Derechos Humanos / Human Rights

Reporters Without Borders asks Raúl Castro to Release Journalists

Written by Frank Calzón on . Posted in Perspectivas / Perspectives.

Raúl Castro, President of CELAC!Feb. 13.─ No sooner had Cuban President Raúl Castro returned to Havana from Chile, where he was sworn in as the new president of the Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States—CELAC), than Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders—RSF) repeated his own words back to him. The French-based NGO released a letter Monday urging the Cuban leader to release journalists currently held in Cuban prisons and called on Castro to reject, in Cuba, the "aggression, threats and use of force" he mentioned during his CELAC acceptance speech.

During the CELAC summit, Castro had said he had "total respect for international law and the United Nations Charter." In response, RSF requested "that these undertakings quickly be given concrete expression in your own country."

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Presidente Lobo reitera que quiere regular medios en Honduras

Written by El Heraldo on . Posted in Perspectivas / Perspectives.

  • El Presidente alega que lo justifica "un principio de equidad"
  • Esta semana el presidente Porfirio Lobo designó a Ricardo Cardona (jurando en la foto), secretario privado de Juan Orlando Hernández, como nuevo presidente de la Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones 

Jura de Ricardo Cardona en Honduras

Tegucigalpa, Feb. 2.─ El presidente Porfirio Lobo reiteró que se debe ordenar y democratizar el uso de las frecuencias de los medios de comunicación en Honduras.

En el presente mes el Congreso Nacional (CN) pretende aprobar una ley para someter a los medios de comunicación, es decir, prensa escrita, radio y televisión, a la Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Conatel).

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Laos under international spotlight in search for land rights activist

Written by The Guardian on . Posted in Perspectivas / Perspectives.

  • Sombath Somphone disappeared a month ago after stopping at a police checkpoint, yet officials deny knowing his whereabouts
  • Note of the Editor: Laos was known as the most peaceful country in the world until its forced involvement in the Vietnam war and subsequent Communist takeover Sombath Somphone

Bangkok, Jan. 24.─ hough it rarely makes international headlines, Laos has been in the spotlight for the past month. One of its most well-respected activists has gone missing after stopping at a police checkpoint. His disappearance has prompted the Laos government to suggest he was "kidnapped", but rights groups suspect he may have been abducted after campaigning against land grabs.

Sombath Somphone, 60, disappeared on the night of 15 December in the capital, Vientiane, and was last seen by his wife, Ng Shui Meng, who was driving ahead of him as the couple returned home in separate cars. CCTV footage shows the activist stopping at a police post, leaving his vehicle, and his Jeep being driven away by someone else. Later, a pickup truck with its lights flashing arrives, Sombath gets in, and he and two other men drive off.

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