Colombia’s new Justice Minister faces uphill battle with narco-terrorists

  On Friday, Colombia’s President Juan M. Santos appointed popular attorney and law professor Ruth Stella Correa as the nation’s Justice Minister, according to a source at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Correa, a member of the Board of Directors at the Colombian Institute of Procedural Law, takes the reins of the Colombian Ministry of [...]

U.S. Hand in Honduran Massacre

Hilda Lezama was taking passengers back upriver to the township of Ahuas after a fishing expedition in a remote area of the Mosquito Coast in Honduras. In the pre-dawn darkness, she could hear the helicopters buzzing overhead, but she thought nothing of it at first. Suddenly, bullets shot from U.S. State Department helicopters with DEA [...]

2.6 Tons of Hashish Consignment Caught by Nepal Police in Makwanpur

Nepal police nabbed the biggest narcotic consignment of 2.6 tons /2,640 kg of crude hashish from Chalnakhel, Setidevi VDC, Makwanpur. The narcotic is worth Millions in the local market where its international value is more than one can expect. Four people Hasta Bahadur Rumba , Tirtha Bahadur Rai , Bire Lama, Chandra Bahadur Gole and [...]

‘Dirty War’ Tactic of Disappearances Reappears in Mexico

The War on Drugs is becoming another “Dirty War” in Mexico, with the tactic of enforced disappearances reappearing as a commonplace occurrence in the country. “Enforced disappearances in Mexico have happened in the past and continue to happen today,” the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances stated during a presentation of its findings [...]

18 NEW EXECUTIONS IN IRAN: 53 EXECUTIONS IN ONE WEEK- IHR URGES THE WORLD COMMUNITY TO REACT

According to the Iranian state media, 18 people were executed in four different Iranian cities yesterday and today. The Iranian authorities have confirmed the executions of 30 prisoners during the last seven days. IHR has received reports of 23 additional executions that have not been announced by the official Iranian media. Iran Human Rights strongly [...]

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