Human Rights
Friday, June 18, 2010 - 00:00
Violence against journalists in Latin America is reaching dangerous new dimensions, experts told a House subcommittee Wednesday, noting a surge of killings in Honduras as organized criminal groups expand their territory from Mexico.
Friday, June 18, 2010 - 00:00
Helping refugees is a transnational challenge, but I want to speak for just a minute about what this issue means for Americans and the United States. The United States is the largest single source of support for assistance to refugees and victims of confl
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 00:00
As the Mexican government condemns a new immigration law in Arizona as cruel and xenophobic, illegal migrants passing through Mexico are routinely robbed, raped and kidnapped by organized criminal gangs that often work alongside corrupt police.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 00:00
Continued Incarceration of Alan Gross
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
June 17, 2010
I was pleased to have the opportunity to meet today with family members of development worker and USAID subcontractor Alan Gross, and to
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 00:00
Clinton says Gross' continued detention is harming U.S.-Cuba relations
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 00:00
The Mexican National Human Rights Commission's finding that military authorities mishandled an inquiry into the killing of two children by soldiers underscores the need to stop relying on the army to investigate its own abuses.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 00:00
Ecuador is the first country in the world to ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 00:00
The Vatican foreign minister, and his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez, expressed optimism that landmark negotiations could produce more breakthroughs on the treatment of dissidents and Cuba's 180 political prisoners.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 00:00
La Comision Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) condeno el asesinato de un periodista en el departamento de El Paraiso, por lo que exhorto al Estado hondureno a implementar medidas urgentes para prevenir estos crimenes y brindar seguridad a los comu
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 00:00
El Comite de Aplicacion de Normas de la Organizacion Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) reclamo hoy a Venezuela que vele por que los trabajadores y los empleadores puedan ejercer en total libertad sus derechos.