Human Rights
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 00:00
The Commission hopes that this report will help demonstrate the pressing need to change public policies on citizen security, changing the focus of attention from repression to prevention of crime and violence.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 00:00
El secretario general de la Organizacion Mundial Contra la Tortura, OMCT, Eric Sottas, expreso ayer su preocupacion por la situacion de los derechos humanos en Nicaragua, y, en particular, por las amenazas que se ciernen sobre la libertad de expresion y l
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 00:00
Éstas son algunas de las conclusiones anunciadas hoy en Buenos Aires durante la presentacion del Informe sobre Seguridad Ciudadana y Derechos Humanos, elaborado por la Comision Interamericana de Derechos Humanos.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 00:00
Jorge Taiana, who spent nearly three years in the Unit 9 prison in the provincial capital of La Plata, described mistreatment in the prison.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 00:00
El Consejo Nacional de Periodismo (CNP), reunido hoy, lunes 10 de mayo, emitio un comunicado en torno al reciente fallo del Juzgado Segundo de Circuito Civil que condeno a la Corporacion La Prensa al pago de 300 mil dolares.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 00:00
The independent group Fundacion Progresar warned of a "serious" increase in human rights violations along Colombia's border with Venezuela, where some 16,000 people have been murdered and 1,800 have disappeared over the past decade.
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 00:00
It would prove to be the most difficult research mission Human Rights Watch had undertaken in the region in years.
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 00:00
The army officer's family immediately criticized the verdict as unjust and said imprisoning him was a means of silencing a prominent critic.
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 00:00
El hecho de que su apelacion estuviera el jueves en el calendario de un tribunal para delitos contra la seguridad del estado "confirma la sospecha de la connotacion politica del asunto."
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 00:00
These are human rights issues and we were encouraged that this rights-based approach has now become a standard operating procedure in UN, NGO, and governmental policies in disaster response.