WASHINGTON — For more than two years, U.S. authorities have had a more potent weapon to pursue alleged human rights abusers from other countries who have made the United States their home. The enhanced authority is starting to bear fruit.
Jurors Hear Details of Torture Case
- February 21, 2007
Report on the Dorélien case during trial, after Cajuste’s testimony…
The Junta Fugitive, a Lottery Win and a Battle for Justice in Haiti
- February 17, 2007
Report on the Dorélien case just prior to trial…
Israel Welcomes Chinese Criminal Against Humanity
- November 22, 2006
On Monday, 61 years to the day when the first of the Nuremburg trials commenced to bring Nazi leaders to justice for crimes against humanity, a high-profile criminal against humanity, this time convicted in a US district court, entered Israel – and at the Israeli government’s invitation.
Defendants in Genocide Case Arrested in Guatemala
- November 7, 2006
Spanish Justice
- September 21, 2006
As dusk approached and a light rain fell over Guatemala’s Supreme Court plaza, Nobel Peace Prize recipient Rigoberta Menchú sought to buoy the spirits of the human rights activists, local clergy and Mayan women gathered there. “The Supreme Court hasn’t given the green light on judging Ríos Montt yet,” she said of the longstanding quest to bring the former dictator to trial. “But don’t lose hope; we’ll fight the rest of our lives to see there’s full justice for the genocide in Guatemala.”
