Cuba’s medical missions accused of ‘modern slavery’
An IACHR report denounces labor rights violations, including unfair pay, long working hours, and reprisals against medical staff and their families
The dilemma of US-deported migrants in Cameroon: Trapped without rights or returned to danger
The justice system had protected them from being expelled, but two of them were sent back to their country of origin, and the rest remain detained in a foreign country, in appalling conditions
Human Rights Watch director: ‘AI, in the hands of autocratic governments, will accelerate their ability to control and surveil the population’
Philippe Bolopion warns that ‘there is a risk that the U.S. switching sides on the global scene may strengthen the authoritarian wave that has been taking over the world.’ He argues that resistance will only succeed if the countries that still believe in democracy can unite strategically
Venezuelans deported to Bukele’s mega-prison reveal torture and other abuses: ‘They said we would only leave in a black bag’
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
The punishment for protesting in Cuba: Beatings, solitary confinement and sleep deprivation
Human Rights Watch has gathered testimonies from those detained during the July 11, 2021 protests. Four years on, hundreds remain behind bars
Guatemala’s democracy still needs international support
Juan Pappier|
It is crucial for President Arévalo to show Guatemalans that the system many of them defended in 2023 can deliver results
Welfare checks on unaccompanied young migrants leave 100 children homeless
US government defends unannounced visits from ICE and FBI agents as an anti-trafficking measure, but critics warn that their true objective is deportation
Trump takes cues from Bukele in plan to deport a million people
The pressure to meet immigration arrest targets is fostering the systematic violation of human rights, as seen in El Salvador
Juanita Goebertus (HRW): ‘Deportations to El Salvador meet the legal definition of enforced disappearance’
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
Bukele’s ‘miracle’ is Delmy’s nightmare
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
Dominican Republic steps up deportations of Haitians, expelling nearly 11,000 people in one week
Sandrine Exil|
The Abinader government’s measure has drawn immediate condemnation from Haiti, with its representative to the UN describing it as an ‘ethnic cleansing strategy’
Tirana Hassan: ‘Sexual violence is so prevalent in Darién that women crossing the border carry the morning-after pill’
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
HRW calls on the US to end solitary confinement in migrant detention centers
The international organization says that prison authorities are keeping 122,000 people in isolation for at least 22 hours a day
Human Rights Watch’s analysis of the state of human rights: More repression and governments that ‘turn a blind eye’ to abuses
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
Supporting terrorism, throwing stones: The accusations against Palestinians to be freed in Israel-Hamas deal
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’
Next Central American Bank President crucial for rights in the region
JUANITA GOEBERTUS ESTRADA|
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
Bukele shows off thousands of imprisoned gang members in new mega prison
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’
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