Tag: human rights

The free-speech advocate was among several activists detained ahead of President Nicolas Maduro’s swearing-in last week.Authorities in Venezuela have released ...

Washington, DC – The detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, turns 23 on Saturday. For Mansoor Adayfi, a former inmate at ...

Bogota, Colombia – Jesus Medina Ezaine had already spent 16 months in a Venezuelan military prison, accused of crimes he ...

In South Korea, as well, historians say that Carter adopted the messaging of a military government facing human rights criticism. ...

Edmundo Gonzalez, who competed against incumbent Nicolas Maduro in July’s presidential elections, says masked men abducted his son-in-law in Caracas.Edmundo ...

Amnesty International welcomed the transfer but said Guantanamo would remain a ‘glaring, longstanding stain’ on human rights in the US.The ...

Al-Qaradawi’s family seeks Lebanese PM’s intervention to prevent his deportation to Egypt, fearing risks to his life.The family of Egyptian ...

Beirut, Lebanon – The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) ban on Al Jazeera is part of a broader attempt to silence criticism ...

Khijou and Samar al-Khateeb were tortured in Bashar al-Assad's prisons and lost family to the system. Source link

Egyptian activist Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi was held due to an Egyptian arrest warrant, a Lebanese official said.A group of lawyers ...

Human rights panel calls on Venezuelan government to respect civil liberties as beginning of presidential term nears.The government of Venezuelan ...