Tag: human rights violations

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Raul Castro and family barred from visiting US; Fidel's brother accused of human rights violations

  

  The United States on Thursday announced travel sanctions against Cuba's Raul Castro and his family, accusing the former president of violations of human rights. In his continued role as the first secretary of the ruling Communist Party, “Raul Castro oversees a system that arbitrarily detains thousands of Cubans and currently holds more than 100 political prisoners,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.

• Monday, April 15th 2019 - 09:17 UTC

  Canada suspended direct aid to Nicaragua in 2018 in response to human rights violations

  

  The Canadian government said on Sunday it suspended financial aid to Nicaragua last year in response to human rights violations - a decision not publicly disclosed until now.

• Friday, September 28th 2018 - 08:34 UTC

  Controversial Almagro’s “complete support” for the Referral to ICC of Venezuela Investigation

  

  The controversial Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, expressed his complete support for the decision of the presidents of Argentina, Mauricio Macri; of Chile, Sebastián Piñera; of Colombia, Iván Duque; of Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benítez; of Peru, Martín Vizcarra; and of the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, to refer to the International Criminal Court (ICC) the investigation into the existence of crimes against humanity in Venezuela.