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 9/11 suspects should face civilian court, U.N. envoys say (Reuters via Yahoo! News) [Yahoo! News: March 9, 2010, 11:42 am] United Nations human rights investigators called on the Obama administration on Tuesday to prosecute the accused September 11 masterminds in a civilian court, declaring that U.S. military tribunals would not be fair. Angered by Hamas ban, Gaza's male hairdressers complain to human rights group (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) [Yahoo! News: March 9, 2010, 11:23 am] Gaza's male hairdressers have filed a complaint with a human rights group over a Hamas edict banning them from cutting women's hair. Gazan hairdressers protest Hamas restrictions (AP via Yahoo! News) [Yahoo! News: March 9, 2010, 9:30 am] Gaza's male hairdressers have filed a complaint with a human rights group over a Hamas edict banning them from cutting women's hair. Nigeria urged to investigate religious violence (AP via Yahoo! News) [Yahoo! News: March 9, 2010, 5:42 am] The U.S. government and human rights activists called Tuesday for Nigeria to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the deaths of more than 200 unarmed people in renewed violence between Christians and Muslims. NKoreans seek asylum at South consulate: activist (AP via Yahoo! News) [Yahoo! News: March 9, 2010, 5:28 am] Two North Koreans who fled poor conditions at a Russian logging camp and later worked odd jobs sought asylum Tuesday at the South Korean consulate in an eastern Russian city, according to a human rights activist and news reports. Nigeria urged to end impunity after village massacre (Reuters via Yahoo! News) [Yahoo! News: March 9, 2010, 2:26 am] U.S.-based Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged Nigeria to prosecute those behind what it called a massacre of at least 200 Christian villagers and end a cycle of impunity which has allowed instability to persist. Nigeria: Calls for inquiry into religious violence (AP via Yahoo! News) [Yahoo! News: March 9, 2010, 1:24 am] The U.S. government and an international human rights group are calling on Nigeria to properly investigate and prosecute those responsible for slaughtering more than 200 unarmed people in renewed religious violence. Mass. rights group faults Bangladesh on refugees (AP via Yahoo! News) [Yahoo! News: March 8, 2010, 11:01 pm] Tens of thousands of Burmese refugees are being forced into makeshift camps in Bangladesh and face widespread starvation unless they receive more humanitarian aid, according to an international human rights organization's report released Tuesday. Religion in alcoholic's treatment sparks complaint (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News) [Yahoo! News: March 8, 2010, 6:53 pm] A Winnipeg man who has struggled with alcoholism for decades says he has filed a complaint with the Manitoba Human Rights Commission over the lack of a treatment program that's free of religious or spiritual elements. Nigeria: Investigate Massacre, Step Up Patrols [Human Rights Watch: March 8, 2010, 4:30 pm] (Dakar) - Nigeria's acting president should make sure that the massacre of at least 200 Christian villagers in central Nigeria on March 7, 2010, is thoroughly and promptly investigated and that those responsible are prosecuted, Human Rights Watch said today.read more |
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| Letter to the UN Security Council on Consequences of MINURCAT Withdrawal from Chad [Human Rights Watch: February 17, 2010, 9:52 am] To: Ambassadors of the member states of the United Nations Security Council Your Excellency, read more Letter to UN Security Council on Consequences of MINURCAT Withdrawal from Chad [Human Rights Watch: February 16, 2010, 9:52 am] To: Ambassadors of the Member States of the United Nations Security Council Your Excellency, read more Attacks on Education: Monitoring and reporting for prevention, early warning, rapid response and accountability [Human Rights Watch: February 10, 2010, 4:57 pm] Introduction read more 'Painful and inconvenient': Accountability for attacks on education [Human Rights Watch: February 10, 2010, 4:42 pm] Introduction As painful and inconvenient as justice may be, we have seen that the alternative - allowing accountability to fall by the wayside - is worse. read more Sexually Abused: The Nightmare of Juveniles in Confinement [Human Rights Watch: February 1, 2010, 8:59 am] Cyryna Pasion, a transgender girl, landed in a detention center in Hawaii as a young teenager after family tensions over her sexual identity caused her to run away from home. She was first held with girls, then transferred to the boys' unit. There her life was a nightmare. read more |
Group Denial [Human Rights Watch: November 25, 2009, 11:02 pm] <?xml version="1.0"?> Group Denial Repression of Kurdish Political and Cultural Rights in Syria Summary Methodology and Terminology read more Afghanistan: Law Curbing Women’s Rights Takes Effect [Human Rights Watch: August 13, 2009, 7:26 pm] (New York) - Afghanistan's influential international supporters should insist that President Hamid Karzai act to amend the notorious law that formalizes discrimination against Shia women, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch learned today that the amended bill was published in the official Gazette on July 27, 2009 (Gazette 988), bringing the law into force. 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 |
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| Postcard From...Tripoli [Human Rights Watch: February 11, 2010, 12:25 pm] I recently went to Tripoli, where we held a news conference to release a report about human rights in Libya. That's right - a public event in Libya's capital at which Human Rights Watch staff sharply criticized the government led by Muammar el-Gaddafi. Mundane in many countries, in Libya this was a momentous event. But it was only one of the breakthroughs we observed on the trip. read more HIV Travel Bans: Small Steps, Big Gaps [Human Rights Watch: January 11, 2010, 4:12 pm] The start of the New Year brought the news that the United States and South Korea had ended their travel bans against visitors living with HIV/AIDS. read more Send a Bad Law Away, Not People [Human Rights Watch: October 16, 2009, 12:52 pm] Every day the U.S. government is forced to grapple with the consequences of harsh and sweeping immigration laws passed by Congress 13 years ago. Under the 1996 laws, detention and deportation are mandatory for thousands of immigrants convicted of nonviolent crimes, and judges are powerless to intervene, even in the most deserving cases. read more US: Send a Bad Law Away, Not People [Human Rights Watch: October 16, 2009, 12:52 pm] Every day the U.S. government is forced to grapple with the consequences of harsh and sweeping immigration laws passed by Congress 13 years ago. Under the 1996 laws, detention and deportation are mandatory for thousands of immigrants convicted of nonviolent crimes, and judges are powerless to intervene, even in the most deserving cases. read more Greece: Unsafe and Unwelcoming Shores [Human Rights Watch: October 12, 2009, 4:52 pm] Between August and September 2009, Human Rights Watch interviewed 16 migrants who had been arrested on Samos, Symi, and Chios Islands, and the port towns of Patras and Igoumenitsa. read more |
Women, Asylum and the UK Border Agency [Human Rights Watch: March 2, 2010, 8:50 am] read more Fast-Tracked Unfairness [Human Rights Watch: February 23, 2010, 5:45 pm] The 69-page report documents how women asylum seekers with complex claims are being routed into a system designed for much simpler claims. The women are held in detention largely for the UK’s administrative convenience, have very little time to prepare a legal case, and have only a few days to appeal if refused. read more Letter to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Member Ambassadors [Human Rights Watch: February 19, 2010, 11:00 am] Dear Ambassador, read more On the Road to Justice [Human Rights Watch: February 12, 2010, 3:18 pm] Illinois could soon become an unexpected champion of justice for a group too often ignored by police and politicians - rape victims. read more A State of Isolation [Human Rights Watch: January 28, 2010, 4:00 am] |
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