Tag: human rights

• Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 00:41 UTC

  Cuba among the most flagrant human rights abusers, says Freedom House

  

  Freedom House released on Thursday ‘Worst of the Worst 2010: The World’s Most Repressive Societies’, its annual report identifying the world’s most flagrant human rights abusers. at a side panel during the 14th session of the UN Human Rights Council.

• Tuesday, May 11th 2010 - 16:36 UTC

  Violent Crime Replaces Unemployment as Main Concern in Latinamerica

  

  Latin America has “some of the highest criminality rates in the world” and for the first time in decades delinquency has replaced unemployment as the main concern of the population, according to a report from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights released this week.

• Thursday, May 6th 2010 - 05:23 UTC

  Gay Marriage Bill Approved in Argentine Lower House: Good Chances in the Senate

  

  Argentina's lower house passed on early Wednesday after twelve hours of debate a gay marriage bill that will now be considered by the Senate. If approved, Argentina will be among a handful in the world that allows homosexual couples to marry.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2010 - 21:26 UTC

  Homosexuals Campaign Against Lula da Silva’s Visit to Iran

  

  A Brazilian non government organization which defends the rights of homosexuals launched a campaign to protest President Lula da Silva’s visit to Iran scheduled for next May 15.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2010 - 06:00 UTC

  Argentine Dictatorship Former Economy Minister Arrested Accused of Kidnapping

  

  Former economy minister José Martínez de Hoz, the economic brains behind the 1976-1983 military dictatorship, has been arrested and transferred to a clinic after an amnesty law was lifted, a court official has said.

• Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 07:43 UTC

  Cuban “Ladies in White” Allowed to March on Catholic Church Request

  

  Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Ortega announced Sunday he managed to convince Cuban authorities to lift the month-long ban on street protests by “Ladies in White”—the wives and mothers of political prisoners.

• Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 02:48 UTC

  Tens of Thousands March Across the US to Protest Arizona’s New Immigration Bill

  

  Tens of thousand of demonstrators marched in over 70 cities across the United States Saturday to protest a new immigration law in the state of Arizona. The law is aimed at those who have entered the country illegally, but critics say it will lead to ethnic profiling of Arizona's Hispanics.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 07:38 UTC

  Under the Banner “We Are All Arizona” Thousands will Protest May First in the US

  

  The United States immigrant community will be taking to the streets on Saturday May first—International Workers' Day—in 70 cities to demand migration reform and to protest an Arizona law which criminalizes illegal immigration.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 01:19 UTC

  Brazilian Supreme Court Upholds Former Military Regime 1979 Amnesty Law

  

  Amnesty International has condemned the Brazilian Supreme Court's blocking of a reinterpretation of a 1979 Amnesty Law that protects members of the former military government from being put on trial for extrajudicial killings, torture and rape.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 05:30 UTC

  Cuba Municipal Election: Chavez Calls for Respect; Fariñas: They Are “a Farce”

  

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez called for respect for the political and electoral system of Cuba that this Sunday was holding municipal elections among candidates from an only party.