Tag: Human rights

Trump Militarizes California Amid Immigration Raids, Threatens Arrests of Local Officials
Trump militarizes California without state consent and threatens to arrest local leaders, while Mexico and international organizations condemn the criminalization of migration and democratic backsliding in the U.S.
June 9, 2025

Israel Intercepts Freedom Flotilla and Detains Over 30 Activists in International Waters
The Israeli navy intercepted the Madleen, part of the Freedom Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, detaining over 30 activists including Greta Thunberg. The operation in international waters drew condemnation amid Gaza’s ongoing humanitarian crisis and decades-long naval blockade.
June 9, 2025

Haiti: Human Rights Groups Condemn Inhumane Detention Conditions in Police Stations
The National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) has denounced the horrific conditions and degrading treatment in Haiti’s police stations and sub-stations, which have been illegally converted into detention centers. Between April and May 2025, RNDDH monitored seven police stations and three sub-stations in Ouest Department, revealing severe overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, and malnutrition. Cells originally designed […]
June 3, 2025

Salvadoran Organizations Disapprove of Bukele’s First Year of Second Term
This Central American country ‘is experiencing a profound human rights crisis that is deepening with the dismantling of democracy.’ On Monday, Salvadoran social organizations disapproved of the first year of President Nayib Bukele’s second term in office. RELATED: Salvadoran Human Rights Group Reports at Least 415 Deaths in Custody Under State of Exception In addition […]
June 3, 2025

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Urges Citizens to Avoid U.S. Travel Amid Human Rights Concerns
President Nicolás Maduro supports the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry’s warning against traveling to the United States, denouncing systemic violations of migrants’ human rights and urging the return of Venezuelans currently in the U.S. Related: Venezuela Issues Maximum Travel Alert for the United States, Denouncing Systematic Persecution and Racism Against Venezuelan Migrants June 2, 2025 – Venezuelan […]
June 2, 2025

Salvadoran Human Rights Group Reports at Least 415 Deaths in Custody Under State of Exception
The ‘State of Exception’s purpose is to exert control over all voices that do not align with the official narrative, said attorney Ortiz. On Thursday, the human rights organization Tutela Legal “Maria Julia Hernandez” (TLMJH) denounced that at least 415 people have died in Salvadoran prisons while in state custody since the beginning of the […]
May 30, 2025

French National Assembly Approves Assisted Dying for Terminal Patients
The bill granting adults the right to euthanasia was backed by 305 out of 561 legislators in the lower house. On Tuesday, the French National Assembly approved on first reading a bill that legalizes and regulates euthanasia for the first time, allowing it for terminally ill patients experiencing unbearable suffering. RELATED: France Strengthens Security Around […]
May 27, 2025

Human Rights Defender’s Arrest in El Salvador Triggers International Criticism
The Center Against Corruption and Impunity in Northern Central America condemned the detention of lawyer Ruth Lopez. On Monday, the Center Against Corruption and Impunity in Northern Central America (CCINOC) condemned the arrest of lawyer Ruth Lopez and the attacks against Cristosal, an organization specializing in the defense of the human rights of victims of […]
May 20, 2025

Venezuela Achieves a Moral Victory: Maikelys Espinoza, a Toddler Kidnapped by the U.S., Returns Home
President Maduro managed to rescue the two-year-old girl who was being held in a shelter without the protection of her parents. On Wednesday, Communications Minister Freddy Ñañez confirmed that Maikelys Espinoza Bernal returned to her homeland on a flight with 226 migrants who were repatriated from the U.S. to Venezuela. RELATED: President Maduro Demands U.S. […]
May 14, 2025

UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk Maintains a Complicit Silence: FM Gil
For weeks, he has kept a dismissive attitude toward the situation of Venezuelan migrants deported from the U.S. to El Salvador. On Tuesday, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil criticized United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk for remaining silent regarding the kidnapping of over 250 Venezuelan migrants in El Salvador. The official […]