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 Human Rights Watch Calls on Sodexo's France Headquarters to Reign in US Operations' Treatment of Front Line Employees [Yahoo! News: September 2, 2010, 3:58 pm] New report reveals global food services giant ignores int'l labor agreements and violates US labor law Saudi Arabia: Domestic Worker Brutalized [Human Rights Watch: September 2, 2010, 3:30 pm] (New York) - The apparent brutality by Saudi employers against a Sri Lankan domestic worker highlights the severe shortcomings in labor laws and practices that foster abuse and exploitation, Human Rights Watch said today. read more West Bank/Israel: Hamas Must End Attacks on Civilians [Human Rights Watch: September 2, 2010, 1:18 pm] (Jerusalem) - Hamas should be held accountable for two new attacks against Israeli civilians in the West Bank, and those who ordered and participated in the attacks should be prosecuted, Human Rights Watch said today. read more Raising age of criminal responsibility [Yahoo! News: September 2, 2010, 1:07 pm] The Human Rights Commission is fighting for children and young people to be kept out of the criminal justice system. Angola clears rights activist arrested over Togo team attack [Yahoo! News: September 2, 2010, 12:28 pm] An Angolan court has cleared a human rights activist accused of links to a militant group that carried out a deadly gun attack on Togo's football team during the Africa Cup of Nations in January. HRW denounces alleged torture of Islamists in Morocco [Yahoo! News: September 2, 2010, 12:14 pm] Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced the alleged torture by Moroccan police of seven prominent members of the country's leading Islamist association, the organisation said in a statement. Bahrain should investigate torture allegations: rights group [Yahoo! News: September 2, 2010, 12:02 pm] Bahrain should investigate allegations of torture made by four Shiite activists who were detained by security forces in mid-August, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a statement. Cambodian rights groups face worsening repression: activists [Yahoo! News: September 2, 2010, 11:12 am] Human rights workers in Cambodia face "an increasingly hostile environment" as authorities use violence, intimidation and "trumped-up" criminal charges to silence them, activists warned Thursday. UN delays publication of DR Congo massacres report [Yahoo! News: September 2, 2010, 9:56 am] The UN human rights chief on Thursday delayed the publication of a report examining massacres in the Democratic Republic of Congo to October to give the states concerned time to comment. Libya: Step Ahead for Women on Nationality Rights [Human Rights Watch: September 2, 2010, 9:46 am] (Beirut) - Libya's new nationality law granting women married to foreign spouses the right to pass their own nationality to their children is a significant move forward for women's rights, Human Rights Watch said today. But the law still contains some contradictory provisions that could be interpreted to perpetuate discrimination, Human Rights Watch said. read more |
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| Letter to Mr. Michalis Chryssochoidis, Ministry of Citizen Protection, Greece [Human Rights Watch: July 28, 2010, 4:04 pm] Mr. Michalis Chryssochoidis Minister Ministry of Citizen Protection Dear Minister Chryssochoidis: We are writing to you following our visit to Athens between April 13 and 15, and the letter we sent to you on April 28, 2010. read more Sabotaged Schooling: Attacks in India [Human Rights Watch: July 23, 2010, 12:10 pm] read more Eternal Emergency [Human Rights Watch: June 22, 2010, 3:07 pm] Spain: Migrant Children at Risk [Human Rights Watch: June 22, 2010, 2:06 pm] (Geneva) - The Canary Islands government's decision to keep more than 250 unaccompanied migrant children in unregulated emergency shelters puts the children at risk and threatens their well-being, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. read more US: Step Up Pressure on Allies Using Child Soldiers [Human Rights Watch: June 14, 2010, 1:23 pm] (New York) - The United States should put pressure on governments identified by the State Department as using child soldiers to end the practice or lose US military assistance, Human Rights Watch said today. read more |
Kuwait: Deliver Promised Rights Reform [Human Rights Watch: May 12, 2010, 7:45 pm] (Geneva) – Kuwait should accept recommendations on protecting the rights of migrant domestic workers and stateless persons made today by United Nations member countries, Human Rights Watch said. The UN Human Rights Council examined Kuwait’s human rights record as part of the council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of each nation. 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 |
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| US: Suit Filed for Mentally Disabled Immigrants [Human Rights Watch: March 26, 2010, 4:31 pm] (San Francisco) - The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should end immediately the indefinite detention of two mentally disabled immigrants held for over four years, Human Rights Watch said today. Lawsuits were filed today on behalf of the two men with US federal district courts in California. read more US: Suit Filed for Immigrants with Mental Disabilities [Human Rights Watch: March 26, 2010, 4:31 pm] Updated to correct terminology read more 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 |
Detained and at Risk [Human Rights Watch: August 25, 2010, 7:21 am] This 24-page report describes documented incidents and allegations of abuse. It also discusses recent proposals by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to address the issue. Human Rights Watch emphasized that the agency should make improvements swiftly to improve oversight of the entire detention system and the ensure accountability. How Settling With the Taliban Puts Women at Risk [Human Rights Watch: August 15, 2010, 2:00 am] "If you had to choose between saving a girl's life or enabling her to go to school, which would you do first?" This was Afghan President Hamid Karzai's reply when I asked him last month if the rights of Afghan women might be sacrificed for a peace settlement with the Taliban. read more Stopping Violence Against Women Worldwide [Human Rights Watch: August 3, 2010, 11:15 am] Violence against women is a worldwide crisis, and a bill scheduled to come before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, the International Violence against Women Act, would improve the way US foreign assistance is provided to address such violence. read more “I Am Not Dead, But I Am Not Living” [Human Rights Watch: July 15, 2010, 1:57 am] The “Ten-Dollar Talib” and Women’s Rights [Human Rights Watch: July 12, 2010, 11:30 pm] |
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