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INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

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Name: INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Slow progress on free expression in Ecuador one year after U.N. review

Fundamedios - Andean Foundation for Media Observation & Study 23 May 2013Exactly one year ago, on 21 May 2012, Ecuador submitted to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the Human Rights Council of the UN, in Geneva, Switzerland. As a result of ... [Published Ifex - May 23 2013]

Entities: Ecuador, Freedom of Expression, Ministry of Justice, Human Rights Council, protest

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Amnesty International

El Salvador: Supreme Court toys with young mother's life

Amnesty International slammed a decision by El Salvadors Supreme Court to once again put off a ruling on whether or not to allow a severely ill pregnant woman to have an abortion.The decision which Amnesty described as showing no humanity sparked a protest ... [Published Amnesty International UK - May 17 2013]

Entities: El Salvador, Supreme Court, Amnesty International, Abortion, Pregnancy

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Through my lens: Starving for attention

It's been five years since President Obama promised to shut down Guantanamo Bay, and it's now been 100 days since roughly 80 percent of inmates began a hunger strike.Friday was the landmark day, and since the strike first started, "international groups ... [Published Lake County Record Bee - May 18 2013]

Entities: Detainee, Guantanamo (Cuba), Guantánamo Bay, prison, WELLS DIXON

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Organization of American States

US lobbies Caribbean

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 17, CMC – The United States candidate for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Professor James L. Cavallaro, has held talks with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) seeking support for his candidacy.CARICOM foreign ... [Published Barbados Daily Nation - May 17 2013]

Entities: Human Rights, Organization of American States, Caribbean Community

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Caribbean Community

CARIBBEAN-RIGHTS-US lobbies Caribbean for position on IACHR

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 17, CMC – The United States candidate for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Professor James L. Cavallaro, has held talks with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) seeking support for his candidacy. ... [Published Caribbean News Agency - May 17 2013]

Entities: Caribbean Community, INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, United States

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

What's on GdiJamaica.com

2. Jamaica's human-rights situation Jamaica's human-rights history is not without blemish. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights examines the country's record.3. Cumulative number of ABMs by parishMany of us rely on ABMs for convenient cash transactions. ... [Published Jamaica Gleaner - May 17 2013]

Entities: Jamaica, Bauxite, INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, Human Rights

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 5 reports

Nicolas Maduro

Capriles presses for new Venezuela vote

Venezuela’s opposition leader has warned that if the Supreme Court does not accept a demand for a new presidential election, he will bring the issue to ‘international bodies.’Henrique Capriles told AFP on Wednesday that “within hours, we are going to ... [Published Press tv - May 16 2013]

Entities: Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, Elections, Supreme Court

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 2 reports

'Let me end my pregnancy': one woman's plight grips El Salvador

As she waits for a supreme court ruling that could decide whether she lives or dies, a young Salvadoran at the centre of Latin America's abortion debate is calling on the world to respect her right to choose.It is an extraordinary case that has convulsed ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 11 2013]

Entities: El Salvador, INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, Convulsion

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

Opinion: Gitmo force feeding is torture

Editor's note: Vince Warren is the executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, a nonprofit legal and educational organization that works to protect rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. ... [Published CNN - May 09 2013]

Entities: Guantanamo (Cuba), Torture, prison

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 2 reports

Human rights abuse

WASHINGTON, May 6, CMC – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Monday expressed concerns regarding the human rights situation of the Maya indigenous communities in the District of Toledo, in Belize.The IACHR said that it has received information ... [Published Caribbean News Agency - May 06 2013]

Entities: Human Rights Violations, Belize, INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, Human Rights, Oil Exploration

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 4 reports

Amid hunger strike, UN rights experts urge US to close down Gitmo

UNITED NATIONS, May 1 (APP): With some 100 prisoners at the Guantanamo Naval Base on a hunger strike, a group of U.N. human rights experts Wednesday called on the United States to shut down the controversial prison. The United States must respect and ... [Published Associated Press of Pakistan - May 02 2013]

Entities: Detainee, United Nations, Custody

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 2 reports

First Nation group files petition on black carbon emissions

Arctic Athabaskan Council files with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights The Arctic Athabaskan Council has filed a petition about black carbon emissions with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.The commission works to protect human rights ... [Published CBC - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Black Carbon, Carbon Emissions, INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Quotes

In this regard, the Ministry of Justice reported that "Accusations for terrorism under Ecuadorian law cannot be comprehended under the international notion, especially the criteria on terrorism handled by UNODC, since they have different notions and considerations of applicability by virtue of the different historical moment in which the offense was typified in Ecuador"

Slow progress on free expression in Ecuador one year after U.N. review [Published Ifex - May 23 2013]

"I'd say a big part of the population is behind Beatriz. Many people say, 'I'm not in favour of abortion but in the case of Beatriz I am'" Vivas said

El Salvador's top court 'toying' with young mother's life [Published TrustLaw - May 22 2013]

"The administration cannot force feed its way out of this growing medical emergency. The only true solution is to resume transfers of prisoners and close Guantanamo." Uncharged detainees should be freed. They should have been long ago. They never should have been detained and tortured in the first place

Guantanamo Force-Feeding Constitutes Torture [Published Boston IMC - May 20 2013]

...They're doing this because they're desperate," saidÂ Wells Dixon, an attorney representing five of the striking detainees.Â "They're desperate to be free from Guantanamo. They don't see any alternative to leaving in a coffin. That's the bottom line." BereniceÂ QuirinoÂ is a staff reporter for Lake County Publishing. She can be reached at 263-5636, ext. 36 or at bereniceq@record-bee.com

Through my lens: Starving for attention [Published Lake County Record Bee - May 18 2013]

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Slow progress on free expression in Ecuador one... [Published Ifex - May 23 2013]
El Salvador's top court 'toying' with young mot... [Published TrustLaw - May 22 2013]
Ten members of Venezuelan family killed as auth... [Published Amnesty International USA - May 22 2013]
Guantanamo Force-Feeding Constitutes Torture [Published Boston IMC - May 20 2013]
Peace in Colombia: Reality, Myth and Wishful T... [Published Indymedia Ireland - May 18 2013]
Through my lens: Starving for attention [Published Lake County Record Bee - May 18 2013]
Videla Dies in Prison – a Victory Against Impunity [Published Inter Press Service - May 18 2013]
Argentina?s Dapper State Terrorist [Published Consortium News - May 18 2013]
Reagan and Argentina’s Dirty War [Published Consortium News - May 18 2013]
Salvadoran Woman’s Story Is a Powerful Argument... [Published Slate Magazine - May 17 2013]
US lobbies Caribbean [Published Barbados Daily Nation - May 17 2013]
Open Letter: Case of Dina Meza [Published Hondurasweekly - May 17 2013]
Oaxaca: Death-threats directed at two human-rig... [Published SIPAZ Blog - May 17 2013]
El Salvador: Supreme Court toys with young moth... [Published Amnesty International UK - May 17 2013]
Hunger strike, Yemeni dilemma could spur Guanta... [Published Los Angeles Times - May 17 2013]
CARIBBEAN-RIGHTS-US lobbies Caribbean for posit... [Published Caribbean News Agency - May 17 2013]
What's on GdiJamaica.com [Published Jamaica Gleaner - May 17 2013]
Capriles expects vote ruling ‘within hours’ [Published The Gulf Today - May 16 2013]
Visit of Inter-American Commission on Human Rig... [Published US Embassy Trinidad & Tobago: Port of Spain - May 16 2013]
Ecuador: Hidden communities on their way to ext... [Published Intercontinental Cry - May 16 2013]
Revoking Amnesty for Death Squads [Published In These Times - May 16 2013]
Not quite so, Observer [Published Jamaica Observer - May 16 2013]
Capriles presses for new Venezuela vote [Published Press tv - May 16 2013]
Protesters mark 100-day Gitmo strike [Published Press tv - May 16 2013]
Capriles expects Venezuela vote ruling "within ... [Published Channel NewsAsia - May 16 2013]
Capriles expects vote ruling 'within hours' [Published Haveeru Daily Online - May 16 2013]
Capriles expects Venezuela vote ruling 'within ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 16 2013]
Capriles expects Venezuela vote ruling 'within ... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - May 16 2013]
Ecuadorian President Tours Ongoing Construction... [Published Radio Habana Cuba - May 16 2013]
United States: Guantánamo: “Indefinite Detentio... [Published Scoop - May 15 2013]

Blogs

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Oaxaca: Death-threats directed at two human-rig... [Published SIPAZ Blog - May 17 2013] Two human-rights defenders, both of them members of the Comprehensive Committee for Defense of Human Rights Gobixha AC (CODIGO-DH), suffered harassment and assault on 8 May, reports Amnesty International (AI). “Alba Cruz Ramos, human-rights defender, ...
Michael Den Tandt: Baird’s icy UN approach is j... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - May 02 2013] If Paul Heinbecker didn’t exist, the opposition Liberals, New Democrats and Greens would have to manufacture him in a lab. From his perch on the op-ed pages of the Globe and Mail, or on the airwaves of the CBC, this most august of retired Canadian diplomats ...
UN Officials & IACHR Condemn US Government for ... [Published Firedoglake - May 02 2013] The indefinite detention of individuals at Guantanamo Bay prison, “most of whom have not been charged, goes beyond a minimally reasonable period of time” and “constitutes a flagrant violation of international human rights law,” the Inter-American Commission ...
UN groups censure US over Gitmo hunger strike [Published The Moderate Voice - May 02 2013] Even as the Obama administration presses Russia and China to end human rights violations, it received a broadside from several United Nations human rights bodies about its treatment of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners currently on hunger strike. In an ...
Chiapas: Denunciation of death-threats and fabr... [Published SIPAZ Blog - Apr 29 2013] On 23 April, families who have been displaced from the Busiljá and Cintalapa ejidos (Ocosingo municipality), publicly denounced that agents of the Public Ministry (which belongs to the State Attorney General’s Office of Chiapas, PGJE) in Ocosingo ...

Press Releases

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Sea Search Armada, American Marine Salvage Grou... [Published Business Wire - Apr 24 2013]
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