Tag: human rights

• Wednesday, March 24th 2021 - 09:14 UTC

  Áñez denounces human rights violations against her while in jail

  

  Former Bolivian interim President Jeanine Áñez handwrote a letter saying she was being tortured and abused while under arrest. “My first words to the Bolivian people from the prison of the dictatorship,” (of President Luis Arce) she said in a message that was widely spread through social media on Tuesday.

• Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:51 UTC

  UN human rights investigating the “La Vega massacre” in Caracas by Maduro police forces

  

  United Nations human rights are looking into allegations that Venezuelan police forces from president Nicolas Maduro's regime had killed 200 people this year and investigators raised concerns about possible summary executions in a neighborhood of Caracas.

• Monday, February 22nd 2021 - 08:15 UTC

  UK back at Human Rights Council with a long list of targets, China, Russia, Belarus and Myanmar

  

  Britain this Monday will call for the United Nations to be given “urgent and unfettered” access to Xinjiang to investigate reports of abuses in the Chinese region.

• Saturday, February 13th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  British controversial lawyer elected as prosecutor of the International Criminal Court

  

  British human rights lawyer Karim Khan was elected on Friday as the new prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a politically daunting position whose incumbent was slapped with US sanctions.

• Monday, January 4th 2021 - 04:34 UTC

  Political prisoner dies in Venezuelan jail: fears for the lives of twelve others

  

  Venezuelan member of the Pemon indigenous group accused of aiding a raid on a military post in late 2019 died on Sunday in a jail close to Caracas, rights group Penal Forum said in a tweet.

• Saturday, November 14th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Tens of people injured in Peru during clashes of ousted president militants with police

  

  At least 27 people have been wounded in clashes between police and protesters as thousands of Peruvians took to the streets to demonstrate against the dismissal of President Martin Vizcarra, police and rights groups say.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  UN review criticizes US police violence, racism and separation of migrant children from families

  

  Major powers, including allies, criticized the United States for its human rights record on Monday during a U.N. review, citing the use of the death penalty, police violence against African Americans, and the separation of migrant children from their families.

• Wednesday, October 7th 2020 - 09:35 UTC

  UN human rights council condemns Venezuela and extends two years the mandate of investigators

  

  The United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday extended by two years the mandate of investigators who have documented executions, disappearances, and torture in Venezuela that they say may amount to crimes against humanity.

• Wednesday, October 7th 2020 - 09:08 UTC

  Britain may boycott winter Olympics over China's treatment of Uighur Muslims

  

  British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab suggested Britain may boycott the Olympics for the first time, over China's treatment of the Uighur Muslims, The Telegraph reported on Tuesday. The suggestion comes as a growing number of nations urge Beijing to respect human rights of the minority Uighurs.

• Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  UN report slams Venezuela government for methodical extrajudicial executions, forced disappearances and torture

  

  The Venezuelan government was accused of committing crimes against humanity in a report published on Wednesday by a United Nations-backed fact-finding mission.