The Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba (FHRC), based in Miami, has created an online database that is compiling complaints about individuals who, allegedly, have acted as repressive agents for the Castro military dictatorship
The institution's ruling highlights that the 36 year-old Cuban, currently in prison, “has been arrested countless times for his activism”
The Maduro regime has begun waging a quiet war against journalists and human rights defenders, launching a sweep of arrests and expulsions while cancelling the passports of Venezuelan democracy activists and reporters, according to reports collected on location by ADN America.
The activist, who chairs the Ibero-American Commission on Human Rights for the Development of the Americas (CIDHPDA) in Bolivia, was arrested in the early hours of July 7
The Inter-American Court said that the regime “injured the rights of the communities concerned over their territory” by not taking them into account when planning to build an interoceanic canal “without a prior, free and informed consultation process.”
The United Nations human rights chief offered a review of the situation in that country, shaken by decades of confrontations between the authorities and different armed groups
The American NGO released a report with a list of more than 50 nations around the world where political dissent is punished
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
The measures have resulted in widespread violations of due process in the country, leading to “systematic” human rights abuses, according to human rights organizations
Navalny was hailed by many as a hero for human rights in a country known for brutal repression, and had a long history of courageously leading historic anti-Kremlin protests