Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite report for The Harvard Gazette: “We’re seeing a growing recognition that workplace sexual harassment isn’t a side issue when it comes to gender equity; it’s one of the central issues,” he said. “There are long-term negative career consequences for women who face harassment and try to do something about it and for women…
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Bolivia: Hostility against human rights defenders
Amnesty International reports for ReliefWeb: BOLIVIA: DEFENDERS AT RISK BY ACCUSATIONS AND THREATS FROM AUTHORITIES The highest government authorities in Bolivia, including President Evo Morales and his government minister, Carlos Romero, have publicly accused and threatened human rights defenders and organizations critical of their policies, demonizing them and hampering their important work, says Amnesty International…
Colombia accepts to consult before IACHR on reelection [evo needs to understand and leave!]
Pagina Siete reports: Thanks to the mediation of former President Andrés Pastrana, the Pro Santa Cruz Committee was able to deliver the request for consultation to the Colombian President. Colombian President Iván Duque received the Bolivian request yesterday for that country to raise before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Inter-American Court) whether the re-election…
OAS chief gives a boost to Bolivia’s dictatorship. What does he stand to gain?
Andres Oppenheimer writes for the Miami Herald: Luis Almagro, the secretary general of the 34-nation Organization of American States, deserves a lot of credit for his leadership in the fight for democracy in Venezuela. But at the same time, unfortunately, he is propping up a dictatorship in Bolivia. Almagro, who is running for a new term…
World Report 2019 – Human Rights Watch: Bolivia under peril
Human Rights Watch 2019 report: People from different departments of Bolivia march towards La Paz against the nomination of Bolivian President Evo Morales as candidate for reelection for the October 2019 national elections, in Villa Remedios, Bolivia, on December 5, 2018. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) authorized the nomination of Evo Morales for a fourth…
Bolivia: Dozens of Judges Arbitrarily Dismissed
OAS Should Condemn Threat to Judicial Independence Bolivia’s President Evo Morales speaks during a press conference about judicial elections at the presidential palace, in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday Dec. 4, 2017. © 2017 AP Photo/Juan Karita (New York, April 29, 2019) – Bolivian authorities have arbitrarily dismissed almost 100 judges since 2017, seriously undermining…
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