Equipo Nizkor
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Equipo Nizkor is a human rights
NGO concerned mostly about events in Latin America
, but also Europe
. http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/europe/ It is affiliated with Derechos Human Rights
, Serpaj Europe and the Global Internet Liberty Campaign (GILC). It also works with the World Organization Against Torture.
It has published many articles concerning the "Dirty War
" in the Southern Cone
and Operation Condor
.
Equipo Nizkor is a human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
NGO concerned mostly about events in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
, but also Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/europe/ It is affiliated with Derechos Human Rights
Derechos Human Rights
Derechos Human Rights or Derechos humanos is an International human rights organization with their primary focus being on Latin America. It was founded in 1995 as the first internet-based human rights organization...
, Serpaj Europe and the Global Internet Liberty Campaign (GILC). It also works with the World Organization Against Torture.
It has published many articles concerning the "Dirty War
Dirty War
The Dirty War was a period of state-sponsored violence in Argentina from 1976 until 1983. Victims of the violence included several thousand left-wing activists, including trade unionists, students, journalists, Marxists, Peronist guerrillas and alleged sympathizers, either proved or suspected...
" in the Southern Cone
Southern Cone
Southern Cone is a geographic region composed of the southernmost areas of South America, south of the Tropic of Capricorn. Although geographically this includes part of Southern and Southeast of Brazil, in terms of political geography the Southern cone has traditionally comprised Argentina,...
and Operation Condor
Operation Condor
Operation Condor , was a campaign of political repression involving assassination and intelligence operations officially implemented in 1975 by the right-wing dictatorships of the Southern Cone of South America...
.
External links
- Equipo Nizkor's English page.
- Spanish page