Buenos Aires, October 22 (RHC)-- Argentina's Human Rights Secretariat has confirmed the death of Mother of Plaza de Mayo and Relatives of the Disappeared and Detained for Political Reasons member Thelma Jara de Cabezas at the age of 94.... More
Santiago de Chile, October 22 (RHC)-- The Supreme Court of Justice of Chile has confirmed the sentences to 19 agents of the former National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) for the kidnapping of brothers Carlos and Aldo Perez Vargas in September 1974.... More
La Paz, October 22 (RHC)-- Victims of the right-wing coup against Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2019 are marching toward the country's capital. One of the representatives of the victims of Senkata during the coup, Marisol Rodríguez, informed local media that the relatives and victims of the massacres of Senkata, Pedregal and Sacaba managed to reach the municipality of Patacamaya, where they will rest and then continue their mobilization to La Paz in search of justice.... More
London, October 22 (RHC)-- A major leak of documents published by Greenpeace reveals how a number of wealthy nations -- including Australia, Japan and Saudi Arabia -- tried to water down a key United Nations scientific report ahead of the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow. ... More
Geneva, October 22 (RHC)--The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated between 80,000 and 180,000 healthcare workers have died worldwide due to COVID-19, warning of the danger of burnout, anxiety and fatigue as the virus continues to spread around the world.... More
United Nations, October 22 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said the world’s current climate situation is “a one-way ticket to disaster,” reiterating the urgency of agreement at the COP26 climate conference at the end of the month.... More
Kabul, October 22 (RHC)-- Power has been cut off in the city of Kabul, according to Afghanistan's national electricity service, after reports of explosions destroying a pylon and connected power lines. Some areas outside the capital are also reportedly impacted.... More
Caracas, October 22 (RHC)-- Venezuela's Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez, rejected Thursday the presence of U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, in Colombia. "It is regrettable that U.S. Secretary of State Blinken is in Colombia. It is clear that he is planning aggressions against Venezuela," denounced the Venezuelan vice president.... More
Brussels, October 22 (RHC)-- Several European countries have criticized British handling of COVID-19, as there are growing signs of fresh wave of pandemic across Europe. “Why does Britain have more than 40,000 Covid cases a day, and why is it the European country with the most infections?” asked Spain’s ABC newspaper on Thursday, while France’s L’Express depicted London’s Covid management as “disastrous myopia.”... More
Ramallah, October 21 (RHC)-- Extremist Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian-owned farming lands in the central part of the occupied West Bank, and uprooted more than 300 olive trees at the peak of olive harvest season.... More
Washington, October 21 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal court has ruled the detainment of a Guantánamo Bay prisoner is unlawful, a week after he was cleared for release by six U.S. security agencies. ... More
Chicago, October 21 (RHC)-- In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that nearly all municipal workers must get vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the month. New York City’s police and firefighter unions promised legal action to stop the vaccine mandate.... More
New York, October 21 (RHC)-- Human Rights Watch has obtained more than 160 internal reports from United States immigration authorities documenting alleged abuses against asylum seekers by federal agents.... More
Sanaa, October 21 (RHC)-- At least one person has been killed and three others wounded when Saudi fighter jets struck pharmaceutical warehouses in Yemen’s capital province of Sana’a.... More
Managua, October 21 (RHC)-- Nicaragua received on Wednesday a donation of 1.2 million doses of the vaccines against coronavirus developed by Cuba and whose emergency use was approved by the authorities of the Central American country.... More
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