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More hostage releases in Colombia - 4 February 2009

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have released former governor Alan Jara, who had been held hostage by the guerrilla group since 2001.

Human rights violations go unpunished in Chad - 30 January 2009

One year after the battle between government and armed opposition forces in N’Djaména, Chad, serious human rights violations perpetrated by the security

Counter terror and human rights: mixed messages in first 100 days

When he took office on 20 January 2009, President Barack Obama inherited a legacy of torture, impunity and unlawful detention.

Colombian military should not try key human rights case - 22 January 2009

Retired army colonel Luis Alfonso Plazas Vega is currently on trial in the civilian courts for his alleged part in the enforced disappearance of 11 people in 1985.

Video: Obama's first 100 days - 20 January 2009

We are not expecting the impossible from President Obama's first 100 days in office. Watch this video and take action.

President-elect Barack Obama: set a date to close Guantánamo - 9 January 2009

Activists demand the closure of Guantánamo on the seventh anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to the US detention facility in Cuba.

Zimbabwe - a population on the edge of collapse - 24 December 2008

Zimbabweans are facing yet another difficult year in 2009, unless a political settlement is found to arrest the fast deteriorating socio-economic conditions in the c

Abductees found in police custody in Zimbabwe - 24 December 2008

Jestina Mukoko, the director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), who was abducted from her home on 3 December, has been left by her abductors at Matapi Police Stati

Zimbabwe urged to end abductions of activists - 10 December 2008

Human rights groups have called on the Zimbabwe authorities to cease the persecution of human rights activists after five people were abducted in less than a week by

Zimbabwe: International Organizations Call for End to Abductions of Activists - 10 December 2008

(Johannesburg, December 10, 2008) – With three human rights defenders abducted in less than one week by people suspected of working on behalf of the Zimbabwean a