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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

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Dec 11, 2025
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Was Columbian fishing boat not moving when us military strike on Sept 15 2025 evidence of engine failure and reason for distress call

Video and reporting show the U.S. military struck small boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific in September–December 2025 after labeling some targets as drug-smuggling vessels; those strikes have ...

Dec 16, 2025
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How did Congress and the courts respond to drone strikes on American citizens?

Congress has been notified and probed strikes but offered limited new constraints: President Trump formally notified Congress on Oct. 1, 2025 that the U.S. was in a “non‑international armed conflict” ...

Dec 8, 2025
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US drone strikes on us citizens

The U.S. has used lethal drone and airstrike authority overseas that in at least one well‑known instance killed an American citizen, Anwar al‑Awlaki, in 2011; courts dismissed lawsuits challenging tha...

Dec 4, 2025

Have there been documented cases of mistaken identity where non-drug boats were destroyed?

Documented reporting shows multiple U.S. strikes on boats since early September 2025 that the government says were drug-smuggling vessels; journalists and rights groups report civilian deaths and at l...

Dec 18, 2025

Which high-profile compensation settlements or unpaid awards involving Venezuela remain unresolved as of 2025?

A cluster of high‑profile international awards and compensation claims against Venezuela remained effectively unresolved through 2025, most notably multi‑billion‑dollar investor‑state arbitration awar...

Dec 5, 2025

Were any formal investigations opened into Pete Hegseth or his unit for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan or Iraq?

No public criminal prosecutions or military courts related to alleged war crimes by Pete Hegseth for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan are reported in the available sources; current formal probes focus o...

Dec 13, 2025

what actions are being considered for the murder of the Venezuelan fishing boat cre

U.S. strikes on small vessels linked to Venezuela have killed at least 83–87 people in 21–22 operations since September, and a high-profile case — the September strikes that killed a Colombian fisherm...

Dec 11, 2025

Did sept 15 2025 video show 3 people aboard columbian fishing boat not moving with distress call placed according to President petro

Video released by the White House and shared by President Trump on Sept. 15 was described by U.S. officials as showing a targeted boat “not moving in the water,” and the Sept. 15 strike is the inciden...

Dec 11, 2025

Was the three people aboard columbian fishing boat that broke down and put out distress call fired upon by us military sept 15 2025

Available reporting says a U.S. strike on a boat on or around 15 September 2025 killed at least one Colombian fisherman, Alejandro Andrés Carranza, whose family and Colombia’s president say the vessel...

Jan 17, 2026

What legal grounds did Venezuelan courts cite to disqualify María Corina Machado and other opposition figures, and how do those grounds compare with international human rights standards?

Venezuela’s highest court and the comptroller have justified long-term political disqualifications of María Corina Machado and other opposition figures by citing administrative and alleged criminal li...

Jan 5, 2026

Have there been any instances of election observer interference in Venezuela since 2018?

Yes — multiple instances since 2018 in which international election observation was constrained, disinvited, blocked or politicized in Venezuela have been documented: the 2018 presidential contest saw...

Jan 4, 2026

maduro human rights violation

A wide body of international reporting and official investigations conclude that Nicolás Maduro’s government has overseen widespread and severe human rights violations—including arbitrary detentions, ...

Jan 3, 2026

Maduro has committed human right violations

The preponderance of international reporting and major rights organizations finds that the Maduro government and state security forces have committed serious human rights violations, including pattern...

Jan 1, 2026

What international remedies exist for victims of unlawful maritime strikes on suspected drug‑trafficking vessels?

Victims of unlawful maritime strikes have a mix of legal and political pathways for redress — from state‑level criminal and civil proceedings to international human‑rights and inter‑state dispute mech...

Dec 11, 2025

Have US courts ruled on destruction or bombing of foreign vessels in drug enforcement operations?

U.S. courts have shown extreme reluctance to second‑guess the executive on use of force at sea, and so far available reporting says legal challenges to recent U.S. strikes on suspected drug vessels fa...

Dec 4, 2025

Are there official statements from Venezuelan authorities or NGOs about prisoner releases?

Venezuelan authorities and regional NGOs have both issued public statements on prisoner releases: the Inter‑American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has repeatedly urged immediate, unconditional re...

Oct 30, 2025

what are the human rights violation in brazil

Brazil faces that cluster around excessive police violence, a crisis in the prison system, and structural discrimination against Indigenous, Afro‑Descendant (Quilombola) and other marginalized communi...

Oct 29, 2025

What are asylum seekers' rights and detention standards compared to other noncitizens?

Courts, human-rights groups, and policy analyses show that asylum seekers and other noncitizens face a fragmented set of rights and detention standards that vary sharply by country and by agency, with...

Oct 22, 2025

What protections do illegal aliens have under international human rights law in the US?

Undocumented immigrants in the United States have enforceable legal protections under U.S. constitutional law and recognized international human rights frameworks, but the scope and enforcement of tho...

Oct 15, 2025

do undocumented people have rights

Undocumented people possess a set of under domestic and international frameworks, but those rights are contested in practice and frequently subject to enforcement discretion, policy shifts, and litiga...