Letter on behalf of Human Rights Law Centre, Refugee Council of Australia, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Human Rights Watch, University of New South Wales Migrant and Refugee Rights Project, and Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre to UN missions that…Continue Reading
Some media reports have erroneously suggested that Human Rights Watch has condemned the killing of Osama bin Laden. Human Rights Watch has said that we do not have enough information about the killing to draw …Continue Reading
Some media reports have erroneously suggested that Human Rights Watch has condemned the killing of Osama bin Laden. Human Rights Watch has said that we do not have enough information about the killing to draw …Continue Reading
(New York) – Azerbaijani courts sentenced an opposition social media activist to two-and-a-half years in prison on bogus drug possession charges on May 4, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. In addition, a court ordered the detention of a human rights…Continue Reading
Security forces arrested two former members of parliament from Bahrain’s largest opposition group. The arrests were the first targeting elected representatives of the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, which won t…Continue Reading
Security forces arrested two former members of parliament from Bahrain’s largest opposition group. The arrests were the first targeting elected representatives of the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, which won t…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch has won three prestigious Webby Awards for its video and multimedia work, drawing attention to human rights crises in Colombia and Congo. The winning projects tell the stories of brave human rig…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch has won three prestigious Webby Awards for its video and multimedia work, drawing attention to human rights crises in Colombia and Congo. The winning projects tell the stories of brave human rig…Continue Reading
(Geneva) – United Nations member states should denounce Singapore’s severe restrictions on freedom of expression, association, and assembly during the country’s first-ever Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Human Rights Watch said today. The review, at t…Continue Reading
(Istanbul) – Turkey’s flawed family violence protection system leaves women and girls across the country unprotected against domestic abuse, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Life-saving protections, including court-issued protection …Continue Reading
This report documents brutal and long-lasting violence against women and girls by husbands, partners, and family members and the survivors’ struggle to seek protection. Turkey has strong protection laws, setting out requirements for shelters for abus…Continue Reading
(New York) – The Bangladesh government should end the legal harassment of Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity leaders and staff and instruct its NGO Affairs Bureau to re-register the organization, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime …Continue Reading
May 1, 2011
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed
Prime Minister’s Office
Old Sangsad Bhaban
Tejagaon
Dhaka-1215
Bangladesh
Via facsimile: +880-2-8113-244; +880-2-8111-015
Re: Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity (BCWS)
Dear Prime Minister,
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To United Nations Security Council Members:
Dear Ambassador,
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(New York) – The decision to give the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders to a Ugandan lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) advocate highlights the difficulty and danger advocates for LGBT rights face in many countries of Africa, H…Continue Reading