Hollywood stars and other celebrities who attended the Chechen leader’s birthday in Grozny on October 5, 2011, should not keep any money or gifts they may have received.
(New York) – Holl…Continue Reading
The Philippine army has fabricated stories that children taken into custody are rebel “child warriors.”
(New York) – The Philippine army has fabricated stories that children taken into …Continue Reading
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Clashes in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Provinceshow the urgent need for Saudi officials to stop arbitrary arrests of peaceful protesters, relatives of wanted persons, and human rights activ…Continue Reading
Police and local militia in Vientiane, the capital of Lao PDR, are forcibly detaining people who use drugs in a so-called treatment center where they risk beatings and other abuse, Human Rights Watch said in a rep…Continue Reading
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The inquiry announced by Egypt’s military authorities into sectarian violence in Cairo on October 9, 2011 – that resulted in some two dozen dead –should be prompt, thorough, and im…Continue Reading
Governments around the world should intensify efforts to bring to justice those responsible for grave abuses documented in the United Nations’ October 2010 “mapping report,” Human Rights Watch said today. On…Continue Reading
The families of five activists jailed six months ago for “publicly insulting” United Arab Emirates (UAE) officials made a joint plea on October 9, 2011, to the country’s rulers to stop the activists’ trial…Continue Reading
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(New York) – The decision to award the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize to three women, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman, recognizes that democracy and lasting peace cannot be achieved without giving women…Continue Reading
The Chinese government should free the unjustly imprisoned Chinese writer and human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, a year after the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s decision to award him the Nobel Peace Prize. …Continue Reading
The government of President Alassane Ouattara should match its rhetorical commitment to impartial justice with action against its own troops implicated in crimes during the post-election violence and its aftermath…Continue Reading
The Burundian government should strengthen its support for the recently established National Independent Human Rights Commission.
(London) – The Burundian government should strengthe…Continue Reading
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The US Senate should remove dangerous and counterproductive provisions in the defense spending bill that would militarize law enforcement in US terrorism cases and authorize long-term in…Continue Reading
The bombing claimed by the militant Islamist group al-Shabaab in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on October 4, 2011, is an indefensible attack on civilians. The attack, along with an upsurge in fighting in the tow…Continue Reading
The rebel New People’s Army (NPA) in the Philippines should immediately end unlawful killings and detention of civilians.
(New York,) – The rebel New People’s Army (NPA) in the Phil…Continue Reading
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The decision by UNESCO’s executive board on October 4, 2011, to defer any action on a highly controversial life sciences prize named after and funded by President Teodoro Obiang Ng…Continue Reading