Tag: #humanRights

dom phillips Small boat on the Javari River, in the Amazon basin. Photo: Nowaczyk/Shutterstock

Indigenous expert and Guardian contributor Dom Phillips missing in western Amazon

2 years ago • Euan Marshall

police PRF agents during shoot training. Photo: Rubens Cavallari/Folhapress

Under Bolsonaro, Brazil’s highway police prefers force over human rights

Once celebrated for its work in the field of human rights, Brazil's Federal Highway Police is now taking a more hands-on — and violent — role, as shown by two recent scandals

2 years ago • Euan Marshall

The Federal Highway Police during the inauguration of a shooting ring. Photo: Alan Santos/PR

Highway Police told to reinstate human rights classes after officers kill man

2 years ago • Amanda Audi

paraguay President Xiomara Castro of Honduras. Photo: Gustavo Amador/EFE via Folhapress

Xiomara Castro faces uphill battle in Honduras women’s rights charge

The first woman president in the country's history, Xiomara Castro has promised to fight for women's and LGBTQIA+ rights by overturning sexist legislation amid a never-ending cycle of violence

2 years ago • Lucas Berti

'Disappearance' of indigenous community sheds light on Yanomami gold mining drama

‘Disappearance’ of indigenous community sheds light on Yanomami gold mining drama

After accusing trespassing gold miners of raping and murdering a young indigenous girl, entire Yanomami village 'disappears' and causes commotion. Encroachment of illegal gold mining is an existential threat to indigenous groups

2 years ago • Euan Marshall

LGBTQ flag in Old Havana. Photo: Arodel/Shutterstock

Same-sex marriage next target for Cuba’s liberal reforms

After overhauling its constitution in 2018, the Communist Party is now turning its attention to laws on family and gender, after admitting state-sanctioned homophobia in the past

2 years ago • Lucas Berti

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Brazilian indigenous peoples aim to enter mainstream politics

With land rights threatened, native peoples want to add to their sole representative in Congress so as to better defend their communities

2 years ago • Guilherme Mendes

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Why the (non-)release of Alberto Fujimori has become Peru’s new soap opera

The imprisoned former dictator continues to strongly divide Peru, with attempts to see him prematurely released from jail the subject of continuing political conflict

2 years ago • Lucas Berti