7 September 10 - From the Washington Post: The U.S. government, which has long scrutinized other countries’ human rights records, has turned its gaze inward - evaluating its own performance in a largely upbeat report to the United Nations. Read

1 September 10 - Two of the nation’s most influential human rights organisations have filed a lawsuit challenging the government’s authority to carry out "targeted killings" of US citizens located far from any armed conflict zone. Read

30 August 10 - From UNOG: The United Nations human rights chief today strongly condemned the killing of 72 migrants in northern Mexico and called on the authorities to take urgent steps to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice. Read

27 August 10 - From the Wall Street Journal: This week’s massacre of 72 Central and South American migrants in Mexico highlights a paradox the government here doesn’t like to talk about: While it complains about the treatment of its own undocumented workers in the U.S., Mexico can be a far worse (...) Read

26 August 10 - From US Mission, Geneva: On August 20, the United States submitted to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights a report on the U.S. human rights record, in accordance with the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) (...) Read

24 August 10 - From the Associated Press: The Obama administration has told the United Nations that America’s human rights record is less than perfect but stressed that the U.S. political system has built-in safeguards that promote improvements. Read

21 August 10 - In the last 10 months, 64 journalists have been killed in Mexico and 12 more have gone missing, according to the governmental National Human Rights Commission. Read

17 August 10 - Cuban political scientist, Esteban Morales, says that corruption is a grave danger to his country. Read

14 August 10 - From UN News: The head of the United Nations human rights office in Colombia has strongly condemned the bombing early yesterday morning in the capital, Bogotá, which damaged a number of buildings, including one housing a radio station and a news (...) Read

4 August 10 - Anne-Cécile Mailfert, of blueEnergy France talks to Julio Godoy of TierraAmerica about bringing clean energy to enhance cultural survival in Nicaragua. Read