Human Rights
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 00:00
En el Ejecutivo se senalo que la situacion del Jefe del Estado Mayor del Ejercito es distinta a la de los tres ex asesores -tambien vinculados con los servicios de inteligencia del Regimen Militar- despedidos del Ministerio de Defensa.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 00:00
Treinta y tres soldados que hicieron el servicio militar durante la dictadura confirmaron la existencia de vuelos de la muerte desde la Primera Brigada Aerea de El Palomar.
Monday, January 31, 2011 - 00:00
Those who have brought charges against him - a journalist, a doctor, an agronomist, a historian and a soccer coach - worry that the absence of an uproar shows that Haitians are still afraid.
Monday, January 31, 2011 - 00:00
Even when having dinner with friends, he seemed withdrawn and often sat quietly chain-smoking as others chattered nosily around him. At those moments it was hard to picture him as the brute force who once terrorized his own people.
Monday, January 31, 2011 - 00:00
El doble papel del juez espanol Baltasar Garzon como asesor de la Corte Penal Internacional y del gobierno colombiano le puede significar un conflicto de intereses.
Monday, January 31, 2011 - 00:00
La Comision Ecumenica de Derechos Humanos (Cedhu) califico como una "ejecucion extrajudicial" la muerte del ecuatoriano Omitar Tamayo y de los colombianos Orlando Tapia y Sabino Timote, a manos del Ejercito ecuatoriano.
Monday, January 31, 2011 - 00:00
The "Law for the Defense of Political Sovereignty and National Self-determination" empowers the government to fine a group double the sum it receives from abroad.
Friday, January 28, 2011 - 08:10
A December 2010 report by Human Rights Watch outlines the lack of accountability for human rights abuses committed during and following the June 2009 coup in Honduras. The report also documents 47 cases of threats or attacks, including 18 killings, against journalists, human rights defenders, and political activists since the inauguration of Honduran President Porfirio Lobo in January 2010.
Friday, January 28, 2011 - 00:00
El disidente cubano Guillermo Farinas fue liberado el viernes tras su segunda breve detencion en 24 horas, la cual describio como un aumento del hostigamiento a la oposicion en la isla de Gobierno comunista.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 00:00
Exiled Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier's return has sparked demands that he be prosecuted for alleged crimes against humanity during his regime.