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According to media reports, Iraqi security forces came under attack by a suicide bomber when an ambulance packed with explosives blew up outside a police headquarters on January 19, 2011 in Diyala Province, north of Baghdad. This follows a similar inci…Continue Reading

Human Rights Watch supports the new rules announced by US President Barack Obama on January 14, 2011, which will allow religious, educational, and other civil society groups from the United States to travel to Cuba. The new regulations will also permit…Continue Reading

(Brussels) – The European Union rule-of-law mission in Kosovo should appoint an independent, high-level prosecutor to investigate alleged crimes by former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Human Rights Watch said today. An improved program for wit…Continue Reading

On January 18, 2010, the European Court of Human Rights held in MGN v UK that lawyers acting for claimants in privacy and libel cases should no longer be allowed to recover a "success fee" from defendants. Such success fees have been an integ…Continue Reading

(New York) –  The Yemeni government should immediately halt plans to execute Muhammad Tahir Thabit Samum and revoke his death sentence, Human Rights Watch said today.
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(Geneva) – The United Nations Committee against Torture has called on Senegal to comply with its "obligation" to prosecute or extradite Chad’s exiled former dictator, Hissène Habré, Human Rights Watch said today.
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The United Nations Committee against Torture has called on Senegal to comply with its “obligation” to prosecute or extradite Chad’s exiled former dictator, Hissène Habré. The Committee’s action came in response to a statement by President Abdou…Continue Reading

(Paris) – The National Assembly should amend a bill to reform police custody procedures in France to improve safeguards and to ensure that they apply to all detained suspects, Human Rights Watch said today. The Assembly is scheduled to begin debate on …Continue Reading

(New York) – Haiti should arrest and prosecute former dictator Jean‑Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier for grave violations of human rights, Human Rights Watch said today.
Duvalier returned to Haiti yesterday from France where he has lived in ex…Continue Reading

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(New York) – Draft articles on citizenship in Nepal’s proposed new constitution risk making many Nepali children stateless, Human Rights Watch said today. Some of the proposed citizenship provisions are sharply at odds with Nepal’s obligations under in…Continue Reading

(New York) – US President Barack Obama should use the upcoming state visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao as an opportunity to demonstrate the US’s commitment to human rights in China, said a group of human rights advocates and China experts in a lette…Continue Reading

Dear President Obama,
To be a success, the forthcoming US-China summit should demonstrate your administration’s commitment to human rights issues in China.
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