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The prosecution teams conducting the mass trials of the alleged mutineers of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) must immediately stop the trials
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The prosecution teams conducting the mass trials of the alleged mutineers of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) must immediately stop the trials
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The Turkish government should withdraw its draft law for the establishment of a national human rights institution because the proposed body would lack impartiality and independence from …Continue Reading
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The individual candidates and political entities competing in Libya’s July 7, 2012 national election should explain how they plan to end the ongoing problem of torture and illegal dete…Continue Reading
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The Algerian authorities’ long delays in bringing key terrorism cases to trial undermines the defendants’ right to a fair trial.
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The Ethiopian government is forcibly displacing indigenous pastoral communities in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo valley without adequate consultation or compensation to make way for state-run s…Continue Reading
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The Obama administration’s decision to end the deportation of certain young unauthorized immigrants recognizes the special consideration due immigrants who have lived in the United Sta…Continue Reading
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The president of Equatorial Guinea should take concrete steps to respect human rights, address corruption, and improve transparency. On June 15, Global Witness, Human Rights Watch, Open …Continue Reading
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A Bahrain court of appeal on June 14, 2012, upheld the convictions of nine doctors and medical personnel for transparently political offenses such as “inciting and participating in an …Continue Reading
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Syrian government forces have used sexual violence to torture men, women, and boys detained during the current conflict. Witnesses and victims also told Human Rights Watch that soldiers …Continue Reading
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The arbitrary detention on June 13, 2012, of five journalists who engaged in peaceful, individual pickets in support of a threatened colleague is a chilling demonstration of how repressi…Continue Reading
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The Afghan government should immediately reverse its suspension of the Solidarity Party of Afghanistan for organizing a protest calling for accountability for war crimes.
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A photographer and social media activist who photographed and exposed police violence as Azerbaijan prepared for the Eurovision Song Contest in May 2012 was detained and is facing spurio…Continue Reading
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The Libyan Supreme Court’s decision on June 14, 2012, that declared unconstitutional a law that criminalized a variety of political speech is a landmark decision. The court ruled that …Continue Reading
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Two years after ethnic clashes erupted in southern Kyrgyzstan, the targeting of Uzbeks and failure to redress abuses against them, such as arbitrary detention and torture, undermine effo…Continue Reading