/tags/human-rights-0 human rights en-US WLRN Thu, 15 Feb 2024 13:52:21 GMT /americas/2024-02-15/human-rights-groups-in-venezuela-demand-release-of-prominent-detained-attorney-and-activist Thu, 15 Feb 2024 13:52:21 GMT /americas/2024-02-15/human-rights-groups-in-venezuela-demand-release-of-prominent-detained-attorney-and-activist Regina Garcia Cano| Associated Press /news/2022-07-11/cubas-historic-protests-shook-the-regime-but-its-response-has-shaken-human-rights-observers Cubans had never confronted their communist regime as boldly as they did on July 11, 2021. But officials have cracked down harshly — prompting a mass exodus. Mon, 11 Jul 2022 13:30:02 GMT /news/2022-07-11/cubas-historic-protests-shook-the-regime-but-its-response-has-shaken-human-rights-observers Tim Padgett /news/2022-06-14/biden-will-visit-saudi-arabia-in-july-a-nation-he-had-once-called-a-pariah When he was running for office, Joe Biden vowed to make big changes to how the U.S. deals with Saudi Arabia. But that was before gas prices soared past $5 per gallon, making inflation his top issue. Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:15:36 GMT /news/2022-06-14/biden-will-visit-saudi-arabia-in-july-a-nation-he-had-once-called-a-pariah Scott Detrow /news/2022-03-18/peru-court-orders-ex-president-fujimori-freed-from-prison The decision restores a humanitarian pardon even though authorities gave no indication the former president's release was imminent. Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:51:31 GMT /news/2022-03-18/peru-court-orders-ex-president-fujimori-freed-from-prison The Associated Press /news/2022-03-08/senate-passes-anti-lynching-bill-and-sends-federal-hate-crime-legislation-to-biden The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act designates lynching as a federal hate crime and sets prison terms of up to 30 years for those convicted. Tue, 08 Mar 2022 13:09:37 GMT /news/2022-03-08/senate-passes-anti-lynching-bill-and-sends-federal-hate-crime-legislation-to-biden Peter Granitz /news/2020-12-16/u-s-ready-to-tighten-nicaragua-sanctions-but-south-florida-exiles-fear-ortega-entrenched Nicaragua's regime-run legislature ends its session this week after passing laws that critics say bury human and political rights in advance of next year's election. Wed, 16 Dec 2020 21:46:34 GMT /news/2020-12-16/u-s-ready-to-tighten-nicaragua-sanctions-but-south-florida-exiles-fear-ortega-entrenched Tim Padgett /commentary/2020-10-15/u-s-exiles-wont-stop-cubas-election-to-human-rights-body-by-gnashing-teeth COMMENTARY Cuba's welcome to the U.N. Human Rights Council confirms the organization's hypocrisy. But nations – and exiles – can change that if they try. Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:41:28 GMT /commentary/2020-10-15/u-s-exiles-wont-stop-cubas-election-to-human-rights-body-by-gnashing-teeth Tim Padgett /2019-11-18/correction-report-withdrawn-because-of-error-in-study-data We have withdrawn this story about U.S. incarceration rates of children because the U.N. study's author has acknowledged a significant error in the data. Mon, 18 Nov 2019 21:49:00 GMT /2019-11-18/correction-report-withdrawn-because-of-error-in-study-data Bill Chappell /news/2018-10-29/florida-court-case-shows-stakes-of-brazils-presidential-election Last year, Brazilian president-elect Jair Bolsonaro told a crowd of Brazilians gathered in Deerfield Beach, Fla. that he would “give police carte blanche… Mon, 29 Oct 2018 12:45:46 GMT /news/2018-10-29/florida-court-case-shows-stakes-of-brazils-presidential-election Daniel Rivero