Human Rights
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 00:00
The Archdiocese of Havana said the government planned to release Oscar Elias Biscet, a dissident who was arrested during an internationally criticized roundup of dissidents in 2003.
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 00:00
Biscet, a doctor who has been serving a 25-year sentence for alleged activities against state security, is the president of the Lawton Foundation for Human Rights.
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 00:00
Las autoridades uruguayas investigan un video en el que supuestos militares amenazan con iniciar operaciones para liberar a uniformados presos por violaciones a los derechos humanos durante la dictadura de 1973 a 1985.
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 00:00
Valladares told Human Rights Watch that he has received intimidating phone calls, and noticed people monitoring his home and following him, after he questioned the increasing power of the Honduran military since the 2009 coup.
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 00:00
Mexican prosecutors are reopening investigations into 21 deaths during 2006 protests against the Oaxaca state government, including the killing of an independent U.S. journalist.
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 00:00
Activistas de los derechos humanos y colectivos de defensa de los homosexuales celebraron la aprobacion este martes de una reforma que preve incluir por primera vez en la Constitucion mexicana el derecho a no ser discriminado por motivos de "preferen
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 00:00
Talking to the head of U.N. Women about what a true post-feminist world would look like.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 00:00
Yndira Sandoval Sanchez exige que se esclarezcan los asesinatos de mujeres en Mexico.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 00:00
En la peregrinacion oficialista contra los organismos de la sociedad civil, ayer fue el turno del Centro Nicaragüenses de Derechos Humanos, Cenidh.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 00:00
The dwindling freedom of press in Mexico is compounded on two fronts by the allegations of widespread government corruption and ties to the cartels as well as the profound self-censorship imposed on the media.