An Appeal Court judge has stayed an order requiring Canada to propose remedies for violations suffered by Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen who has been in US custody ...
The car of a Honduran human rights lawyer has been broken into, her papers searched and a laptop computer stolen. Amnesty International believes that she has been ...
On 21 July, a US federal judge ordered the immediate release from Guantánamo of Yemeni national Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif. The US Department of Justice may still ...
Three leaders of a protest in Mexico against high electricity bills were released from prison on 6 June, after 11 months. Sara López, Joaquín Aguilar and Guadalupe ...
The Governor of Oklahoma has extended the stay of execution for Jeffrey Matthews until 17 August. He was sentenced to death for the murder of his great-uncle, Earl ...
Victor Martínez, the father of a 23 year-old man who was shot dead last year, Mijail Martínez, has been attacked. He was handing out flyers alleging that police ...
Human rights lawyer Alba Cruz has suffered intimidation and harassment since 2007. In early 2010 her situation deteriorated and she had no choice but to temporarily ...
Indigenous rights defender Obtilia Eugenio Manuel has been subject to death threats and acts of intimidation since 2005 and some of her colleagues have been killed ...
On 7 July, a Guatemalan human rights defender campaigning against mining in her Indigenous community was shot. Another activist campaigning locally against mining ...