Human Rights
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 00:00
On the ballot will be a referendum on what is known as the Expiry Law or amnesty for those police and military officials who were involved in the human rights abuses of thousands between 1973 and 1985.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 00:00
Twenty four years after the military left power in Brazil, the government is to create a Truth Commission to investigate crimes committed by the security forces between 1964 and 1985
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 00:00
Many were shocked by images of five youths being beaten and abused, but some online comments justifying the attack highlight the toll of rampant crime, bloodshed and homicides
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 00:00
Human rights advocates say they fear a pattern of abuse strikingly similar to what citizens suffered during the political conflicts of the 1980s
Monday, October 26, 2009 - 00:00
Lo dijo de manera impecable Salud Hernandez: el problema no es hablar con los delincuentes; el problema es que el periodista no confronte lo que el delincuente dice
Monday, October 26, 2009 - 00:00
President Cristina Kirchner is cracking down on the free press. Argentines are wondering if their democracy will survive
Monday, October 26, 2009 - 00:00
Since the June 28, 2009 coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya from office, the de facto regime has tried to stanch the flow of incriminating information coming from Honduras. But human rights organizations and grassroots delegations keep working to foc
Friday, October 23, 2009 - 00:00
Uruguay's last dictator, Gregorio Alvarez, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday for 37 homicides during the nation's 1973-1985 military regime
Friday, October 23, 2009 - 00:00
"Integrantes de la UCEP llevaron adelante acciones abusivas'' contra personas, entre ellas varios indigentes, para que desalojaran lugares publicos
Friday, October 23, 2009 - 00:00
Tiene como finalidad comprometer al Gobierno a no postergar por mas tiempo la implementacion de las reparaciones economicas individuales a las victimas del conflicto armado