(Jakarta) – US President Barack Obama’s visit to Indonesia on November 9 through 11, 2010, is an important opportunity to make a stand for free expression, religious freedom, and a rights-respecting, accountable military in Indonesia, Human Rights Wa…Continue Reading
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(Beirut) – Lebanon ratified the international convention banning cluster munitions on November 5, 2010, just ahead of the opening of the convention’s first formal meeting of its states parties. The ratification is especially significant because Lebanon…Continue Reading
Introduction
The Convention on Cluster Munitions, adopted in May 2008, seeks to prevent future civilian harm by establishing absolute prohibitions on a number of activities involving cluster munitions. It bans use of the weapons, which kill and injure…Continue Reading
Introduction
The Convention on Cluster Munitions seeks to end the significant humanitarian harm cluster munitions pose to civilians. It prohibits the use, production, stockpiling, and transfer of cluster munitions, as well as assistance with any of th…Continue Reading
(New York) – Morocco should end the delays in bringing three imprisoned Sahrawi activists to trial, Human Rights Watch said today. If the court is unable to proceed, it should release them from pretrial detention or drop the charges against them and th…Continue Reading
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(New York) – The United States should take concrete steps to address serious failings in its human rights record, Human Rights Watch said today. Many of the issues were raised by UN member countries on November 5, 2010, during the United States’ first …Continue Reading
(Dakar) – The special unit to maintain security during the second round of Guinea’s presidential elections, on November 7, 2010, should act with discipline, minimum force, and neutrality, Human Rights Watch said today. While the first round of election…Continue Reading
(London) – Eight leading human rights organizations today called on the Syrian government to guarantee the safety of Muhannad al-Hassani, a human rights defender serving a three-year prison term, after he was assaulted last week in ‘Adra prison, Dama…Continue Reading
This 62-page report details how the government uses article 347 bis of the Penal Code to deny basic rights to people perceived to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). The report describes arrests, beatings by the police, abuses in prison, …Continue Reading
His Excellency Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani
Head of the Judiciary
His Excellency Mohammad Javad Larijani
Head of the Human Rights Council of the Judiciary
His Excellency Alireza Avai
Head of the Tehran Judiciary
His Excellency A…Continue Reading
(Douala) – Cameroonians are attacked by police, politicians, the media, and even their own communities if they are suspected of having sexual relations with a person of the same sex, four human rights organizations said in a joint report released today…Continue Reading
(Paris) – A total of 101 organizations from Guinean, French, regional, and international civil society today condemned the violence and attacks against civilian populations, human rights defenders, and Guinean political figures during the past three mo…Continue Reading
(New York) -A number of international human rights groups sent the following letter to officials of the International Association of Judges in advance of their meeting in Dakar on November 6 through 11, 2010, to ask them to press the government of Tuni…Continue Reading