(Rabat) – Moroccan authorities allowed peaceful, pro-reform demonstrations to take place in cities across the country on March 20, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. The police restraint contrasted with their violent dispersal of demonstrators the pr…Continue Reading
I. Summary
President Hugo Chávez and his supporters have effectively neutralized the independence of Venezuela’s judiciary. In the absence of a judicial check on its actions, the Chávez government has systematically undermined freedom of expression …Continue Reading
(Brussels) – The adoption on March 21, 2011, of a revised Decision on the International Criminal Court (ICC) by the European Union’s 27 foreign affairs ministers is an important step, Human Rights Watch said today. The move reaffirms EU support for the…Continue Reading
(Manama) – Bahrain should end its campaign of arrests of doctors and human rights activists, Human Rights Watch said today.
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(Washington, DC) – The Algerian authorities should rescind a 2001 decree denying people the right to assemble peacefully, Human Rights Watch said today.
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(Washington, DC) – The Algerian authorities should rescind a 2001 decree denying people the right to assemble peacefully, Human Rights Watch said today.
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(Jerusalem) – Hamas authorities in Gaza should punish those responsible for attacks on peaceful demonstrators calling for Palestinian political reconciliation, Human Rights Watch said today.
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(New York) – The United States should immediately suspend military assistance to Yemen until President Ali Abdullah Saleh ends attacks on largely peaceful anti-government protesters and prosecutes those responsible, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Introduction
I. Afghanistan
II. Burundi
III. Democratic Republic of the Congo
IV. Indonesia
Conclusion
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(Manama) – Bahraini authorities should immediately release seven prominent opposition activists and a surgeon arrested on March 17, 2011, or charge them with a recognizable criminal offense and bring them immediately before an independent judicial auth…Continue Reading
Dear Search Committee Members,
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Dear Search Committee Members,
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The Universal Periodic Review of the United States addressed a large number of important issues, such as the death penalty, mistreatment of migrants, racial disparities in education, access to health care, and accountability for torture.
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(New York) – The boycott by leading artists of Guggenheim-Abu Dhabi on March 17, 2011, is a major step toward focusing attention on the exploitation of foreign migrant workers building the museum on Saadiyat Island, the United Arab Emirates, Human Righ…Continue Reading
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