Human Rights
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 00:00
Communities in the West Zone (Zona Oeste) of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil have been earmarked for eviction and removal by the City Hall in preparation for the 2016 Olympics.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 00:00
The Rev. Jesse Jackson appealed to Cuba on Tuesday to release an American contractor facing a possible 20-year sentence on charges of trying to undermine the government, saying granting him freedom on humanitarian grounds could open the door for better re
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 00:00
Mexico's violence-plagued border state of Chihuahua is setting up a fund to help children orphaned by the drug war, aiding the offspring of innocent victims and of slain killers alike.
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 00:00
The announcements from the Archdiocese of Havana follow.
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 00:00
Survivors of Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship are hoping Barack Obama's visit next month will lead to the release of more classified U.S. documents that could be critical to prosecuting the Chilean agents responsible for torturing and killing leftists
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 00:00
El gobierno cubano considera a sus criticos, como Farinas y las Damas de Blanco, como mercenarios al servicio de Estados Unidos.
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 00:00
Los homicidios de lideres de tierras, las bandas criminales y la ausencia de controles para evitar que se repitan las 'chuzadas' enturbian aun mas el panorama de Colombia.
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 00:00
Colombian criminal bands linked to former paramilitary groups drove a 40 percent rise in massacres in 2010, slaughtering human rights activists, public officials and civilians, the United Nations said.
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 00:00
The present report analyses the most important developments related to the situation of human rights and international humanitarian law in Colombia in 2010.
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 00:00
Since the first sentence was handed down by the National Criminal Court against a member of the Peruvian armed forces for human rights violations in 2007, there has been growing unrest within the Peruvian armed forces.