Human Rights

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 00:00
We write to express our deep and continuing concerns about the protection of human rights, freedom of expression and the rule of law in Honduras.
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 00:00
"La Fiscalia de Derechos Humanos amedrenta a los Policias y envalentona a los delincuentes por sus actuaciones, por eso responsabilizo de cualquier cosa que le pase a los Policias a la Fiscalia de Derechos Humanos."
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 00:00
El 24 de junio proximo, el ex asesor presidencial Vladimiro Montesinos Torres cumplira 10 anos privado de libertad y, con ello, habra cumplido 29 de las 32 sentencias que ha recibido hasta hoy.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 00:00
Despite the government's repeated assurances it is looking into the killings, press groups cite "a systematic failure" of law enforcement to solve all but two of 13 journalist killings over the past 18 months.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 00:00
Al menos por ahora, en Uruguay se ha respetado la decision popular de transitar el camino de la reconciliacion.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 00:00
The owner of a Honduras television station was shot to death last week. He was the 13th news media worker slain in Honduras over the past 18 months.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 00:00
Some analysts say that "femicides" increase with the chaos of organized crime, though motives in El Salvador and the rest of Central America and Mexico remain unclear.
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 00:00
Drug trafficking is a growing problem in Honduras, but the harassment of media workers is also due to the political polarization in the country after the ouster of former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in 2009
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 00:00
El Gobierno de Evo Morales impulsa una ley de Telecomunicaciones que obligara a las emisoras de radio y television privadas a transmitir gratis los frecuentes discursos del mandatario
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 00:00
These are just a few of the things happening in a few of the countries in our own backyard, Mr. Speaker, that justify-indeed, demand that Congress remain vigilant and vocal in defense of freedom of expression everywhere ..... not just on World Press Freed

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