Tag: UN Human Rights

• Thursday, November 7th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Chile addresses alleged police brutality; protestors march on Santiago rich districts clashing and looting

  

  Chile's president said on Wednesday his government had “nothing to hide” concerning allegations that police killed, tortured and sexually assaulted civilians during deadly protests against him. Prosecutors say five of the 20 deaths recorded in the protests against high living costs were suspected to have been at the hands of security forces.

• Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 07:38 UTC

  Venezuela: UN human rights report confirms massive abuses and killings by government forces

  

  The U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, warns political divisions in Venezuela are worsening an already critical human right and humanitarian situation in the country. In a report presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council, Bachelet urged the dissenting factions to resolve their political differences.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 05:05 UTC

  Chile pulls out of controversial UN migration pact

  

  Chile has become the latest country to pull out of a controversial United Nations migration pact, its interior ministry indicated, provoking fury among opposition parties who accused Sebastian Piñera's government of “shameful and authoritarian” behavior.

• Friday, December 29th 2017 - 10:14 UTC

  UN human rights experts condemn pardon of ex president Alberto Fujimori

  

  Condemning the pardoning of former President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, a group of United Nations independent human rights experts have said that the move undermines the work of the judiciary and the international community to achieve justice.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2016 - 08:59 UTC

  UN human rights expert calls on Argentina to urgently protect indigenous peoples

  

  The United Nations human rights expert on racism urged Argentina to take urgent measures to sustainably address the invisibility, marginalization and systematic exclusion of indigenous peoples in the country. The UN assessed during a week in Argentina, the situation of indigenous peoples, peoples of African descent, migrants from the region and beyond, and other groups.