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Equipo Nizkor (from the Hebrew נִזְכּוֹר, "we will remember") is a
human rights
Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...
NGO concerned mostly about events in
Latin America
Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Latin America is defined according to cultural identity, not geogr ...
, but also
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...
. 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
The Dirty War () is the name used by the military junta or National Reorganization Process, civic-military dictatorship of Argentina () for its period of state terrorism in Argentina from 1974 to 1983. During this campaign, military and secu ...
" in the
Southern Cone
The Southern Cone (, ) is a geographical and cultural subregion composed of the southernmost areas of South America, mostly south of the Tropic of Capricorn. Traditionally, it covers Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, bounded on the west by the Pac ...
and
Operation Condor
Operation Condor (; ) was a campaign of political repression by the right-wing dictatorships of the Southern Cone of South America, involving intelligence operations, coups, and assassinations of left-wing sympathizers in South America which fo ...
.
Equipo Nizkor's website Derechos.org provides up-to-date information on current international threats to human rights. According to Equipo Nizkor, it is the spread of information that is the first step fight human rights violations. The website publishes articles about current international relations regarding nuclear threats, drug wars, human trafficking, food crises, international law, privacy and counterintelligence and much more.
See also
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Terror archives
References
External links
Equipo Nizkors English page.
Spanish page
International human rights organizations
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