Human Rights

Brazilian police detain local Google president
Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 00:00
Police have briefly detained the president of Google Brazil, Fabio Jose Silva Coelho, over the company's refusal to take down YouTube videos.
Juiz recua e manda liberar diretor-geral do Google no Brasil
Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 00:00
Executivo foi detido por não retirar do YouTube videos contrarios a candidato de Campo Grande.
Colombia moves again to weaken civilian jurisdiction over military human rights crimes
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 10:40
New bill text posted to Colombia's Congressional Record shows human rights crimes that, stricken from the law, could automatically go to the military court system.
Presidente Humala: Peru debe acatar fallo de la Corte IDH sobre Grupo Colina
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 00:00
El presidente de la Republica, Ollanta Humala, aseguro hoy martes que el Peru debe cumplir con la resolucion de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH), que ordena anular la sentencia a favor del grupo paramilitar Colina.
"Quienes planearon mi secuestro siguen vivos y asisten a cocteles": Jineth Bedoya
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 00:00
Prefiero que me den un balazo en Colombia y no morirme de tristeza en una pieza en Europa.
CALL FOR RELEASE OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST ACCUSED OF INSULTING PRESIDENT
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 00:00
Calixto Ramon Martinez Arias was arrested on 16 September and has been held ever since on a charge of insulting the president, which could lead to a three-year prison sentence.
Disappearance of Yo Soy 132 activist raises stakes in Mexico
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 00:00
The legitimacy of the Yo Soy 132 student movement or the PRI political party could be badly affected, depending on what happened to the Ensenada activist.
Victim of Guatemalan civil war massacre wins asylum in U.S.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 00:00
One of two known survivors of a notorious Guatemalan civil war massacre of 250 men, women and children in his small farming village has been granted political asylum to stay in the United States.
Denuncia Publica: Paramilitares amenazan de muerte a defensores, lideres sociales e indigenas en Cauca y Valle del Cauca - Colombia
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 00:00
La Fundacion Comite de Solidaridad con los Presos Politicos, Seccional Valle, denuncia ante la comunidad nacional e internacional, las amenazas reiteradas contra las organizaciones sociales y de derechos Humanos en la region.
"Castano ordeno la investigacion judicial de mi secuestro": Yineth Bedoya
Monday, September 24, 2012 - 00:00
La periodista revela detalles de los hechos que rodearon su secuestro. Cuenta que alrededor de ellos se movio la clase politica, empresarial, miembros de la Fuerza Publica, el DAS y colegas suyos.

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