Tag: Coups D’Etat and Attempted Coups D’Etat

In Burkina Faso, Criticizing the Army Could Get You Drafted

The military junta in Burkina Faso, a West African nation struggling to defeat extremist groups, has been forcibly conscripting critics, say human rights organizations.

Alberto Fujimori Is Ordered Released From Prison in Peru

The ruling, which affirms a decision to reinstate a pardon, defies an order by an international court that former President Alberto Fujimori continue to serve his sentence for human rights violations.

Joan Jara, Who Found Justice for Husband Slain After Coup, Dies at 96

She sought accountability in the military killing of the leftist folk singer Victor Jara in the right-wing turmoil that carried Gen. Augusto Pinochet to power in Chile in 1973.