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
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
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
Daniel Ortega's missing sister-in-law under house arrest, says Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
The organization called for her release “after considering that (Angélica Chavarría) is in a serious and urgent situation.”
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”
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
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
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
Inter-American human rights court begins hearing of historic El Salvador abortion case
Doctors at the maternity hospital recommended terminating the pregnancy to not put Beatriz’s life at risk—she had been diagnosed with lupus at 19. However, in El Salvador, abortion is completely illegal regardless of the circumstances.