Tag: human rights

• Wednesday, August 13th 2025 - 21:15 UTC

  US State Dept report critical of human rights in Paraguay

  

  A US State Department report for 2024 has found that the human rights situation “did not improve significantly” in Paraguay, and cited serious issues related to freedom of expression, press harassment, and restrictions on civil society.

• Thursday, July 31st 2025 - 08:23 UTC

  Uruguay investigates youth detention center over alleged torture and abuse

  

  Two deputy directors of the Centro Las Piedras—a facility within Uruguay’s juvenile justice system—have been removed from their posts following serious allegations of violence and potential torture against adolescents in custody, Búsqueda weekly reported.

• Monday, July 28th 2025 - 09:41 UTC

  Uruguay and Chile strengthen cooperation regarding human rights violations

  

  Uruguay and Chile advanced their collaboration on policies related to memory, truth, and justice regarding past human rights violations.

• Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina downsizes Human Rights Secretariat

  

  The Argentine government has downgraded the Secretariat of Human Rights to an under-secretariat, implementing a 40% reduction in its structure and a 30% cut in staff, resulting in substantial annual savings. Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni stated that the move aims to ensure the Human Rights portfolio serves all rights impartially, not just partisan interests.

• Friday, September 27th 2024 - 13:54 UTC

  Lacalle Pou tells UN to focus on Venezuela

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday urged the United Nations General Assembly in New York to pay attention to the Venezuelan crisis sparked by Nicolás Maduro's unsupported victory claims in the July 28 elections. “The time has come to act for Venezuela,” the National Party leader underlined.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 15:21 UTC

  UN Human Rights Office to resume operations in Venezuela following agreement with Maduro

  

  The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is set to return to operate in Venezuela, signaling a thaw in relations between the South American nation and the international community. The announcement came from President Nicolas Maduro during an event at the Miraflores presidential palace on Tuesday, where he was joined by International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan, who is currently investigating Venezuela for possible crimes against humanity.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 10:22 UTC

  Milei's impeachment sought by human rights group

  

  Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel was among the human rights activists who filed a request before Argentina's Lower House to impeach President Javier Milei “for the poor performance of his duties and possible commission of crimes.” The signatories also spoke of “economic genocide.” The initiative still has to go through many phases before it can represent a threat to Milei's remaining in office, it was explained in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, February 19th 2024 - 18:51 UTC

  UK parliament committee says Rwanda plan is “fundamentally incompatible” with human rights

  

  British Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights said that the government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is “fundamentally incompatible” with the UK's human rights safeguards and jeopardizes UK's international reputation.

• Thursday, January 25th 2024 - 15:05 UTC

  UN fact-finding mission blasts Maduro's Venezuela for reiterated human rights violations

  

  Attacks on civic and democratic space in Venezuela are intensifying through State policies aimed at silencing opposition and criticism of President Nicolás Maduro’s Government, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela said in its latest report released this week.

• Thursday, September 28th 2023 - 08:38 UTC

  European Human Rights Court: Young Portuguese accuse 32 nations of failing to combat climate change

  

  ix young Portuguese children brought a case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday, alleging that 32 nations have failed to act on global warming. The six, aged 11 to 24, claim they are suffering from “having to live with a climate that is getting hotter and hotter.”