Human Rights
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 00:00
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says 56 journalists have been killed in the past nine years and most of the slayings remain unsolved
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 00:00
Mr. Gomez was the lead investigator on the Moakley Commission, the 1989 task force headed by Rep. Joe Moakley (D-Mass.) that identified the Salvadoran army officers who killed six Jesuit priests and their housekeepers
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 00:00
Walter Trochez, 25 years old, a well-known LGBT activist in Honduras who was an active member of the National Resistance Front against the coup d'etat there, was assassinated on the evening of December 13, shot dead by drive-by killers.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 00:00
Un llamado a buscar alternativas de paz para Colombia y a tener en cuenta la situacion en el campo de en el campo de los derechos humanos, la democracia y la situacion humanitaria antes de considerar el Paquete de ayuda para Colombia en 2011, solicitaron
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 00:00
In 2005 Colombia introduced the Justice and Peace Law (JPL) in an effort to combat the problem of paramilitary groups rampant in the country. The law offers fighters lenient penalties for human rights abuses in return for voluntary demobilisation.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 00:00
Honduran authorities must launch an urgent and independent investigation into the murder of human rights defender Walter Trochez who was killed late on Sunday night while walking home through the centre of Tegucigalpa, Amnesty International said today.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 00:00
There could be a surge of millions of refugees crossing the U.S. border. Those millions will almost certainly include individuals who have committed human rights violations in Mexico. And those individuals must be held accountable for their actions.
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 00:00
Katherine Ronderos, a Colombian NGO worker based in London, went on a fact-finding mission to Honduras at the height of the coup and was there when ousted President Zelaya slipped back into the country
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 00:00
Institucion castrense niega hasta hoy que existio una base en comunidad donde militares asesinaron a mas de 100 campesinos
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 00:00
Dirigentes indigenas de Nicaragua acusaron al Ejercito de su pais de perseguir y reprimir a miskitos en el Caribe Norte nicaragüense en un operativo contra el trafico de drogas