Jesús de la Rosa Santana might have been extra-judicially executed by police officers in front of his wife and children. His brother, Francisco de la Rosa Santana ...
Brazilian activist Josilmar Macário dos Santos has been shot at and fears for his life after receiving death threats because of his campaign for justice for his ...
The judge presiding over the murder case against prisoner of conscience and indigenous human rights defender Raúl Hernández has closed the period of evidence submission ...
Kevin Keith, a 46-year-old African American man, is facing execution on 15 September in Ohio, USA. He has a clemency hearing before the Ohio Parole Board on 11 ...
On 30 June 2010 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed the execution of Jonathan Marcus Green less than four hours before it was due to be carried out. The stay ...
In December 2009, the United States joined 150 countries in launching the formal process towards an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to require UN member states to improve ...
In Cuba the state has a virtual monopoly of press and broadcast media and tight restrictions apply to the internet. Anyone who expresses views critical of the ...
Darsi Ferrer was released from detention in the Cuban capital, Havana, on 22 June. He had spent almost a year in a maximum security prison after organizing protests ...