(New York) – The Chinese government should immediately release three prominent lawyers arbitrarily detained and feared forcibly disappeared this month, Human Rights Watch said today.
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(New York) – Witnesses in Tripoli have described Libyan forces firing "randomly" at protesters in the capital on February 22 and 21, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. While Human Rights Watch is unable to verify these reports, sources fro…Continue Reading
The rights of Iraq’s most vulnerable citizens, especially women and detainees, are routinely violated with impunity.
(Beirut) – The rights of Iraq’s most vulnerable citizens, especially women and…Continue Reading
The rights of Iraq’s most vulnerable citizens, especially women and detainees, are routinely violated with impunity.
(Beirut) – The rights of Iraq’s most vulnerable citizens, especially women and…Continue Reading
This 102-page report calls on the government to protect the rights of vulnerable groups and to amend its penal code and all other laws that discriminate against women and violate freedom of speech. The report also urges Baghdad to open independent and …Continue Reading
(New York) – The Thai government should investigate reports that authorities forcibly pushed back to sea 91 ethnic Rohingyas seeking asylum, Human Rights Watch said today. The Rohingyas subsequently washed up in India’s Andaman and Nicobar islands, mor…Continue Reading
(Rabat) – Thousands of Moroccans in cities across the country demonstrated in favor of political reform on February 20, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Mostly peaceful demonstrations and marches took place in towns and villages largely without int…Continue Reading
(New York) – Provocateurs loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh abruptly ceased attacks on peaceful demonstrators in Sanaa on February 20, 2011, according to sources in the Yemeni capital, Human Rights Watch said today. But violence in the south…Continue Reading
Update: Death Toll Up to At Least 233
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(New York) – Hundreds of stateless residents of Kuwait took to the streets on February 18, 2011, to demand their rights, with dozens seeking treatment for injuries in local hospitals and dozens more detained by state security, Human Rights Watch said t…Continue Reading
(New York) – Saudi authorities should immediately release five men who sought official recognition in early February of what would be the country’s first political party, Human Rights Watch said today. The five appear to have been detained solely for t…Continue Reading
(New York) – Government security forces have killed at least 84 people in three days of protests in several cities in Libya, Human Rights Watch said today, based on telephone interviews with local hospital staff and witnesses.
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(Manama) – Bahraini authorities need to ensure that people wounded by riot police have unfettered access to medical assistance, and that medical personnel can carry out their responsibilities without threat of police interference, Human Rights Watch sa…Continue Reading
(New York) – President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen should immediately halt attacks by security forces on peaceful protesters and journalists and order an investigation into the deaths of at least six protesters since February 16, 2011, Human Rights Wat…Continue Reading
(New York) – The Budapest Metropolitan Court’s decision on February 18, 2011, to allow an extended route for a gay pride march was an important victory for freedom of assembly in Hungary, Human Rights Watch said today. The Budapest police had denied pe…Continue Reading