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The US Department of State (DOS) on Friday released the 2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices . The report outlined three prevailing trends that shaped human rights in 2010. These included the growth of nongovernmental organizations...

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a complaint on Thursday to compel the release of documents related to the 2009 Honduras coup . The complaint names the US Department of Defense (DOD) and...

Global telecommunications organization Alcatel-Lucent on Monday agreed to pay more than $137 million to resolve investigations into its sales practices by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) . The...

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told reporters Thursday that the ICC has opened preliminary investigations in Honduras and Nigeria. The Honduras investigation will focus on the June 2009 coup that...

The International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) on Wednesday announced that it had issued arrest warrants for former government officials in relation to the extrajudicial killing of several inmates following a 2007 prison riot. The CICIG...

The Supreme Court of Nicaragua on Wednesday replaced seven justices who had been boycotting sessions. The judges, affiliated with the opposition Liberal Constitutionalist Party, had been boycotting the court for 10 months following...

US Trade Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk announced Friday that the US will file a case against Guatemala for labor rights violations. The case, filed under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement...

A Honduran judge on Friday dropped two abuse of power charges against ousted leader Manuel Zelaya . Judge Humberto Palacios dismissed the charges because of the amnesty granted to those involved...

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday accused the Honduran government of failing to address human rights violations stemming from the June 2009 coup that removed Manuel Zelaya from power....

The 2010 Failed States Index was released Monday, describing state failure as a "chronic condition" after finding that the same group of countries have occupied the top 10 spots as failed states for the last...