A year into Alvaro Colom's term as Guatemala's President, more action
needs to be taken to build on his promising commitments to improve
human rights in the country.
A vote in Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the rights of
Indigenous Peoples in the reservation of Raposa Serra do Sol on the
frontier between Brazil
If passed, President Evo Morales' new constitution will represent the most significant
advancement of economic, social and cultural rights the country has
seen in ma
Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan led a mission to
Chile in at the beginning of November to assess the country’s human
rights situation.
Amnesty International’s
Secretary General Irene Khan has issued an assessment of the human rights
situation in the country and a set of recommendations address
Authorities try to paint a positive picture despite increasing reports of forced internal displacement, attacks
against social and human rights activists and killings
An Indigenous Canadian community’s longstanding campaign to stop
clear-cut logging on its land has prompted a multinational paper
company to stop buying wood f
Amnesty International today condemned the harsh crackdown on peaceful
protesters in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. According to eyewitness
reports, on 11 March, Chinese
