Human Rights Watch Concerned Over Undocumented Immigrants' Deportation, Due Process Rights

President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions will provide nearly 4.9 million undocumented immigrants to be deferred from deportation. However, other human rights concerns have remained unaddressed, according to one of the largest international human rights organizations.

Human Rights Group Says Egypt Committed Crimes Against Humanity

A New York-based human rights group released a report Tuesday that Egyptian authorities have committed humanitarian crimes.

FARC and Paramilitary Successor Groups Terrorize Afro-Colombian Municipality in Colombia

Human Rights Watch has documented the abuses occurring in Tumaco since 2013, compiling evidence that FARC is guilty of offenses against community members, including committing acts of sexual violence in the region during 2013 and 2014

US Surveillance Programs 'Harming' Democracy, Law and Media, Says ACLU and Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) published a 120-page report on how the U.S. national surveillance programs are harming democracy, journalism and law.

Bolivian Children as Young as 10 Years Old Being Put to Work to 'Solve' National Poverty

Childen as young as 10 years old are being asked to go to work in Bolivia. According to legislation passed by Bolivia's congress, as long as work doesn't interfere with education and it's done independently so that the child helps the family make ends meet, then it should be fully sanctioned.

Women, Immigrants & Children Affected by Economic Crisis, Homelessness in Spain

With over 5 million unemployed in Spain, the economic crisis has hit homeowners particularly hard -which is nearly everyone. Spain has the highest rate of home ownership in the European Union, as high as 85 percent, and that's greatly due to decades-long aggressive governmental promotion of home ownership and borrowing.

Paramilitary Violence, Dismemberment in Buenaventura Escalates Into a 'Humanitarian Crisis'

Buenaventura is a seaport city on the Pacific coast of Colombia. Home to a large Afro-Colombian population, it's also the setting for violence so severe that it's driven more than 5 million people from their homes.

Colombian Senate Passes Law to Protect Victims of Sexual Violence

Sexual violence, in the form of rape, forced prostitution, and abductions, plagues Colombia, and often that violence goes uninvestigated and unpunished — until now. Earlier this month, Colombia's senate passed a monumental bill that will help aid and protect survivors of sexual violence — particularly those who were victimized by paramilitaries.

Human Rights Watch Report Details Violence in Honduras Over Land Ownership

Northern Honduras: in the fertile and lush Bajo Aguán region, there has been continuous violence, uninvestigated corruption and brazen lawlessness since 2009. The violence can be traced back to the agrarian law enacted in 1992, which allowed for the sale of large tracts of land that previously could only be owned collectively. The government's decision to change the law sparked questions of land sale legality and provoked unforeseen violence.

Human Rights Watch Report Details Violence in Honduras Over Land Ownership

Northern Honduras: in the fertile and lush Bajo Aguán region, there has been continuous violence, uninvestigated corruption and brazen lawlessness since 2009. The violence can be traced back to the agrarian law enacted in 1992, which allowed for the sale of large tracts of land that previously could only be owned collectively. The government's decision to change the law sparked questions of land sale legality and provoked unforeseen violence.

The 12-Year-Old Tobacco Laborers of America

In the United States, it's illegal for children under 18 to buy cigarettes. But it's permissible for those very same children to be a part of the cultivation and harvesting of tobacco, which produces side effects far worse than if they'd simply taken a puff.

Venezuelan 'Colectivos' Continue Violent Riot Across Nation

As civil unrest and instability continue to split Venezuela in two, opposition groups now face even more pressure as government loyalists unload their firearms at them, "Fox News" reported.
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