Vietnamese authorities should immediately release the activist Bui Thi Minh Hang and stop harassing her for protesting peacefully.
(New York) – Vietnamese authorities should immediately rel…Continue Reading
Georgia’s system for handling administrative offenses, or misdemeanors, violates the defendant’s due process rights.
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The Somaliland authorities should cease forcibly returning refugees and asylum seekers to possible persecution in Ethiopia. On December 28, authorities returned 20 Ethiopian refugees and asylum seekers in violatio…Continue Reading
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Sudanese security forces should stop using excessive force to disperse peaceful student protests. Authorities should also immediately release detained activists, opposition members, and …Continue Reading
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The approximately 2,570 youth offenders serving life without parole sentences in adult US prisons experience conditions that violate fundamental human rights. The United States is the on…Continue Reading
Saudi reform advocates have staged several protests since mid-December, 2011, despite a categorical ban on protests issued last March.. In Riyadh, Buraida, and Qatif, security forces immediately arrested the prote…Continue Reading
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The undersigned organizations are deeply concerned about reports of attacks against NGOs in Egypt. Egyptian security forces, in uniform and in civilian clothes, as well as public prosecu…Continue Reading
Syrian authorities have transferred perhaps hundreds of detainees to off-limits military sites to hide them from Arab League monitors now in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. The Arab League should insis…Continue Reading
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All parties involved with the UN plan to resolve the situation of Camp Ashraf residents should work to make sure it is carried out safely and effectively, Human Rights Watch said today. …Continue Reading
Donors, who provide approximately half of Cambodia’s national budget, should make clear to the Cambodian government that the fourth draft of the Law on Associations and NGOs (LANGO) must be revised to protect ci…Continue Reading
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The Malaysian government should revoke its colonial-era law criminalizing consensual sexual acts between people of the same sex. The authorities should drop their criminal case alleging …Continue Reading
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Jamaican authorities should take prompt action to ensure that people with disabilities can vote in the elections on December 29, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today.
A series of bombings in Iraq on December 22, 2011, are an atrocious assault on basic human rights, Human Rights Watch said today. The attacks, among the deadliest in Iraq this year, killed more than 60 people and …Continue Reading
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A man detained in connection with the December 16, 2011 violence in western Kazakhstan died on December 21 apparently from injuries sustained in police custody.
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Libya’s transitional government should urgently enact desperately needed reform to promote human rights and the rule of law after 42 years of dictatorship and eight months of war. …Continue Reading