Tag Archives : violation of human rights

One of the countries known to be notorious in violating women’s rights is finally making into law a measure that makes violence against women a criminal offense. At least, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is about to sign the bill into law. If the law, indeed, gets passed, ‘men who bar women from getting an education, working, or obtaining healthcare [...]

According to Amnesty International (AI), the oil pollution in the Niger Delta has deprived tens of millions of people from their most fundamental right to food, water, and health. In a thick report, AI describes the environmental degradation in the delta where about 31 million people live. The group calls it a tragedy of human rights that has fueled [...]

A Peruvian court has found Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori guilty for the massacres in Barrios Altos and La Cantuta that left 25 people dead. The court also accuses him of ordering the illegal detention of a journalist and a businessman in 1992. The trial was held at a special-forces police base on the outskirts of Lima. The verdict on the [...]