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Human Rights Watch

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    John Timoney, Former Miami Police Chief, To Train Police in Middle East Kingdom of Bahrain

    ​John Timoney, the former Miami Police Chief most notable for his violent handling of the FTAA Protests in 2003, is now packing his bags and heading to the Middle East. Bahrain's Interior Ministry has hired Timoney to handle training of police.The kingdom has decided it needs to reform its police ... More >>

  • News

    September 8, 2011

    Ecuadorian journalist Emilio Palacio escaped to Miami

    ​John Timoney, the former Miami Police Chief most notable for his violent handling of the FTAA Protests in 2003, is now packing his bags and heading to the Middle East. Bahrain's Interior Ministry has hired Timoney to handle training of police.The kingdom has decided it needs to reform its police ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    Human Rights Watch Slams Florida, Southern States in New Report on HIV

    Anti-retrivorals are particularly hard to get in Florida, says Human Rights Watch​In a report on HIV released this morning, Human Rights Watch criticizes Florida and other southern states for neglecting the epidemic and, in some cases, fueling the deadly disease.The report, "Southern Exposure: Hum ... More >>

  • News

    August 26, 2010

    Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum

    Anti-retrivorals are particularly hard to get in Florida, says Human Rights Watch​In a report on HIV released this morning, Human Rights Watch criticizes Florida and other southern states for neglecting the epidemic and, in some cases, fueling the deadly disease.The report, "Southern Exposure: Hum ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Miami's Mentally Disabled Immigrants Abused by Court System, Report Says

    Inside the Krome Detention Center, mentally disabled inmates often go to court with no lawyers.​When Allison Kent met her new client at the Krome Detention Center -- a Haitian man she now calls Mike C. -- he had already been found incompetent in a criminal trial, and for good reason: Mike C. had a ... More >>

  • Music

    June 24, 2010

    Cuban punk rockers Gorki and Gil used music to take on Castro

    Inside the Krome Detention Center, mentally disabled inmates often go to court with no lawyers.​When Allison Kent met her new client at the Krome Detention Center -- a Haitian man she now calls Mike C. -- he had already been found incompetent in a criminal trial, and for good reason: Mike C. had a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Human Rights Watch: Cuba More Repressive Than Ever

    Cuba has been on a repressive kick since the beginning of a year. After well-known critic Zapata Tamayo died in February, other Cubans took to the streets in protest. ​Another one, Guillermo Farinas, is said to be at death's door. The government, in turn, responded by beating some them -- the Lad ... More >>

  • News

    March 19, 2009

    Unequal Justice

    At federal prisons across the country, guards are preying on inmates. FDC Miami is no different.

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Report: Women Horribly Neglected in Florida's Immigration Jails

    Marlene Jaggernauth had been a legal U.S. resident for 27 years when the ICE agents came knocking on her door in 2003. Courtesy Wikimedia CommonsThey arrested the Trinidad native on a shoplifting charge from six years earlier, took her from her four young children, and moved her from county jail to ... More >>

  • News

    May 10, 2007

    Hecho en Miami

    They look, smell and smoke like Cubans. So why not sell 'em that way?

  • News

    April 12, 2007

    Code Red

    For those left behind after the brutal murder of fourteen-year-old Jaime Gough, the emotional lockdown lingers

  • News

    June 8, 2006

    Pearl of the Antilles

    The elephant in Guantanamo's living room gets 4200 calories a day and a Koran

  • News

    June 17, 2004

    Ego Without End

    Driven by shameless vanity and enabled by an obliging press, Maurice Ferré, unfortunately, is at it again

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Mullin

    The Burden of a Violent History

  • News

    December 3, 1998

    Have Cars, Will Travel

    Why are all those South American cop cars parked off Le Jeune Road? Ask salesman Ricardo Callado.

  • News

    May 23, 1996

    Love and Cuba

    Jorge Mas Canosa says a Miami woman tried to smear his reputation and extort millions from him. She says he is the father of her child. Both have sworn they are telling the truth.

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