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April 8, 2020

Call for governments to save lives by lifting economic sanctions amid pandemic

Medical equipment is often outdated in sanctioned countries and there are shortages of medicines and protective equipment.
August 11, 2019

Colombia gives citizenship to thousands of Venezuelan children

Save the Children has welcomed the decision by the Colombian government to end the statelessness of some 24,000 children of Venezuelan parents, by granting them citizenship.
October 10, 2018

UN highlights plight of Colombian detainees in Venezuela

Conditions in Venezuela’s prisons are “beyond monstrous”,said the UN human rights office, before calling for an independent and transparent investigation into the death of a leading political opponent of the Government.
August 24, 2018

Photographer who fled Nazis as a child honoured for campaign to save Amazonian tribe

A woman who fled Nazi persecution as a child and later spearheaded a campaign to save an Amazon tribe is being awarded Germany’s top cultural honour, the Goethe Medal.
August 9, 2018

Closing borders not the answer to Venezuela crisis, warns aid agency

CAFOD urges the Brazilian government to uphold its commitments to human rights.
June 29, 2018

Deadly measles epidemic hits isolated Yanomami tribe

The isolated Amazon tribe has very little immunity to the disease.
May 16, 2016

Peace union calls for 'conscientious objection in everyday life'

British pacifists have urged opponents of war to become “conscientious objectors” by challenging militarist values and attitudes in everyday life.
January 15, 2016

HIV ‘epidemic’ strikes Venezuelan Indians

Experts have revealed that an HIV “epidemic” is decimating the Warao tribe in Venezuela.
June 19, 2015

Venezuelan tribes protest against violent mining gangs

Venezuelan Indians have blocked the landing strip of Canaima National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in protest at illegal miners destroying their lives and lands.
April 9, 2015

Venezuelan Indians denounce military abuses and illegal mining

Amazon Indians in Venezuela have condemned the army for failing to tackle illegal gold and diamond mining on their land.