Mother of six Jacinta Francisco Marcial has been in prison since 2006. She has been sentenced to 21 years for her part in the alleged kidnapping of six federal agents in Mexico.
With around another 380,000 Colombians having to leave their homes in 2008, the number of internally displaced people in the country is amongst the world's highest.
The Indian government should immediately withdraw the clearance granted to a massive mining project that threatens the lives and livelihoods of a protected indigenous
Dr Binayak Sen, who spent two years in an Indian prison as a Prisoner
of Conscience, was released on Tuesday after being granted bail by the
Supreme Court.
More than six decades of human rights failures by governments have been
exacerbated by the world economic crisis, which brought the problems of
poverty and inequalit
Seven members of the Colombian army unit which is alleged to have
killed the husband of an Indigenous leader have been detained,
according to media reports.
