Human Rights
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 00:00
At the end of the meeting with President Álvaro Uribe at the White House, the President of the United States, Barack Obama, highlighted the reduction of murders of trade union members, as well as the increase in the time of punishment for those res
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 00:00
It's time to recognize that the security of trade union members has improved enough in Colombia that it's time to take this issue out of the spotlight
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 00:00
At the initiative of the opposition parties, the Peruvian parliament approved the creation of a committee to investigate the clash early this month between indigenous protesters and the police
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 00:00
I would like to clarify that the protection of the life and rights of trade union members is one of the highest priorities of the Colombian government
Monday, June 15, 2009 - 00:00
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission, an autonomous government agency, received 1,230 abuse complaints against the military in 2008 - a sevenfold increase from 182 cases in 2006
Monday, June 15, 2009 - 00:00
Yuri Melini was shot seven times by an assailant nine months ago. The outspoken champion of environmental causes has made many enemies, and gained recognition too
Monday, June 15, 2009 - 00:00
Our first segment features Colombian journalists Hollman Morris and Juan Pablo Morris, who created a series on Colombian television that is unearthing the largely hidden history of the country’s long-running guerilla wars
Monday, June 15, 2009 - 00:00
The president and her husband offer carrots and sticks to the news media
Monday, June 15, 2009 - 00:00
We are therefore concerned about recent steps by some in the region to challenge freedoms of speech and independent press.
Friday, June 12, 2009 - 00:00
Hernando Salas Rojas, director of the local cable TV channel and a community leader in Curillo, Caqueta, was killed by two assassins who fled on a motorcycle