Santiago Omar Riveros, who ran a detention centre, was found guilty of torturing and beating to
death a 15 year old boy. He is also accused of over 40 crimes against humanity involving victims of the era's so-called "disappeared".
More than 4,000 prisoners facing execution in Kenya had their sentences
commuted to life imprisonment on Monday in the largest commutation in
history, news sources reported.
A Brazilian organization has thanked Amnesty International after an
action by the organization brought safety to a peasant farmer and land
rights activist.
Usra al-Hussein’s imprisonment for almost a year, may have been related to her efforts to
communicate with an international organization regarding the detention
conditions of her husband.
An investigation into 20 deaths by Rio de Janeiro's Public Prosecutors Office has implicated the officers in the formation of a death squad and unlawful killings.