Latin America

On the 27 March, Cuban Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White) activist Lismeirys Quintana was sentenced at the People’s Court of Marianao, Havana, to six months in prison on politically motivated charges f...

Last week Cuban human rights defenders Lismeirys Quintana and Aliuska Gomez were victims of human rights violations. They are both active members of Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White), a civic movement...

In light of Fidel Castros death and the increasing repression against the democracy movement in Cuba, the EU Council and the European Parliament should ask themselves if the Political Dialogue and Coo...

On October 2 the Colombian people rejected the peace accord that the government and the guerrilla group FARC had been negotiated on since 2012. Subsequently, there has been an ongoing debate...

Colombia’s peace process led by current President Juan Manuel Santos and the guerrilla group FARC suffered a major defeat when the plebiscite showed that the NO vote had won. 50,2% of Colombians voted...

On September 22 the new Political Dialogue and Cooperation agreement between the EU and Cuba was finally made public by the EU Commission and transferred to the EU Council. The agreement text was sign...

The EU and Sweden are strangling transparency in the negotiations on a new Political Dialogue and Cooperation agreement between the EU and Cuba. The documents agreed by the parties will not be release...

More than two weeks have passed since several Cuban activists went on hunger and thirst strike, demanding that the Government of Cuba ends its crackdown on human rights. Among the activists is the pro...

Three Cuban human rights defenders were subjected to harassment and arrest by the Cuban authorities after having participated in Civil Rights Defenders’ annual conference Defenders’ Days in Stockholm,...

Cuban Human Rights Defender, Ailer Gonzalez Mena, of Estado de SATS, has been threatened by the Cuban authorities over the weekend. The security police visited her father and told him they had evidenc...