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Diciembre 2003
18.12.2003
Thousands of children set out on the trek north with nothing more than a dream of arriving to a land of opportunity, improved their living conditions and an escape from poverty. These kids hope to turn hunger and poverty into a distant memory.
Read moreOrganización: Casa Alianza Temas relacionados: [América Latina y el Caribe] [América del Norte] [Migración] [Niños] |
17.12.2003
Two hundred years after Haitians overthrew slavery and colonialism, human rights abuses are on the rise. Political division and violence, impunity and the reduction in international support worsen this situation, Amnesty International said while launching an action plan for human rights in Haiti.
Read moreOrganización: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Temas relacionados: [Haití] [Derechos Humanos] [Política] Imagen: Haiti
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16.12.2003
After a short lived lull in the number of children murdered over the past two months, 35 children and youth were senselessly murdered in November of 2003 in Honduras. Since January of 1998, Casa Alianza has documented 2,089 extrajudicial murders of children and youth under the age of 23 in Honduras, one of Central America’s poorest countries.
Read moreOrganización: Casa Alianza Temas relacionados: [Honduras] [Derechos Humanos] [Niños] |
15.12.2003
The largest anti-government demonstration in years, aimed at toppling President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, drew thousands of student protesters last week, prompting clashes as police fired tear gas and warning shots and Aristide supporters tossed rocks at the students.
Read moreOrganización: Haiti Support Group Temas relacionados: [Haití] [Política] Imagen: Jean-Bertrand Aristide © Radio Netherlands
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12.12.2003
There's a lack of political will to protect human rights in Colombia, said Amnesty International after Congress approved yesterday a constitutional reform that grants judicial police powers to the armed forces in the country.
Read moreOrganización: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Temas relacionados: [Colombia] [Derechos Humanos] [Armas & Ejército] [Gobierno] Imagen: © Selvas - Alvaro Uribe Vélez
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12.12.2003
''The U.N. report opens a window of opportunity for progress on human rights in Mexico,'' said José Miguel Vivanco, executive director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch. ''It is the first comprehensive assessment of the full range of human rights problems in the country, and it has the backing of both the Mexican government and the United Nations.''
Read moreOrganización: Human Rights Watch Temas relacionados: [México] [Derechos Humanos] Imagen: Vicente Fox, President of Mexico
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11.12.2003
Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo succeed in restoring identity of 75 children of the disappeared during the dictatorship. This is an organization was created in 1977 with the sole purpose of finding the children who were born in the centers of detention and were handed over to families linked to the dictatorship.
Read moreOrganización: Noticias Aliadas / Latinamerica Press Temas relacionados: [Argentina] [Derechos Humanos] |
10.12.2003
December is the coldest month of the year for more than 5,000 children who live in the streets of Guatemala - not only because of the climate, but because it is the month in which it becomes most evident that they are society’s ''have-nots.''
Read moreOrganización: Casa Alianza Temas relacionados: [Guatemala] [Derechos Humanos] [Niños] Imagen: © Casa Alianza / Casa Alianza
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09.12.2003
In 1998, Radio Netherlands journalist Eric Beauchemin visited El Salvador, and managed to track down several key people involved in clandestine broadcasting during the civil war. This is the second part of a two part feature.
Read moreOrganización: Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep Temas relacionados: [El Salvador] [Guerra y Paz] Imagen: Radio Venceremos © Radio Netherlands
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05.12.2003
Nearly 24 years ago, one of Central America's most famous clandestine stations began broadcasting from southern El Salvador. Radio Venceremos and its sister clandestine station, Radio Farabundo Martí, were on the air for over a decade and played a key role in El Salvador's civil war.
Read moreOrganización: Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep Temas relacionados: [El Salvador] [Guerra y Paz] |
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