I watched the graduation video of Ramin Pourandarjani, in which he appeared in his best: a nice suit & tie (in the Islamic Republic wearing tie is not accpeted ), deligating his fellow students, addrssing his teachers with utmost...

Ivan Khurtoskoy was shot dead in Moscow on Monday. He was a friend of the recent murdered lawyer Stanislav Markelov. Please read the New York Times' report. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/11/17/world/international-uk-russia…...

The murder of Victor Galvez at the end of last month was yet another tragic example of the appalling situation facing trade unionists in Guatemala. Sr. Galvez was not just a trade union leader, he was a community leader and a member of...

I know that many of you will have heard of the infamous School of the Americas , the US military training camp located in Fort Benning, Georgia, which specialises in training officers from Latin American countries. Since its creation...

Colombian human rights defender at risk COLUMBIA Ingrid Vergara (f)and her daughter Cendy Torres Vergara(f) Female human rights defender Ingrid Vergara has received death threats and her daughter, 14-year-old Cendy Torres Vergara, has...