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| Honduras: Decree Suspends Basic Rights [Human Rights Watch: July 2, 2009, 1:10 pm] The Organization of American States (OAS), should press Honduras' de facto government to ensure full respect for human rights guarantees, Human Rights Watch said in a letter released today to OAS Secretary-General José Miguel Insulza. read more Honduras: OAS Should Take Up Rights Concerns [Human Rights Watch: July 2, 2009, 1:10 pm] The Organization of American States (OAS), should press Honduras' de facto government to ensure full respect for human rights guarantees, Human Rights Watch said in a letter released today to OAS Secretary-General José Miguel Insulza. read more "War on terror" used to target minorities: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News) [Yahoo! News: July 2, 2009, 12:51 pm] Countries on the front line in the "war on terror" are using the battle against extremists as a smokescreen to crack down on minority groups, an international human rights group said on Thursday. India: Court Strikes Down ‘Sodomy’ Law [Human Rights Watch: July 2, 2009, 10:32 am] (New York) ? The ruling today by the Delhi High Court that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) can no longer be used to treat consensual homosexual conduct between adults as a criminal offense is a victory for basic rights to privacy, non-discrimination, and liberty, Human Rights Watch said today. read more Beyond the Burqa [Human Rights Watch: July 2, 2009, 10:12 am] President Sarkozy of France has reignited the debate about how Muslim women in Europe should dress by calling for a ban on clothing that, as he puts it, imprisons women and undermines their dignity. But in this burqa debate the voices of Muslim women are strangely absent. read more Major rise in attacks on DR Congo civilians: rights group (AFP via Yahoo! News) [Yahoo! News: July 2, 2009, 10:07 am] Human Rights Watch on Thursday denounced a "spectacular increase" in the number of rebel attacks on civilians in eastern and northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo since January. Amnesty accuses Israel, Hamas of Gaza war crimes (AP via Yahoo! News) [Yahoo! News: July 2, 2009, 8:51 am] Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of Gaza Strip homes in attacks that amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International charged Thursday, in the first in-depth human rights group report on the recent war in Gaza. DR Congo: Massive Increase in Attacks on Civilians [Human Rights Watch: July 2, 2009, 5:58 am] read more N.Korea stability rests on abuses and propaganda, say critics (Reuters via Yahoo! News) [Yahoo! News: July 2, 2009, 3:00 am] North Korea's leaders have assured stability in the communist country by instilling a sense of paranoid nationalism and carrying out massive human rights abuses, experts say. North Korea's suspected human rights abuses (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) [Yahoo! News: July 2, 2009, 2:59 am] The following is a list of human rights abuses carried out by North Korea, according to a U.S. State Department report released earlier this year. |
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| Diamonds’ Deadly Toll [Human Rights Watch: June 26, 2009, 11:09 am] They might end up as costly baubles on sale in shops around the world. But for some diamonds mined in Zimbabwe, the journey begins in massive illegal pit mines where men, women, and children are forced to work long days under the brutal authority of government troops, who took over the mine in a spree of bloodshed. read more Diamonds in the Rough [Human Rights Watch: June 26, 2009, 3:45 am] Diamonds in the Rough Human Rights Abuses in the Marange Diamond Fields of Zimbabwe Map of Zimbabwe and the Marange Diamond Fields Jails must take measures to stop prisoner sex abuse [Human Rights Watch: June 25, 2009, 9:39 am] "I'm afraid to go to sleep, to shower or just about anything else. I am afraid that when I am doing these things, I might die at any time. Please, sir, help me." For years, we have been shocked by stories of the abuse - much of it sexual - of security detainees in U.S. custody in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. read more Kosovo: Act Now to Close Poisoned Camps [Human Rights Watch: June 23, 2009, 11:01 pm] (Brussels) - The Kosovo authorities need to work with international donors to close lead-contaminated camps occupied by internally displaced Roma without delay, relocate their inhabitants, and provide medical treatment for lead poisoning, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. read more US: Prevent Prison Rape [Human Rights Watch: June 23, 2009, 10:51 am] (New York) - The new report and standards on prison rape - released today by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission - challenge prison officials to end this devastating and all too prevalent human rights violation, Human Rights Watch said. read more |
Iran: Violent Crackdown on Protesters Widens [Human Rights Watch: June 23, 2009, 9:57 pm] (New York) - A notoriously abusive Iranian prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, has been put in charge of the investigation of detained reformist leaders and party officials amidst a widening security crackdown in Iran following the disputed June 12 election, Human Rights Watch said today. read more Nigeria: Abusers Reign at Midterm [Human Rights Watch: June 7, 2009, 3:00 am] read more Burma: One Year After Cyclone, Repression Continues [Human Rights Watch: April 30, 2009, 5:13 pm] read more Sri Lanka: Government Admission Shows Need for UN Inquiry [Human Rights Watch: April 27, 2009, 5:32 pm] (New York) - The Sri Lankan government's admission that it has been using heavy weapons in an area crowded with displaced civilians underscores the need for an international commission of inquiry into violations of the laws of war by government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Human Rights Watch said today. read more Q & A on Accountability for Violations of International Humanitarian Law in Sri Lanka [Human Rights Watch: April 27, 2009, 3:27 pm] Human Rights Watch is calling for a United Nations commission of inquiry to investigate violations of international humanitarian law by both Sri Lankan government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam during the recent fighting. This Q & A addresses various issues relating to accountability for crimes in violation of international law. Introduction read more |
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| Letter to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea [Human Rights Watch: June 19, 2009, 12:22 pm] Mr. Lee Seong-Taek Investigator Anti-Discrimination Division National Human Rights Commission of Korea Dear Mr. Lee: read more Discrimination, Denial, and Deportation [Human Rights Watch: June 18, 2009, 12:55 pm] Discrimination, Denial, and Deportation Human Rights Abuses Affecting Migrants Living with HIV Introduction HIV-Rread more Burma: End Abuses Against Rohingya [Human Rights Watch: May 25, 2009, 10:45 pm] (New York) - Burma's neighbors should press the Burmese military government to end systematic abuses of Rohingya Muslims and protect those who flee to their shores, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch said that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has failed to address the Rohingya's plight adequately. read more UAE: Exploited Workers Building ‘Island of Happiness’ [Human Rights Watch: May 19, 2009, 1:00 am] (Abu Dhabi) - Thousands of South Asian migrant workers building a US$27 billion island development in the United Arab Emirates face severe exploitation and abuse, in some cases amounting to forced labor, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Labor-supply agencies, construction companies, and repressive laws are responsible for the abuse. read more Lebanon: Candidates Should Make Pledges on Rights [Human Rights Watch: May 13, 2009, 4:45 am] (Beirut) - Political parties and candidates in the June parliamentary elections should outline their plans to improve Lebanon's human rights record and promise to enforce the country's obligations under human rights law, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. So far, the parties and their candidates have generally ignored human rights issues in their platforms. read more |
An Abridged Women's Agenda for the Parliament [Human Rights Watch: July 2, 2009, 1:56 pm] The European Parliament's new members will soon be in place, some of them without a clear idea of what they can actually achieve there. They need an agenda, one that is pan-European. They should look at the problems that continue to harm and restrict women in Europe. read more A Woman's Place, in Lebanon [Human Rights Watch: July 2, 2009, 10:19 am] If you think Lebanon is a complicated place, the state of Lebanese women's political participation should be no surprise. Lebanese women won the right to vote and to participate in national elections in 1952, 19 years before women in Switzerland. Yet, today, political participation by Lebanese women remains dismal at the national level. read more "Bring the Gun or You’ll Die" [Human Rights Watch: June 29, 2009, 1:59 am] <?xml version="1.0"?> “Bring the Gun or You’ll Die” Torture, Rape, and Other Serious Human Rights Violations by Kenyan Security Forces in the Mandera Triangle US: Immigration Policy Harms Women, Families [Human Rights Watch: June 24, 2009, 6:45 am] (Washington, DC) - The US government should reform immigration enforcement policies that inflict needless suffering on immigrant women and their families, rights advocates said today. A former immigration detention center nurse, a former detainee, and a group of leading human rights advocacy and research groups will testify to Congress at a Capitol Hill briefing on June 24, 2009. read more US Congressional Briefing Statement [Human Rights Watch: June 24, 2009, 6:45 am] read more |
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