Human Rights Watch documented the mistreatment of 252 migrants that the Trump administration sent to El Salvador, and who were later released and returned to Caracas
Human Rights Watch has gathered testimonies from those detained during the July 11, 2021 protests. Four years on, hundreds remain behind bars
It is crucial for President Arévalo to show Guatemalans that the system many of them defended in 2023 can deliver results
US government defends unannounced visits from ICE and FBI agents as an anti-trafficking measure, but critics warn that their true objective is deportation
The pressure to meet immigration arrest targets is fostering the systematic violation of human rights, as seen in El Salvador
The director of the Americas Division of the organization analyzes the first months of the Trump administration and says she still trusts in judicial independence to curb his immigration policies
El Salvador’s woes are hitting the Cortéz family hard. The mother lost a daughter after she was denied an abortion. Her son was detained amid the gang war – even though he maintains his innocence – while a third child had to migrate
The Abinader government’s measure has drawn immediate condemnation from Haiti, with its representative to the UN describing it as an ‘ethnic cleansing strategy’
The executive director of Human Rights Watch says the governments of Colombia and Panama must address the crimes against women on one of the most dangerous routes in the world
The international organization says that prison authorities are keeping 122,000 people in isolation for at least 22 hours a day
The NGO’s annual report warns against double standards in established democracies and the risks of impunity for regimes that violate individual and collective freedoms
Most of the prisoners who will be released in exchange for Israeli hostages are teenagers facing ambiguous allegations or being held without charges in ‘administrative detention’
Friday’s Board of Governors should ensure a transparent and fair selection process to appoint a leader capable of restoring confidence and transparency to the bank
The president assures that the prisoners ‘will live for decades’ in the immense prison built as part of his controversial security strategy, where they will not be able to do ‘any more harm to the population’
