Derechos Humanos / Human Rights

Many other guilty dictators are neither mentioned nor prosecuted in international courts

Washington, Apr. 27.─ Victoria Nuland, US State Department Spokesperson, issued a Press Release on April 26 stating that the United States welcomes the issuance of the judgment by the Special Court for Sierra Leone, convicting Charles Taylor (photo), the former president of Liberia, of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Ms. Nuland declared that: "Today's judgment was an important step toward delivering justice and accountability for victims, restoring peace and stability in the country and the region, and completing the Special Court for Sierra Leone's mandate to prosecute those persons who bear the greatest responsibility for the atrocities committed in Sierra Leone. The Taylor prosecution at the Special Court delivers a strong message to all perpetrators of atrocities, including those in the highest positions of power, that they will be held accountable.

Cientos de personas protestaron frente al Independence Hall de Philadelphia (foto) como parte de la gran protesta nacional que involucró a más de 140 ciudades en Estados Unidos. Los manifestantes se pronunciaron a favor del derecho consagrado en la Primera Enmienda de la Constitución sobre la libertad religiosa

Washington, Abr.14(AP).─ Los obispos católicos de Estados Unidos convocaron el jueves a una campaña nacional en defensa de la libertad religiosa y exhortaron a sus fieles a resistir las leyes que la jerarquía eclesiástica considera injustas.

En un documento de 12 páginas que cita al reverendo Martin Luther King, los obispos dijeron que sacerdotes, laicos, personalidades públicas y otros deben participar del esfuerzo para derogar leyes estatales y federales recientes que, dicen, violan la libertad religiosa.