Human Rights
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 00:00
Serious gaps in access to healthcare services are harming vulnerable women and girls still displaced after the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 00:00
The stark contrast between how the U.S. Public Health Service scientists experimented with Americans and Guatemalans clearly shows that researchers knew their conduct was unethical.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 00:00
US government scientists who infected Guatemalans with syphilis and gonorrhoea as part of a study knew they were violating ethical rules, a US presidential panel has said.
Monday, August 29, 2011 - 00:00
Emilio Palacio issued a letter from Miami on Sunday saying he feared for his safety because of new pressures from what he called "the dictatorship."
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 00:00
A leader of landless workers was shot to death Thursday while riding his bike in Brazil's forested state of Para, a watchdog group that focuses on land rights said.
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 00:00
A Chilean judge has agreed to investigate the death of a general who was tortured and imprisoned for supporting President Salvador Allende before the 1973 military coup.
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 00:00
An abducted Mexican journalist has been found shot dead north of Culiacan, in northwestern Sinaloa state.
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 00:00
Spain has asked El Salvador to clarify the legal status of nine former military officers indicted in Madrid over the slayings of six Jesuit priests during the Central American country's 1980-1992 civil war, a court official said Thursday.
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 00:00
Radio journalist Humberto Millan Salazar was kidnapped from the street by a group of armed men in the west Mexico state of Sinaloa.
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 00:00
Threats towards journalists around Colombia are on the rise, said the country's Foundation for the Freedom of Press Wednesday.