The head of security at a sugar plantation, who is also an army colonel, has reportedly threatened to murder human rights defender Father Pedro Ruquoy, apparently ...
Father Pedro Ruquoy, a Belgian national who is a permanent resident of the Dominican Republic was attacked on 24 November as he distributed food to a crowd at his ...
The Dominican Republic signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute) on 8 September 2000. Senior Dominican Republic parliamentarians ...
The economic crisis which followed disclosure of the Banco Intercontinental (BANINTER) banking fraud in May 2003 has placed enormous pressure on the already less ...
This report examines the persistent human rights violations against human rights defenders and outlines the international framework for the protection of human ...
Father (Padre) Pedro Ruquoy, defender of the rights of Haitian refugees and workers in the Dominican Republic, is increasingly being threatened as a result of his ...
Amnesty International urges the Dominican Republic to implement the recommendations made by the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Recommendations focus in ...