On Thursday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) condemned El Salvador for the forced disappearance of Patricia Cuellar, Mauricio Cuellar, and Julia Perez, which occurred in 1982 in a context of state persecution against groups considered subversive. RELATED: El Salvador: Concerns About Constitutional Reform “The Court considers that the State is responsible for the […]

Days before the 60th anniversary of the 1964 coup d’état, victims of the military dictatorship asked Brazilian President Lula da Silva to reinstate the Commission of Dead and Disappeared. RELATED:  Jair Bolsonaro Must Explain His Stay at the Hungarian Embassy The “Torture, Never Again!” group and other human rights organizations are launching campaigns to remember […]

On Tuesday, La Plata’s First Federal Criminal Court imposed 10 life prison sentences and one 25-year prison sentence when issuing the verdict in the trial against members of the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina between 1976 and 1983. RELATED: Memory, Truth And Justice Day: Argentina 48 Years After Videla The judges heard about the crimes […]