junto con otros cuatro cubanos en Miami por "monitorear las actividades de grupos y organizaciones responsables de actividades terroristas contra Cuba".
Monday, November 12, 2012 - 00:00
La encuesta, que recoge los datos hasta mayo de 2012, muestra que 66.5% de los hogares hondurenos se encuentran en condiciones de pobreza.
Monday, November 12, 2012 - 00:00
Mr. Chavez has an equally poor record on freedom of expression. He has bullied and punished the news media for critical reporting on the government's handling of such things as water pollution, violent crime, a prison riot and an earthquake.