Human Rights Watch (Page 148)

(New York) – Kyrgyzstan should act on recommendations in an international report released on May 3, 2011, to investigate systematic ethnic attacks during the June 2010 violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, Human Rights Watch said.
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(London) – The United Arab Emirates expanded its crackdown on civil society on May 2, 2011, by dissolving the elected board of directors of the Teachers’ Association, Human Rights Watch said today. This was the second prominent civil society organizati…Continue Reading

To the Editor:
Re "Juvenile Killers in Jail for Life Seek a Reprieve" (news article, April 21):
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(New York) – The United Nations Security Council should declare its support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into serious crimes committed in Libya when the ICC prosecutor briefs the council on May 4, 2011, Human Rights Watch sa…Continue Reading

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(Bangkok) – No government official has been charged with a crime related to the political violence that wracked Thailand in April and May 2010, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.
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(Johannesburg) – The murder of a 24-year-old lesbian activist from Kwa-Thema township in Gauteng appears to be the latest in an epidemic of brutal homophobic attacks, Human Rights Watch said today.
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(Washington, DC) – Bahraini authorities should set aside a military court ruling on April 28, 2011, sentencing four defendants to death and three others to life in prison for their alleged involvement in the murder of two police officers, Human Rights …Continue Reading

(Brussels) – The trial of two Rwandan rebel leaders arrested in Germany for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo makes the world a smaller place for suspected war criminals, Human Rights Watch said today.
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On Wednesday, May 4, 2011, judges in a local court in Stuttgart, Germany, will start hearing evidence against two Rwandan rebel leaders, Ignace Murwanashyaka and Straton Musoni, for war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out thousands of kilome…Continue Reading

The announcement from President Barack Obama that Osama Bin Laden was killed in a US-led undercover operation in Pakistan brings to an end the search for one of the most notorious terrorist suspects in history. I…Continue Reading

(Geneva) – Syria should end its violent repression of peaceful protests following unequivocal condemnation of its actions by the United Nations Human Rights Council, Human Rights Watch said today.
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(New York) – The Iranian Judiciary should immediately halt any planned execution of Sherko (Bahman) Moarefi and rescind his death sentence, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch believes that Moarefi, currently being held at Saqez prison in…Continue Reading