Tag: Human Rights Watch

• 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.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 14:41 UTC

  HRW wants Saudi Crown Prince tried in Argentina over Khashoggi, Yemen crimes

  

  As Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is about to arrive in Argentina for the upcoming G-20 Summit, a US-based human rights NGO Monday filed a request before Buenos Aires Federal Judge Ariel Lijo that the Universal Justice criteria be applied to him as intellectual author of the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, October 2 last, and for crimes against humanity in Yemen.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2016 - 09:35 UTC

  Brazilian police killed an average of nine people per day during 2015

  

  An average of nine people were killed per day at the hands of Brazil's notoriously violent police force in 2015, an increase from last year despite a nationwide drop in murder rates. In 2015, 3,345 people were allegedly killed during “police interventions” across Brazil, up 6.3% from the previous year's count of 3,146. The statistics come from the 10th Public Security Yearbook published by the Brazilian Forum on Public Security.

• Saturday, January 11th 2014 - 06:45 UTC

  Brazilian jails in collapse: one convict is slain every two days

  

  Brazilian report shows at least 218 inmates were killed in the country’s jails last year, an average of more than one convict slain every two days. The data was published by Brazilian daily Folha de Sao Paulo on Thursday.

• Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 21:17 UTC

  UN criticizes as “devastating” Venezuela’s decision to pull out from human rights court

  

  United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Thursday that Venezuela's pullout of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR Court) would be “devastating” for the international organization. Spokesperson Rupert Colville said the move “will be not good for Venezuela either.”

• Saturday, September 24th 2011 - 22:22 UTC

  Human Rights Watch praises “critical” support from four Latam countries

  

  Four Latin American countries, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, have been identified among the seven most important countries on the UN Human Rights Council, in a report by the Human Rights Watch organisation.

• Monday, April 25th 2011 - 06:14 UTC

  More protests in Syria in spite of the security forces ‘shoot to kill’ policy

  

  Security forces have reportedly shot dead at least three people and injured others in north-west Syria, days after the worst bloodshed since unrest began. Police and soldiers opened fire from rooftops in the coastal town of Jabla, though no protest was being held at the time, witnesses said.

• Tuesday, February 22nd 2011 - 06:23 UTC

  Gaddafi denies he fled to Venezuela while cracks begin to appear in the regime

  

  Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi appeared Monday on state television signalling his defiance in the face of a mounting revolt against his 41-year rule.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2011 - 20:24 UTC

  Colombia Committed to Improving Human Rights

  

  Guaranteeing respect for human rights in Colombia is the “common purpose” of Non-governmental Organisations (NGO) and the government, Colombia’s defence minister said, responding to Human Rights Watch (HRW).

• Wednesday, January 26th 2011 - 19:50 UTC

  Human Rights Watch Annual Report Criticises United Nations Ban Ki-moon

  

  New York based Human Rights Watch has harshly criticized United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s “quiet diplomacy” approach to human rights issues in its annual report. Officials of the human rights monitoring group say the UN leader should not necessarily be elected to a second term later this year.