Human Rights
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 00:00
The FARC announced over the weekend that it would present the coordinates for Langlois’ handover to the International Red Cross, a delegate of the French government and former Colombian Sen. Piedad Cordoba
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 00:00
More troubling than Calderon’s failure to enact the law is what it represents: a lack of genuine interest in protecting journalists, evident across the country at every level of government.
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 00:00
Two other leaders of the union, known as SINTRAEMCALI, received death threats last month signed by The Black Eagles, a far-right militia, inviting them to their own funerals.
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 00:00
Sin importar el origen de esos crimenes, preocupa que en una region como el Valle donde abundan las organizaciones sindicales y los conflictos laborales con sus empleadores, los activistas se conviertan en el blanco.
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 00:00
Varios paises del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU pidieron hoy a Brasil que haga todo lo posible para acabar con las ejecuciones extrajudiciales cometidas por la Policia Militar.
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 00:00
"Es increible, pero mas de la mitad de la poblacion carcelaria en Colombia esta en detencion preventiva. Los jueces desatienden los estandares internacionales de Derechos Humanos".
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 00:00
Like his country, Oscar would have to choose whether to confront painful truths.
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 00:00
El gobierno venezolano juzgo como "un irrespeto, ataque e injerencia" el Informe de Derechos Humanos del Departamento de Estado norteamericano y lo rechazo en forma "categorica y contundente".
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 00:00
The negative connotation of being embedded – that it implies complicity with one of the actors involved in the conflict – should be scrutinized according to the journalist's work in each case.
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 00:00
The law provides that the Secretary of State shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, "a full and complete report regarding the status of internationally recognized human rig