Human Rights
Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 00:00
In a revelation that is reverberating across Argentina, a survivor of the detention center where Sosa was held has presented a list of 293 detainees, part of a trove of evidence he rescued from destruction decades ago and hid away.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 00:00
The Colombian Attorney General's Office has formally accused a former deputy director of the DAS security service with masterminding the 1999 murder of popular journalist and political humorist Jaime Garzon.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 00:00
Prison rights activists in Venezuela have demanded an inquiry into the deaths of six inmates in a bloody shootout at a jail near Caracas, part of the most violent prison system in the hemisphere.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 00:00
Una vez mas la Asociacion de Entidades Periodisticas Argentinas (ADEPA) decidio emitir un comunicado para deplorar las "amenazas e intimidaciones" sufridas en los ultimos dias por periodistas.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 00:00
Cuba's repressive legal system has created a climate of fear among journalists, dissidents and activists, putting them at risk of arbitrary arrest and harassment by the authorities.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 00:00
"Juan Gossain es un periodista extraordinario. Yo le quiero rendir todo nuestro homenaje. Y ojala no se jubile, porque Colombia necesita que esa mente lucida de Juan Gossain se mantenga muy, muy activa".
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 00:00
U.S. policy can and must do far more to provide the political incentive Honduras needs to address its problems going forward.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 00:00
Eighty per cent of workers on minimum wage are black and university graduation rate is less than a third of that for whites.
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 00:00
La tarea de esta Comision sera investigar y establecer las violaciones de derechos humanos que se registraron en el marco del golpe de Estado ocurrido hace exactamente un ano, es decir el 28 de junio del ano pasado.
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 00:00
RedSalud DDHH has documented and helped with 473 cases of torture and cruel and inhuman treatment all over the country, but especially in Caracas, since it started its work in 1995.