Politics

Cuban-American Senators ask for Russia to be removed from the Human Rights Council

Marco Rubio and Bob Menendez called on the U.S. representation at the United Nations to promote the removal of Russia from the UN Human Rights Council

Crime

Maduro promotes officers identified in U.N. reports as human rights violators

The Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino López, signed the promotion by order of Maduro of 112 new colonels of the Bolivarian National Guard, including two officials accused of torture

Human Rights

Hero: Cuban activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara given 2024 Rafto Prize for human rights

The institution's ruling highlights that the 36 year-old Cuban, currently in prison, “has been arrested countless times for his activism”

Human Rights

Human rights commission urges El Salvador to respect rights 

Bukele claimed that the country has arrested around 14,000 alleged gang members since the state of emergency was implemented 25 days ago

Human Rights

Clooney Foundation sues Venezuela over human rights abuses 

According to the lawsuit, Venezuelan security forces are guilty of international crimes, including torture, arbitrary detention, sexual violence, and sometimes even execution of political opponents since 2014

Human Rights

Freedom House warns of "transnational repression," and restrictions on "freedom of movement" against human rights defenders

The American NGO released a report with a list of more than 50 nations around the world where political dissent is punished

Human Rights

As U.S. reinstates sanctions, Venezuelan dictatorship reopens door to U.N. Human Rights Office

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said that while he does not agree with the Venezuelan regime on some issues, there has been a small positive step in that that spaces for “dialogue” are beginning to open

Pope Francis blasts COVID-19 'disinformation' as a human rights violation

"To be properly informed, to be helped to understand situations based on scientific data and not fake news, is a human right," Francis said

Politics

Mexican president calls U.S. State Department "liars" over human rights report

When asked by reporters about the report at a news conference, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that the State Department of was “lying” and that the U.S. “believes it’s the government of the world”

Human Rights

5,000 human rights violations in Crimea during Russian occupation, says Ukrainian Institute

Ukrainian institute official says that “after 2014, Crimea turned into a model of colonization measures for Russia.”