Human Rights

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 00:00
The United States on Tuesday voiced concern for the safety of Mexican journalists in the country's bloody drug war after a reporter said he was granted asylum by US authorities.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 00:00
El Movimiento de Integracion y Liberacion Homosexual (Movilh) aplaudio y califico de "historic"” la determinacion de la Comision Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH).
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 00:00
"We want you to explain to us what you want from us" the front-page editorial in El Diario in Ciudad Juarez asked the leaders of organized crime.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 00:00
Dos dias despues de ver asesinado a uno de sus reporteros, El Diario de Ciudad Juarez lanzo desde sus paginas una clara pregunta a las organizaciones criminales: "¿Que quieren de nosotros?"
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 09:22

Last week, the Department of State certified that Colombia is meeting the human rights conditions required by law in order to release 30 percent of military aid in the foreign budget. Here is an excerpt of the press release announcing the certification:

Monday, September 20, 2010 - 00:00
"¿Que quieren de nosotros?", le pregunto directamente el principal periodico de Ciudad Juarez a los narcotraficantes, en un editorial publicado en la primera plana de su edicion dominical.
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 00:00
The biggest newspaper in Mexico's most violent city will restrict drug war coverage after the killing of its second journalist in less than two years.
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 00:00
Ustedes son, en estos momentos, las autoridades de facto en esta ciudad, porque los mandos instituidos legalmente no han podido hacer nada para impedir que nuestros companeros sigan cayendo.
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 00:00
'Explain what you want from us,' reads front-page editorial
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 00:00
A Mexican newspaper in the heartland of the country's drug war has asked cartels for guidance on whether it should publish stories on the conflict.

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