(New York) – The United Nations should set up an international inquiry into the fatal shootings by Syria’s security forces of peaceful protesters, Human Rights Watch said today after the killing of protesters in 14 separate towns on April 22, 2011. Th…Continue Reading
(New York) – Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard should publicly raise key human rights concerns on her first official visit to China, Human Rights Watch said today. Gillard will visit China from April 25 to 28, 2011.
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Dear Minister Reinfeldt,
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(New York) – Vietnam’s government should immediately release the writer Vi Duc Hoi, who was sentenced to eight years in prison in January 2011 for "conducting propaganda" against the government, Human Rights Watch said today. The appeals cour…Continue Reading
(New York) – The Pakistani government should petition for the full bench of the Supreme Court to review its decision to acquit five men accused of gang-raping a woman in 2002 under orders from a village council, Human Rights Watch said today.
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The Hon Julia Gillard MP
Prime Minister
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Re: Human rights abuses by the Chinese government
Dear Prime Minister Gillard,
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(New York) – President Bashar al-Asad’s decision to lift the state of emergency should be accompanied by concrete measures to halt the grave daily human rights violations being committed by Syria’s security forces, Human Rights Watch said today. Human …Continue Reading
(New York) – Kurdistan authorities should end their widening crackdown on peaceful protests in northern Iraq, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should hold accountable those responsible for attacking protesters and journalists in Arbil and…Continue Reading
Dozens of Ivorian refugee women and girls recently arrived in eastern Liberia say they have had to engage in sex to get adequate food, shelter, or money, Human Rights Watch said today. The Liberian government, the…Continue Reading
Dozens of Ivorian refugee women and girls recently arrived in eastern Liberia say they have had to engage in sex to get adequate food, shelter, or money, Human Rights Watch said today. The Liberian government, the…Continue Reading
Updated to correct the weapon that killed the journalists.
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(New York) – The award-winning photographer and film-maker Tim Hetherington and the prize-winning photojournalist Chris Hondros were killed in Misrata on April 20, 2011, while covering the Libya conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. Two other photog…Continue Reading
(Munich) – Saudi authorities have arrested over 160 peaceful dissidents in violation of international human rights law since February 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch urged the interior minister, Prince Nayef bin Abd al-‘Aziz A…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch mourns the passing of a close colleague and dear friend, Tim Hetherington, who was killed in Misrata, Libya, on April 20, 2011 by a mortar round while covering the armed conflict.
Hetherington was a brilliant photographer and film-…Continue Reading