South America
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Colombia Is the Deadliest Country for Environmental Activists, Report Finds Protecting the world’s most pristine ecosystems is essential to curb climate change and prevent biodiversity loss, but it also continues to be deadly. At least 196 people were killed last year defending the environment, according to a report by Global Witness, an environmental watchdog…
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Venezuela: La ONU debe renovar el mandato de expertos independientes
Tags Share Urge una rendición de cuentas internacional en medio de la intensificación de la represión postelectoral El Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas debe renovar el mandato de la Misión Internacional Independiente de Determinación de los Hechos sobre Venezuela, afirmaron hoy 30 organizaciones nacionales e internacionales que defienden los derechos humanos en…
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Venezuela: UN Rights Council should renew experts’mandate
Tags Share International Accountability Urgently Needed Amid Intensifying Post-Election Repression The United Nations Human Rights Council should renew the mandate of its Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, 30 national and international organizations defending human rights in Venezuela said today. The Mission can play a key role in pushing for accountability and maintaining international scrutiny…
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Enforced Disappearances: A State-Sanctioned Weapon for Repression
Tags Share In 1989, during the Guatemalan Civil War, four courageous human rights defenders were arbitrarily detained and disappeared by the Guatemalan Army because of their work to liberate Indigenous peoples forcibly conscripted into military service. The whereabouts of Agapito Pérez Lucas, Nicolás Mateo, Macario Pú Chivalán, and Luis Ruiz Luis remain unknown, causing tremendous…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Solitary persists in Washington prisons despite promises to end it In 2021, the Washington Department of Corrections pledged to end the use of solitary confinement as punishment, but a 400-page report based on an independent investigation finds otherwise. The report states that solitary is still widely used for administrative purposes, finding that over…
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RFK Human Rights Denuncia la Detención Arbitraria de Kennedy Tejeda, defensor de derechos humanos y abogado de Foro Penal en Venezuela
Tags Share Washington. DC. RFK Human Rights denuncia la detención arbitraria de Kennedy Tejeda en Venezuela, un dedicado defensor de los derechos humanos y miembro del equipo legal de Foro Penal. Kennedy Tejeda fue visto por última vez en la mañana del 2 de agosto de 2024, cuando visitó el Comando Rural de Montalbán, un…
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RFK Human Rights Denounces the Arbitrary Detention of Kennedy Tejeda, human rights defender and lawyer of Foro Penal in Venezuela
Tags Share Washington. DC. RFK Human Rights denounces the arbitrary detention of Kennedy Tejeda in Venezuela, a dedicated human rights defender and member of the Foro Penal legal team. Kennedy Tejeda was last seen in the morning of August 2, 2024, when he visited the Comando Rural de Montalbán, a detention center in Carabobo state,…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Venezuela is wracked with protests and election uncertainty. Here’s what to know Criticism is mounting against Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro after deadly protests erupted across the country following its disputed presidential election. Venezuela’s opposition and multiple Latin American leaders have refused to recognize Maduro’s victory in the July 28 vote, which was announced…
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Venezuela: End violent repression, guarantee protest and human rights
Tags Share In the context of the protests in Venezuela, international organizations condemn the high levels of violence and repression and demand that the authorities guarantee the right to protest and full respect for the rights to life, personal integrity and freedom. We, the undersigned organizations, demand respect for and guarantee of the right to…
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En el marco de las protestas en Venezuela organizaciones internacionales condenan los altos índices de violencia y represión y exigen a las autoridades garantizar el derecho a la protesta y el respeto pleno a los derechos a la vida, integridad personal, libertad
Tags Share En el marco de las protestas en el contexto post-electoral en Venezuela y ante el uso desproporcionado de la fuerza que se ha documentado por parte de las fuerzas de seguridad venezolanas, las organizaciones firmantes exigimos respeto y garantía del derecho a la libertad de expresión, reunión y protesta pacífica. Hacemos un llamado…
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Venezuela Presidential Election: International Organizations Call on Authorities to Guarantee Transparency
Tags Share Nine signatory international organizations condemn the lack of transparency in the announced results of Venezuela’s July 28 presidential elections. This lack of clarity raises serious questions about the fairness and integrity of the election, leading to widespread doubts about the credibility of the claim that Venezuelans awarded Nicolás Maduro a third presidential term.…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Young People Under Arrest Need Legal Protection The interrogation room is cramped and windowless. The police officer sitting across from the teenager and his mother begins to read the teen his Miranda rights. The words flow easily, familiar to anyone who has ever watched a police TV drama: “You have the right to remain silent.” …
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