Derechos Humanos / Human Rights

The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) hydropower and dam projects are increasingly leading to massive human rights violations and environmental damage in Tibet. Since Asia’s largest rivers originate in the Tibetan plateau, the construction of hydroelectric dams in Tibet also threatens the water supply, livelihoods, and health of up to 1.8 billion people across China, South, and Southeast Asia.
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Recognition of Tibet as a source of natural resources, such as minerals and water, is not new. The People’s Republic of China’s more than 70-year occupation of Tibet continues to inflict gross human rights violations on the Tibetan people, often directly linked to the exploitation of Tibet’s natural environment. Thus, the most essential investment the PRC must take to right the wrongs of its decades of resource plunder is to enter meaningful dialogue with Tibetan leaders to reach a political solution that also includes the Tibetan people’s right to decide the use of their natural wealth and resources freely. The most politically marginalized communities should not pay the highest price for China’s ambitious hydropower plan.

Perhaps the most prominent example of the People’s Republic of China’s exploitation is its accelerating construction of hydropower dams along Tibet’s major rivers. The integrity of these rivers is fundamental to Tibet’s rich environment and its unique civilization. Also, up to 1.8 billion people throughout China, South, and Southeast Asia depend on their healthy flow for subsistence, health, and economic development. China’s rampant, command-and-control hydropower plans put all this at peril.

With the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) growing its power in America, understanding its goals couldn’t be more important than it is today.

Few events in recent Chinese history have had as profound an impact on a country as what happened on July 20, 1999. It was the day on which the CCP launched a campaign meant to crush a domestic spiritual revival and force the free world to look the other way.

July 20, 2024, marked 25 years since the regime launched its unprecedented persecution of Falun Gong, severely impacting the lives of the Chinese people and the course of their nation’s history. And this is only what the surface reveals. Behind it all is an evil never before seen in human history—state-sponsored forced organ harvesting.

Strasbourg, Feb.13.– Over the past 25 years, Azerbaijan has failed to uphold its democratic commitments. Instead, President Ilham Aliyev has tightened his grip on power, suppressing political opposition, civil society, and independent media. 

In January 2024, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) refused to ratify Azerbaijan’s credentials due to its worsening human rights record. Since then, repression has escalated, with at least 331 political prisoners, including journalists and human rights defenders such as Anar Mammadli. 

Democracy advocates urge PACE and the global community to take firm action, including sanctions and diplomatic pressure, to hold Azerbaijan accountable. “Without decisive measures, Azerbaijan risks further isolation, following the path of Russia and Belarus.” – Andrea Prasow, Executive Director of Freedom Now. 

Sodalicio es una palabra latina (soladitium)
que significa "compañerismo" o "comunidad".

Vaticano, Feb.8 (DPnet).– El Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana era una sociedad de vida apostólica laical. Los integrantes del Sodalicio eran llamamos sodálites y respondían a la fe católica. Sus miembros eran laicos y clérigos comprometidos a la plena disponibilidad apostólica, y con ello a vivir la obediencia y el celibato, condiciones esenciales para la vida sodálite.

El Papa Francisco anunció en enero la disolución del Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana fundada en 1971 en Perú, liderada por Luis Fernando Figari, uno de los acusados de violencia, quien a lo largo de los años se vio envuelto en varias denuncias de abusos sexuales, maltrato, manipulación e irregularidades, entre otras.

En agosto de 2011, el periódico Diario 16 difundió testimonios que vinculaban directamente a Luis Fernando Figari con casos de abuso sexual. Se alegó que Figari había mostrado material pornográfico y realizado solicitudes inapropiadas a menores de edad.