Tag: Human Rights Watch

• Thursday, January 12th 2023 - 18:54 UTC

  HRW warns of “oppressive regimes” and “weaknesses” in Latin American democracy

  

  The Non-Government-Organization (NGO) Human Rights Watch (HRW) was particularly attentive to Latin America in its latest report, released this week.

• Wednesday, October 12th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Venezuela left out of UN Human Rights Council

  

  Venezuela has been voted out of the 47-member UN Human Rights Council while starting next year Chile and Costa Rica will join the group which also features Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, and Paraguay from Latin America.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  Bolivia's judiciary under the spotlight following death of jailed indigenous leader

  

  Human Rights Watch has described Bolivia as one of the grossest examples of lack of judiciary independence following the death in jail of Marco Antonio Aramayo, a former administrator of a national indigenous fund.

• Friday, January 14th 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  Bolsonaro is a “threat to democracy,” HRW says

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro represents a “threat” to Brazilian democracy, according to Lawyer Maria Laura Canineu, head of the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) local office.

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Peru's President not a stalwart of freedom of the press, Human Rights Watch claims

  

  The Washington DC-based Human Rights Watch organization Wednesday said Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones undermined freedom of expression after the head of state threatened to withdraw all state advertising from media outlets.

• Monday, May 10th 2021 - 09:52 UTC

  Human Rights Watch warns Colombian police uses high-tech projectile launcher against demonstrators

  

  Human Rights Watch (HRW) Executive Director for the Americas José Miguel Vivanco said his organization had never seen police officers use “horizontal high-speed multiple projectile launchers” as it happens in Colombia.

• Saturday, May 1st 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Former President Uribe calls on police and army to use weapons in Colombian protests

  

  Colombian former President Álvaro Uribe on Friday urged that police and military have the right to use arms in the context of demonstrations against the tax reform being promoted by the government of Ivan Duque, his political godson. The following reactions included Human Rights groups and political figures pressing Twitter to suspend Uribe’s account, where he posted the message.

• Saturday, October 10th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Controversy in Buenos Aires City over live facial recognition to identify minors

  

  Human Rights Watch wants the city of Buenos Aires to stop using live facial recognition to identify children accused of committing crimes, the rights group said on Friday. New York-based Human Rights Watch said Buenos Aires started using the technology in 2019, making Argentina the only country in the world to deploy it against people under the age of 18.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 12:57 UTC

  Saudi Prince arrives in BA as preparations for G-20 Summit gain momentum

  

  Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman arrived in Buenos Aires at around 7 am on Wednesday and, thus, became the first international dignatary to touch Argentine soil for the G-20 Summit.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 09:33 UTC

  Federal court in Argentina examining criminal complaint against Saudi prince

  

  A federal court in Argentina is examining a criminal complaint against the controversial Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for alleged war crimes committed in Yemen.