This report documents the often brutal physical and sexual violence in the western administrative regions of Moyen Cavally and Dix-Huit Montagnes. The widespread criminality has been fueled by the disintegration of legal institutions, a failed disarmam…Continue Reading
(New York) – The Kenyan government should make clear that the Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, will be arrested if he returns to Kenya, African civil society organizations, and international organizations with a presence in Africa said in a letter t…Continue Reading
(Paris) – UNESCO’s decision announced on October 21, 2010, to suspend indefinitely a prize funded by and named after President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea followed a global outcry from scholars and human rights defenders, Human Rights Watch and…Continue Reading
(New York) – American policy toward China should reflect a more principled, high-profile approach to human rights in China, said a group of human rights advocates and China experts in a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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(New York) – Mexico’s congress should substantially modify President Felipe Calderón’s proposed revisions to the Code of Military Justice, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposed reform would not solve the current lack of accountability for abus…Continue Reading
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(New York) – The European Parliament’s award of its Sakharov prize for human rights to Guillermo Fariñas, the Cuban dissident who held a hunger strike to call for the release of other political prisoners, is a welcome step, Human Rights Watch said tod…Continue Reading
(Tunis) – The Tunisian authorities should end arbitrary restrictions on independent trade and student unions, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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This report documents Tunisian authorities’ tight system of control over unions and union activists, highlighting in particular the plight of labor, student, and journalist unions that have criticized government policies.
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(Tunis) – The Tunisian authorities should end arbitrary restrictions on independent trade and student unions, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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(New York) – Jordanian authorities should respect the right to free expression in the weeks leading up to national elections on November 9, 2010, Human Rights Watch said today.
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(New York) – A mobile phone video showing apparent torture of two Papuan men highlights the need for the Indonesian government to credibly investigate serious human rights violations and hold those responsible accountable, Human Rights Watch said today…Continue Reading
(Washington, DC) – The Bahrain government has detained prominent opposition activists on terrorism charges, closed publications and websites, and intimidated civil society activists in the period leading up to parliamentary and municipal elections sche…Continue Reading
(Jerusalem) – The Palestinian Authority should promptly investigate the alleged torture of two detainees over the past month in a Jericho prison and ensure that officials responsible for the abuse are prosecuted, Human Rights Watch said today.
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