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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xml:base="http://www.hrw.org" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> <channel> <title>Americas</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/rss/taxonomy/8</link> <description>Feeds > By taxonomy term</description> <language>en</language> <item> <title>Cuba: Letter to US House Appropriations Committee</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/22/cuba-letter-us-house-appropriations-committee</link> <description>Washington, DC., The Honorable Harold Rogers, Chairman The Honorable Norm Dicks, Ranking Member House Committee on Appropriations U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congressmen Rogers and Dicks: <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/22/cuba-letter-us-house-appropriations-committee">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas">Americas</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/castro">Castro</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas/cuba">Cuba</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/cuba">Cuba</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/house-committee-appropriations">House Committee on Appropriations</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/letter">Letter</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/travel-ban">travel ban</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/topic/unclassified">Unclassified</category> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:30:33 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">100050 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>Peru: No Special Treatment for Fujimori</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/16/peru-no-special-treatment-fujimori</link> <description>(Washington, DC) - Arbitrarily releasing former President Alberto Fujimori from serving his full prison sentence for human rights crimes would be incompatible with Peru's obligations under international law, Human Rights Watch said today. Fujimori recently received medical treatment, and there have been some calls for a &quot;humanitarian pardon.&quot; <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/16/peru-no-special-treatment-fujimori">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/press-release">Press release</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas">Americas</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/amnesty">amnesty</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/fujimori">fujimori</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/humala">Humala</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/jose-miguel-vivanco">Jose Miguel Vivanco</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/medical">medical</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/pardon">pardon</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas/peru">Peru</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/peru">peru</category> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:34:41 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">99902 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>Colombia: Victims Law a Historic Opportunity</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/10/colombia-victims-law-historic-opportunity</link> <description>(Washington, DC) – Colombia’s new Victims and Land Restitution Law offers a historic opportunity to restore millions of acres of land to Colombians who have been driven from their homes by violence, Human Rights Watch said today. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/10/colombia-victims-law-historic-opportunity">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/press-release">Press release</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas">Americas</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas/colombia">Colombia</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/colombia">Colombia</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/jose-miguel-vivanco">Jose Miguel Vivanco</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/reparations">Reparations</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/united-self-defense-forces-colombia-basic-principles-and-guidelines-right-remedy-and-repara">United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violation</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/victims-law">Victims Law</category> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:10:23 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">99775 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>Uruguay: Prosecute Dictatorship Era Abuses</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/10/uruguay-prosecute-dictatorship-era-abuses</link> <description>(Washington, DC) - Uruguay should prosecute and punish those responsible for serious human rights abuses, including enforced disappearances, committed during the military dictatorship, Human Rights Watch said today. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/10/uruguay-prosecute-dictatorship-era-abuses">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/press-release">Press release</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/1986-amnesty-law">1986 amnesty law</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/aggravated-murder">aggravated murder</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas">Americas</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/common-crimes">common crimes</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/crimes-against-humanity">Crimes against humanity</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/enforced-disappearance">enforced disappearance</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/international-justice">International Justice</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/international-justice/judicial-accountability">Judicial Accountability</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/may-6-ruling">May 6 ruling</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/principle-legality">principle of legality</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/statutes-limitation">statutes of limitation</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas/uruguay">Uruguay</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/international-justice/war-crimes/crimes-against-humanity">War Crimes/Crimes Against Humanity</category> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:46:02 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">99737 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>Canada: Caribbean Activists Honored</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/09/canada-caribbean-activists-honored</link> <description>(Toronto) - Today, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and Human Rights Watch will jointly present their 2011 International Award for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights to the late Dr. Robert Carr and the organization he founded and co-chaired, the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities coalition (CVC). The award recognizes the extraordinary contributions of Dr. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/09/canada-caribbean-activists-honored">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/press-release">Press release</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas">Americas</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas/canada">Canada</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/health">Health</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/topic/health/hiv/tb">HIV/TB</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/human-rights-defenders">Human Rights Defenders</category> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:02:22 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">99670 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>Mexico: Investigate Raid on Juarez Human Rights Organization</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/06/mexico-investigate-raid-juarez-human-rights-organization</link> <description>(New York) - Mexican federal prosecutors should immediately open a thorough and impartial investigation into the raid by federal police on the office of the human rights organization Centro de Derechos Humanos Paso del Norte in Ciudad Juarez, Human Rights Watch said. Approximately 20 federal police officers broke into the office at about 8:30 p.m. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/06/mexico-investigate-raid-juarez-human-rights-organization">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas">Americas</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/centro-de-derechos-humanos-paso-del-norte">Centro de Derechos Humanos Paso del Norte</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/ciudad-juarez">Ciudad Juarez</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/federal-police-officers">federal police officers</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/free-expression">Free Expression</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/human-rights-defenders">Human Rights Defenders</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/human-rights-defenders">human rights defenders</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/june-5">June 5</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas/mexico">Mexico</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/raid">raid</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/warrantless-searches">warrantless searches</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/written-statement">Written statement</category> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:46:47 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">99557 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>Global State of Pain Treatment</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2011/06/02/global-state-pain-treatment-0</link> <description>This 128-page report details the failure of many governments to take even basic steps to ensure that people with severe pain due to cancer, HIV, and other serious illnesses have access to palliative care, a health service that seeks to improve quality of life. As a result, millions of patients live and die in great agony that could easily be prevented, Human Rights Watch said. </description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/africa">Africa</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas">Americas</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/asia">Asia</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/global">Global</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/health">Health</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/topic/health/health-care-access">Health care access</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. Africa</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/publications/report">Report</category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:22:14 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">98936 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>Death and Drugs in Colombia</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/02/death-and-drugs-colombia</link> <description>1. In February 2003, the mayor of a small town on Colombia's Caribbean coast stood up at a nationally televised meeting with then President Álvaro Uribe and announced his own murder.<a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/02/death-and-drugs-colombia">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/alvaro-uribe">Alvaro Uribe</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas">Americas</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/auc">AUC</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/claudia-lopez">Claudia Lopez</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas/colombia">Colombia</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/commentary">Commentary</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/das">DAS</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/farc">FARC</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/human-rights-defenders">Human Rights Defenders</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/refugees/internally-displaced-people">Internally Displaced People</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/juan-david-diaz">Juan David Diaz</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/mario-uribe">Mario Uribe</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/pablo-escobar">Pablo Escobar</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/salvador-arana">Salvador Arana</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/tito-diaz">Tito Diaz</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/torture">Torture</category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:23:03 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Daniel Wilkinson</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">99426 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>Cuba: Stop Imprisoning Peaceful Dissidents </title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/01/cuba-stop-imprisoning-peaceful-dissidents</link> <description>(Washington, DC) - The conviction of six dissidents in summary trials for doing no more than exercising their fundamental rights highlights the continuing abuse of the criminal justice system to repress dissent in Cuba, Human Rights Watch said today. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/01/cuba-stop-imprisoning-peaceful-dissidents">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/press-release">Press release</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas">Americas</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/antonio-michel-lima-cruz">Antonio Michel Lima Cruz</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas/cuba">Cuba</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/david-piloto">David Piloto</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/dissidents">dissidents</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/elizardo-sanchez">Elizardo Sanchez</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/free-expression">Free Expression</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/human-rights-defenders">Human Rights Defenders</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/juan-carlos-gonzalez-leiva">Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/luis-enrique-labrador">Luis Enrique Labrador</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/marcos-maikel-lima-cruz">Marcos Maikel Lima Cruz</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/pedro-luis-boitel">Pedro Luis Boitel</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/topic/health/prisons">Prisons</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/summary-trials">summary trials</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/valle-grande">Valle Grande</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/walfrido-rodriguez">Walfrido Rodriguez</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/yordani-martinez">Yordani Martinez</category> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:09:44 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">99406 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>Honduras: Stop Efforts to Discredit Human Rights Prosecutors</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/05/31/honduras-stop-efforts-discredit-human-rights-prosecutors</link> <description>(Washington, DC) - The Lobo administration needs to ensure that government officials stop attacking the credibility of human rights prosecutors, Human Rights Watch said today. President Porfirio Lobo also should direct security forces to cooperate fully with abuse investigations, Human Rights Watch said. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/05/31/honduras-stop-efforts-discredit-human-rights-prosecutors">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/press-release">Press release</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas">Americas</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/armando-calidonio">Armando Calidonio</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/attacks-human-rights-prosecutors">attacks on human rights prosecutors</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/ciudad-planeta">Ciudad Planeta</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/criminal-justice">Criminal Justice</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/free-expression">Free Expression</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/hector-ivan-mejia-velasquez">Hector Ivan Mejia Velasquez</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/americas/honduras">Honduras</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/human-rights-defenders">Human Rights Defenders</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/luis-rubi">Luis Rubi</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/criminal-justice/police-brutality">Police Brutality</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/police-officers">police officers</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/porfirio-lobo">Porfirio Lobo</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/sandra-ponce">Sandra Ponce</category> <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 18:35:33 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">99369 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> </channel> </rss>