O English Championship announced on Thursday that it will tighten its approval processes for new club owners in the league, excluding those found guilty of human rights abuses. The new rules, approved by the teams in the tournament, also provide that those who are condemned by the British government will be automatically disqualified. Among the […]
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Pope Francis calls for an end to violence in Peru: “I encourage you to take the path of dialogue and respect”
“I join the Peruvian bishops in saying: No to violence, wherever it comes from, no more deaths”requested Pope Francis after the Sunday Angelus prayer from the window of the Apostolic Palace. Protests have rocked Peru since December to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte and have already left 62 dead. Pope Francis, before the […]
International Criminal Court extends deadline for Venezuela to report on human rights cases.
Updated on 01/20/2022 11:51 am US senators dealt a fatal blow on Wednesday to the electoral reform project promoted by President Joe Biden to defend the right to vote for minorities. The senators refused to initiate the only procedure that could have allowed the Democrats to put this project to a vote without the votes […]
Chinese human rights lawyer arrested for “inciting subversion”
A human rights lawyer was detained in China on suspicion of “inciting subversion against the state”, according to an official notice obtained by his wife, weeks after defending a hospitalized teacher. Xie Yang, who has defended Christian and pro-democracy activists, has not been contacted since his arrest more than a week ago in the city […]
With the closure of Memorial, the Kremlin wants to control Russia’s past
With the closing of Memorial, considered a pillar of the human rights and research on repression in the Soviet era, the Kremlin You will have your hands free to control not only the present of Russiabut also his past. The decision made last week by the Supreme Court to close Memorial, officially because it violates […]
NGO: Impunity prevents amelioration of the human rights crisis in Mexico
The crisis of human rights in which Mexico It has been immersed for more than a decade and it has not been possible to reverse it in 2021, as in recent years, due to persistent impunity and violence, civil organizations told Efe. “The available public indicators confirm this, we are going to conclude 2021 with […]
Hundreds of repressive acts prevented protests in Cuba, according to NGO
Communist regime officials from Cuba They carried out more than 300 repressive acts to prevent the protests called in the country, denounced the Cuban Observatory for Human Rights. “Only yesterday we documented more than a hundred repressive actions,” this Madrid-based non-governmental organization said in a statement. Home detention with police surveillance, summons to Police stations, […]
International Criminal Court will investigate the Chavista regime of Venezuela for violating Human Rights
The International Criminal Court (ICC) open a formal investigation to Venezuela “To establish the truth in accordance with the Rome Statute, following the visit of the high court prosecutor, Karim Khan. “The ICC prosecutor has concluded the preliminary examination of the situation in Venezuela and has determined that an investigation should be opened to establish […]
IAPA condemns brutal harassment of reporters and media in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua
The Inter-American Press Association (SIP) approved this Friday the resolutions of its 77th General Assembly on Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela, in which it condemns “the police and judicial persecution” and the “imprisonment” of reporters, as well as the “excessive attacks” against freedom of the press and expression in these countries. The balance of the year […]
Venezuela has 260 political prisoners, according to the NGO Foro Penal
The Venezuelan NGO Foro Penal denounced that in the country there are 260 detained citizens whom they consider political prisoners, one less than in its report last week. “On October 14, 260 political prisoners in Venezuela, according to the updated list of the Penal Forum,” said the director-president of the NGO, Alfredo Romero, through his […]