Human Rights
New Guatemalan law punishes abortion and same-sex marriage
The law still needs to be signed by the president and published in the country’s official gazette to come into effect
Human Rights
Russia sentences politician to prison after criticizing the Kremlin's actions in Ukraine
The charges against Yashin stem from a YouTube Livestream video in which he talked about Ukrainians that were killed in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha
Immigration
Mexico: More than 70,000 migrants were kidnapped or trafficked between 2011 and 2020
The states with the most cases of kidnapping are Chiapas, Nuevo León, Tabasco, Veracruz and Tamaulipas, the CNDH reported.
Human Rights
Nicaraguan regime convicts two political prisoners of "conspiracy”
Yader Parajón and Yaser Mahumar Vado were tried and convicted after a single hearing that lasted 10 hours
Politics
Congressional reps back Cuban exile push against Miguel Diaz-Canel U.N. visit
The Cuban regime confirmed that Cuban dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel will attend the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York in September.
Crime
Latino community outraged after prosecutor in Rogel Aguilera-Mederos case mocks results on social media
Latino civil rights organizations have called for "immediate disciplinary action and a formal apology" for the wildly inappropriate post.
Drug trafficking
The life of child-recruits in Mexican cartels
Presently, it is estimated that approximately 21,000 minors were killed between 2000 and 2019, and another 7,000 are missing, according to the Network for Infant Rights in Mexico (Redim)
Politics
Sec. State: U.S. undeterred by China sanctions against religious freedom officials
The Chinese government blacklisted four commissioners of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Dec. 23
Human Rights
China conducting global disinformation campaign on Xinjiang, Uyghurs, says State Dept.
Beijing employees an estimated two million people nationwide to troll critics of China online.
Human Rights
State Dept. sanctions more than 100 Nicaraguan officials for 'undermining democracy'
The move comes after the government seized all of the assets belonging to one of the country’s top universities, UCA, after it accused it of being a “center for terrorism organized by criminal groups”