San Jose, February 12 (RHC)-- In Costa Rica, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights heard oral arguments in a historic case of an Indigenous community accusing the Guatemalan government of violating their ancestral and collective land rights.... More
United Nations, February 12 (RHC)-- A new report by the Norwegian Refugee Council found civilian casualties in Yemen have nearly doubled since the U.N. Human Rights Council voted to disband an independent monitoring group in October. In the four months since then, at least 1,535 civilians have been killed in Yemen’s civil war. ... More
Washington, February 11 (RHC) -- The Joe Biden administration has approved $5 billion of new weapons sales to Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The deals include missile defense systems and advanced fighter jets.... More
Washington, February 11 (RHC)-- The National Archives has asked the Justice Department to investigate Donald Trump’s handling of White House records, after officials recovered 15 boxes of materials from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort that should have been turned over to the federal government. ... More
Ottawa, February 11 (RHC)-- Truck drivers in Canada have blocked a key border crossing with the United States as anti-government protests against coronavirus curbs and vaccine mandates gain momentum. Canadian media reports said protesters in semi-trailer trucks, farm equipment and other vehicles had shut down highway lanes that connect Canada’s central province of Manitoba to the U.S., threatening economic disruption.... More
La Paz, February 11 (RHC)-- The former de facto president, Jeanine Añez, took office in 2019 without legal backing to appoint her, according to the former representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bolivia, Denis Racicot.... More
La Paz, February 11 (RHC)-- The presidents of the Senate, Andrónico Rodríguez, and of the Chamber of Deputies, Freddy Mamani, head Bolivia's broad representation at the XXXVI Ordinary Assembly of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino), based in Panama.... More
San Juan, February 11 (RHC)-- The Department of Health of Puerto Rico (DSPR) reported Thursday a cumulative total of 602 deaths due to COVID-19 during the past month of January. According to the agency, the number of deaths is the highest in the Caribbean country as a result of the Sars-Cov-2 virus since the beginning of the pandemic.... More
Bogota, February 11 (RHC)-- The Institute for Development and Peace Studies denounced the murders of Carlos Fernando Ramos, a Peace Treaty signatory and social leader, and human rights defender Luis Chamapuro Quiro in the departments of Amazonas and Chocó, respectively.... More
Paris, February 11 (RHC)-- Paris authorities have issued an order prohibiting Canada-style ‘Freedom Convoy’ demonstrations over the weekend. The ban will run from February 11th to the 14th. The edict came as thousands of motorists took to the road on Wednesday and headed in the direction of Paris to demonstrate against government’s COVID policies -- in particular the vaccination pass.... More
San Salvador, February 11 (RHC)-- Authorities in El Salvador have freed a woman who had been jailed on charges of killing her baby after suffering a miscarriage, according to a local rights group. The 38-year-old woman was freed on Wednesday. She had already served 10 years of her 30-year sentence.... More
Caracas, February 11 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro confirmed Thursday that a group of criminals captured in Tejerías, Aragua state (central-north), were trained and financed in Colombia.... More
Moscow, February 11 (RHC)-- Russia’s foreign ministry repeats Moscow’s call for the Israeli regime to stop its incessant attacks on Syrian soil, underlining the geopolitical and security repercussions of the operations.... More
Geneva, February 10 (RHC)-- COVID-19 infections in Africa could be seven times higher than officially reported, the World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated, while deaths could be two to three times higher than previously believed.... More
Mexico City, February 10 (RHC)-- Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador made statements on Thursday regarding the dispute between Mexico and Spain, and specified that his proposal to pause relations has nothing to do with a diplomatic rupture, as some people had expected.... More
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