Children have the right to age-appropriate information about their HIV status and should not be the last to find out that they are HIV-positive. Human Rights Watch described its research in Kenya about the subject…Continue Reading
Children have the right to age-appropriate information about their HIV status and should not be the last to find out that they are HIV-positive. Human Rights Watch described its research in Kenya about the subject…Continue Reading
Almazbek Atambaev
Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek
Ul. Shabdan Baatira, d. 46 (formerly Ul. Alma-Atinskaya)
Dear Prime Minister Atambaev,
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As told by Shantha Rau Barriga
Edna seemed shy, rounding her shoulders protectively over her baby. She was breastfeeding, and I could see the burn scars on the top of her head. Despite her initial self-consciousness, she told us her story, starting wi…Continue Reading
Congressman Franks, Congressman Cleaver, Members of the International Religious Freedom Caucus,
Thank you for inviting me to speak on the subject of religious freedom in Saudi Arabia. Human Rights Watch has long advocated for an end to Saudi Arabia’s …Continue Reading
Two local Sharia laws in Indonesia’s Aceh province violate rights and are often enforced abusively by public officials and even private individuals.
(Jakarta) – Two local Sharia laws in Indonesi…Continue Reading
Two local Sharia laws in Indonesia’s Aceh province violate rights and are often enforced abusively by public officials and even private individuals.
(Jakarta) – Two local Sharia laws in Indonesi…Continue Reading
This 89-page report documents the experiences of people accused of violating Sharia laws prohibiting “seclusion” and imposing public dress requirements on Muslims. The “seclusion” law makes association by unmarried individuals of the opposite sex a cri…Continue Reading
Laporan setebal 98 halaman, “Menegakkan Moralitas: Pelanggaran dalam Penerapan Syariah di Aceh, Indonesia,” mendokumentasikan pengalaman-pengalaman orang-orang yang pernah dituduh melanggar peraturan Syariah yang melarang ‘perbuatan bersunyi-sunyian’…Continue Reading
Prominent Kenyan human rights activist Al-Amin Kimathi is among 17 defendants whose cases were sent to the Ugandan High Court on November 30, 2010, for trial for the July bombings in Kampala.
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Prominent Kenyan human rights activist Al-Amin Kimathi is among 17 defendants whose cases were sent to the Ugandan High Court on November 30, 2010, for trial for the July bombings in Kam…Continue Reading
UPDATE: Human Rights Watch sent a letter to the Kazakhstan prosecutor general on December 2, expressing concern about the fate of 29 Uzbek asylum seekers in custody of the Kazakh authorities and facing extradition to Uzbekistan.
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Fifteen Nobel Peace Prize recipients have sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to ban antipersonnel landmines.
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On December 3rd, Burma’s recently freed opposition leader Au…Continue Reading
Fifteen Nobel Peace Prize recipients have sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to ban antipersonnel landmines.
UPDATE:
On December 3rd, Burma’s recently freed opposition leader Au…Continue Reading
(New York) – A Jordanian prosecutor ordered the pre-trial detention of a woman accused of a minor offense despite her life-threatening infection with necrotizing fasciitis, also known as "flesh-eating" bacteria, Human Rights Watch said today….Continue Reading