Human Rights
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 00:00
An attack by masked gunmen on a convoy of about 40 Mexican and European human rights activists and journalists has left two dead and at least four people missing.
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 00:00
En lo que va del ano cuatro comunicadores han sido asesinados en el pais, victimas del entorno de inseguridad y violencia.
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 00:00
Amnesty International has urged Colombia's presidential election candidates to make human rights a top priority ahead of the 30 May poll.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 00:00
"Nowadays, judges are afraid that they not only can be dismissed, and lose their jobs, but they can be put in prison after Judge Afiuni's detention."
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 00:00
The human rights group said officials ignored or even played a part in the rape, kidnap, and murder of migrants, often carried out by criminal gangs.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 00:00
The Mexican Senate passed a measure Tuesday to make soldiers accountable to civilian courts for abuses involving civilians, and ensure the use of troops in actions like the offensive against drug cartels is temporary.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 00:00
The head of the Organization of American States says a delegation from the affiliated Inter-American Human Rights Commission will travel to Honduras in May.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 00:00
El director ejecutivo de la Comision Mexicana de Defensa y Promocion de los Derechos Humanos, Juan Carlos Gutierrez, apura a acotar el fuero militar ante cualquier situacion de violacion de los derechos fundamentales.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 00:00
The government has helped draw attention to the women -- known as the Damas de Blanco, or Ladies in White -- by choosing, with no explanation, to start blocking their small weekly protests after seven years of tolerating them.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 00:00
What a long road it was that led me from little Pioneer guarding the ballot boxes, to the adult with several years of abstentions on her record.