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WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Cuban authorities should end their alleged harassment of blind human rights defender Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
MEXICO CITY, May 1 (UPI) -- More than 60,000 suspects have been arrested during the last two years in connection with Mexico's ongoing fight against drug trafficking, figures show.
WASHINGTON, April 17 (UPI) -- The activist group Human Rights Watch says North and South American leaders should use the Summit of the Americas to bring about change in communist Cuba.
BOGOTA, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The Colombian government should investigate the killing of 17 indigenous people in the country's southwest, a human rights groups demanded Tuesday.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Two staffers from Human Rights Watch were forcibly expelled from Venezuela after they issued a report critical of President Hugo Chavez, the group says.
MEXICO CITY, July 16 (UPI) -- Human rights activists say the Mexican government is falling short on efforts to address HIV-related human rights abuses.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Chile's Supreme Court voted Friday to return former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori to Peru where he faces corruption and human rights charges.
BOGOTA, July 26 (UPI) -- Colombia has become the number one country for landmine victims, with more than 1,000 killed last year, Human Rights Watch reported Thursday.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet -- who recently suffered a heart attack -- died Sunday at 91, El Mercurio reported online.
MEXICO CITY, June 27 (UPI) -- Mexico's presidential candidates should pledge to prevent and punish the mutilation and killing of women in Mexico, human rights groups said Tuesday.
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