1. “We’re Witnessing a Reactivation of the Death Squads of the ‘80s”: An Interview with Bertha Oliva of COFADEH
(Matching tags: human rights, military, Honduras, police, IACHR)

... 1979 and 1989. Since then Bertha and COFADEH have taken on some of the country’s most emblematic human rights cases and were a strong voice in opposition to the 2009 coup d’Etat and the repression that ...

2. Inter-American Commission Grants Protection to IDP Camp Facing Eviction
(Matching tags: human rights, forced evictions, ijdh, idps, amnesty, housing)

Earlier this week, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted precautionary measures in favor of the 567 families that have been under constant threat of eviction in the Grace Village ...

3. Did the AP Catch State Department Officials Lying to Congress About Honduran Death Squads?
(Matching tags: human rights, Honduras, congress, State Department, police)

Associated Press reporters Alberto Arce and Katherine Corcoran have written a follow up article to Arce’s investigative feature last week on the continuation of death squad activity by the Honduran police. ...

4. Former Argentine Dictator Calls for Coup Against Cristina Kirchner’s Government
(Matching tags: coup, human rights, Argentina)

... sentence, and continues to stand trial, for crimes against humanity, kidnapping, torture, and the unlawful appropriation of babies (that were taken from female prisoners who gave birth in captivity before ...

5. What Will Selection of New Pope Mean for Latin America?
(Matching tags: human rights, poverty, Argentina)

This post was amended March 14, 2013 to reflect a correction by The Guardian. The papal conclave announced today that the new pope will be Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina. “Pope Francis,” as he ...

6. Both Duvalier and the UN Continue to Try to Dodge Responsibility
(Matching tags: human rights, justice system, cholera, duvalier)

... him to appear at the next hearing, meaning Duvalier will be escorted there by the authorities. Reed Brody of Human Rights Watch commented that the “ruling is a victory for Duvalier 's victims who have ...

7. Duvalier Hearing this Week Could be Historic, Despite U.S. Obstruction
(Matching tags: human rights, amnesty international, justice system, ijdh, duvalier)

In Argentina, Guatemala, Peru and other countries in the region, former dictators and many of those responsible for egregious human rights violations under former authoritarian regimes have been, or are ...

8. NPR Examines One Side of Honduran “Model Cities” Debate
(Matching tags: human rights, Honduras, model cities, charter cities)

... As human rights organizations from Human Rights Watch to Amnesty International to the International Federation for Human Rights have described, there has been political repression since the coup, targeting ...

9. Miguel Facusse is Tragically Misunderstood
(Matching tags: human rights, Honduras, Facusse)

... Antonio Trejo Cabrera, who worked on behalf campesino organizations in the Aguan. Wilkinson describes some of the allegations and criticism leveled at Facussé from members of the U.S. Congress and human ...

10. On Human Rights Day, Forced Evictions Underscore How Hundreds of Thousands in Haiti Are Denied Their Right to Decent Housing
(Matching tags: human rights, forced evictions, idps, housing)

Dozens of Haitian and international organizations have marked UN Human Rights Day today by calling for an end to forced evictions, which, as Oxfam notes, “infringe on other rights in addition to the right ...