Human Rights
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 - 00:00
El escenario se ha repetido numerosas veces, especialmente en la ultima decada: un territorio primero es objeto de ataques por parte de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) y, casi inmediatamente despues, sede de un "Consejo de Segu
Monday, July 9, 2012 - 00:00
Este proceso ha sido inedito, ya que por primera vez la justicia considero que la apropiacion ilegal de menores no fue un hecho aislado sino una politica elaborada.
Monday, July 9, 2012 - 00:00
The line between enforcement and abuse is blurred along the Texas-Mexico border, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, which alleges people have been subject to invasive and humiliating personal searches, unjustified detentions and coercion.
Friday, July 6, 2012 - 00:00
Three decades ago, when a military junta ran the country of Argentina, the government ran a systematic program to take babies from leftist parents. Hundreds of babies are thought to have disappeared under the program.
Friday, July 6, 2012 - 00:00
A cinco se elevo el numero de muertos en las protestas que convulsionan la region de Cajamarca por el rechazo de la poblacion a un ambicioso proyecto aurifero, segun informo el jueves el director regional de salud, Reynaldo Nunez.
Friday, July 6, 2012 - 00:00
Indigenous smallholder farmers are being violently evicted as companies move in to satisfy Europe's hunger for biofuels.
Friday, July 6, 2012 - 00:00
"We watched, voiceless," Jean-Louis Saint Thomas, an elderly farmer, said. "The government paid us to shut us up."
Friday, July 6, 2012 - 00:00
Local authorities and social leaders in Peru's northern Cajamarca region must urgently appeal for calm, Amnesty International said after violence erupted at protests against a goldmine, killing at least four people.
Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 00:00
An Argentine court is due to deliver its verdict in the trial of former military leaders accused of overseeing the systematic theft of babies from political prisoners in the 1970s.
Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 00:00
One civilian killed and prominent activist arrested during demonstrations against £2.5bn Newmont project in Cajamarca.