A Case Study in Religious Repression
This 46-page report details the latest government crackdowns on these indigenous peoples, known collectively as Montagnards. The report documents police sweep…Continue Reading
A Case Study in Religious Repression
This 46-page report details the latest government crackdowns on these indigenous peoples, known collectively as Montagnards. The report documents police sweep…Continue Reading
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(Benghazi) – At least 370 Libyans have been reported missing in the eastern part of the country since mid-February 2011, some of them known or suspected to be in Libyan government custody, Human Rights Watch said today.
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(New York) – President Bashar al-Asad’s speech on March 30, 2011, failed to commit to a specific reform agenda that would safeguard public freedoms and judicial independence and prohibit the Syrian government from encroaching on human rights, Human Rig…Continue Reading
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(Jerusalem) – Two new Israeli laws affecting Israel’s Palestinian read moreContinue Reading
(Washington, DC) – Honduran authorities should conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into allegations of excessive use of force by police to disperse teachers union demonstrations in Honduras and prosecute anyone found responsible, Hu…Continue Reading
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(Manama) – Bahraini authorities are systematically targeting demonstratread moreContinue Reading
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(New York) – The Bangladeshi government should offer its full and public support to a bill before parliament that would criminalize torture, Human Rights Watch said today.
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(Johannesburg) – The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) should publicly press President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and his party to end their harassment and arbitrary arrests of civil society activists and political opponents, Human Rights Wat…Continue Reading
Human Rights Abuses by Security Forces
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(New York) – Criminal gangs and other armed groups are abducting children in Nepal’s southern plains region known as the Terai for ransom, sometimes killing the children, Human Rights Watch said today. The Nepali government should ensure prompt and tho…Continue Reading
Over the past decade, Zimbabwe’s political development has been stymied by the government’s closure of political space to avoid public scrutiny and competition from the political opposition.
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(London) – Syria’s security forces used live ammunition against protesters in Daraa and the surrounding villages of Sanmein and Tafas on March 25 and 26, 2011, killing at least 26 and bringing the death toll in the Daraa governorate reported by Syrian …Continue Reading