Tag: human rights

‘Like torture, like rape’: Greenland urges Denmark to confront its dark past • FRANCE 24

Since the first victim account went public five years ago, Denmark’s forced contraception scandal in Greenland has snowballed. The territory is urging its former colonial power to acknowledge…

Guantanamo at 23: What’s next for the ‘lawless’ detention facility? | Human Rights News

Washington, DC – the detention facility at over failing to shut down the facility early in his presidency. Of the 15 remaining Gitmo inmates, three are eligible for release,…

‘Much more persecution’: Venezuela braces for Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration | Nicolas Maduro News

Bogota, Colombia – Jesus Medina Ezaine had already spent 16 months in a Venezuelan military prison, accused of crimes he said were related to his work as a…

Venezuelan opposition candidate claims son-in-law has been kidnapped | Nicolas Maduro News

Edmundo Gonzalez, who competed against incumbent Nicolas Maduro in July’s presidential elections, says masked men abducted his son-in-law in Caracas. Edmundo Gonzalez, the leader of Venezuela’s political opposition,…