Introduction
Summary of Recommendations for the Ninth ASP Session
I. Maintaining Kampala’s Momentum
A. Cooperation
B. Complementarity
C. Pledges
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(Dakar) – A meeting of international donors in Dakar on November 24, 2010, to finance the prosecution of Hissène Habré is a potential turning point in the long campaign to bring the former Chadian dictator to justice, a coalition of human rights orga…Continue Reading
(New York) – Saudi authorities should overturn a sentence of 50 lashes and two months in prison for a journalist who wrote about public anger over electricity cuts, Human Rights Watch said today.
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(New York) – Saudi authorities should overturn a sentence of 50 lashes and two months in prison for a journalist who wrote about public anger over electricity cuts, Human Rights Watch said today.
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(New York) - The Russian government should closely examine evidence gathered by the Austrian police relating to Chechnya’s leader, Human Rights Watch said today. The evidence suggests that the Kremlin-appointed leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, was…Continue Reading
(Vientiane) – Nations that have joined the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions approved a bold and comprehensive action plan
to eradicate cluster bombs as they concluded their first meeting. The Vientiane Declaration and Action Plan were agreed on
Nov…Continue Reading
(New York) – The Azerbaijan Supreme Court has refused to abide by a binding European Court of Human Rights judgment to release a wrongfully imprisoned, outspoken journalist, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities used trumped up charges to cont…Continue Reading
(New York) – Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s release should be the first step for Burma’s military government to free more than 2,100 political prisoners, Human Rights Watch said today. The government released Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate, from house …Continue Reading
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Q. Who is Umar Israilov?
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(New York) – Syria’s prison authorities should immediately transfer women detained in the predominantly male `Adra prison to a facility for women, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities are holding at least 12 women among an estimated 7,000 men…Continue Reading
(New York) – Sudanese government forces have carried out a series of attacks on civilians since August 2010 in Jebel Marra, the mountainous rebel stronghold in central Darfur, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should halt the attacks and al…Continue Reading
Your Excellency:
We write to you regarding the Security Council Ministerial Meeting on Sudan scheduled for November 16, 2010, in which the council is expected to discuss the upcoming referenda in Sudan, the situation in Darfur, and progress of the Doh…Continue Reading
(Washington, DC) – Victims of atrocities by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) have sent emotional personal pleas to US President Barack Obama, calling for urgent action to end attacks by the rebel group, Human Rights Watch said today.
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