Sacramento, March 9 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, protests are continuing over the police killing of Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old, unarmed African American who was shot dead in his grandmother’s backyard last year. ... More


United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet.

Geneva, March 8 (RHC)-- A United Nations human rights team is to begin an official visit to Venezuela on Monday at the invitation of the Government, potentially paving the way for an official mission to Caracas by the UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet.... More


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United Nations, March 8 (RHC)-- "At a time when innovation is dominant, shaping and changing the way people live in every part of the world, we have to be intentional about its use to positively impact the lives of women and girls, said UN Women executive director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, on the occassion of International Women's Day.... More


Sacramento, March 7 (RHC)-- In Sacramento, California, protesters continue to take to the streets following the news that the county’s district attorney would not file criminal charges against the two police officers who shot and killed 22-year-old unarmed African American Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s backyard last year.... More


New York, March 7 (RHC)-- One week after Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen delivered an explosive congressional testimony on Capital Hill, The New York Times is reporting that New York state regulators are investigating insurance claims and policies of Trump’s businesses and have subpoenaed the Trump Organization’s insurance broker.... More


Brasilia, March 7 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tweeted a video of carnival, using it to defame the festival and to once again diminish the LGBT community. Many are now calling for his impeachment.... More


Caracas, March 7 (RHC)-- The United States government has renewed its declaration of a "national emergency" over Venezuela for another year, which former President Barack Obama initially decreed in March 2015 -- renewing it every 12 months.... More


Caracas, March 7 (RHC)-- Venezuelan authorities have declared the German ambassador Daniel Kriener persona non grata over what it called “interference into its internal affairs." Kriener was granted a period of 48 hours to leave the territory of Venezuela.... More


Tegucigalpa, March 6 (RHC)-- Three years after the assassination of Honduran Indigenous activist Berta Caceres, officials say they are indicting sixteen people on numerous counts of corruption in connection to the Agua Zarca dam that Caceres fought against until her death in 2016.... More


Veracruz, March 6 (RHC)-- The governor of Veracruz has publicly apologized to the families of five victims killed by the state in 2016, but the victim's relatives continue to demand justice.... More


Caracas, March 5 (RHC)-- Together with Venezuela’s opposition, Colombia -- along with the United States government -- is planning a new false flag operation along the Colombian border, according to socialist leader and protector of the Venezuelan state of Tachira, Freddy Bernal.... More


Caracas, March 5 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan lawmaker and self-proclaimed “interim president” Juan Guaido arrived at the Maiquetía airport Monday without any obstacles.  The opposition lawmaker was banned from leaving the country as an investigation is going on over his attempt to usurp governmental powers with the backing of the United States. ... More


Ramallah, March 5 (RHC)-- Israeli occupation forces Monday killed two Palestinians and injured one after they allegedly rammed their car into an Israeli soldiers’ vehicle in the occupied West Bank. ... More


Quito, March 5 (RHC)-- Nearly 10,000 public officials have been fired by the Ecuadorean government after President Lenin Moreno signed a deal with the International Monetary Fund, the IMF.  According to local media reports, the move came after Moreno penned the deal amounting to $4.2 billion.... More


Washington, March 5 (RHC)-- Democrats launched a sweeping new probe of President Donald Trump, an aggressive investigation that threatens to shadow the president through the 2020 election season with potentially damaging inquiries into his White House, campaign and family businesses.... More


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