The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, former interior Minister Habib al-Adly, and Adly’s six most senior security chiefs begins on August 3, 2011, in a specially designated courtroom in Cairo’s…Continue Reading
The Sri Lankan government’s failure to bring to justice those responsible for the execution-style slaying of 17 aid workers five years ago highlights a broader lack of will to prosecute soldiers and police f…Continue Reading
Threats by the police against a lawyer in Chechnya highlight the need for Russian authorities to end the harassment and intimidation of human rights defenders in the republic.
(Moscow, August 3, …Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch is deeply concerned by the human rights implications of the draft Law of Sanctions for Crimes of Terrorism and Its Financing of 2011 (the “draft counterterrorism law”). The flaws of the draf…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch is writing to urge you to withdraw the draft Law of Sanctions for Crimes of Terrorism and Its Financing, because it would grossly undermine the protection of human rights in Saudi Arabia. …Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah should withdraw a draft counterterrorism law from consideration by the cabinet because it would facilitate serious human rights violations. Human Rights Watch urged the government to…Continue Reading
The latest executions by Hamas authorities in Gaza highlight the urgency of imposing a moratorium on all executions and investigating due process violations in the Gazan justice system.
Russian authorities should immediately drop charges filed against a leading human rights lawyer in Dagestan on July 27, 2011, and bring to justice the police officers who assaulted her.
(Moscow, …Continue Reading
A new Sri Lankan Defense Ministry report concedes for the first time that government forces caused civilian deaths in the final months of the conflict with the Tamil Tigers but takes no responsibility for laws-of-…Continue Reading
The outcome of the August 2, 2011 Appeals Court hearing on legal scholar Cu Huy Ha Vu’s conviction on national security charges will have important repercussions for the rule of law and freedom of expression in …Continue Reading
The Thai government should urgently and thoroughly investigate the murder on July 28, 2011, of Thongnak Sawekchinda, a prominent environmental activist in Samut Sakhon province.
(Bangkok) –…Continue Reading
The Kenyan government should urgently provide land for new refugee camps in response to the humanitarian crisis in existing camps near its border with Somalia. Kenya should also allow recently arrived Somalis flee…Continue Reading
The light sentences imposed on Islamist militants for a deadly attack on a religious minority in Indonesia reflect the authorities’ weak efforts to prosecute the case.
(Jakarta) – The li…Continue Reading
Pakistan’s government should immediately end widespread disappearances of suspected militants and activists by the military, intelligence agencies, and the paramilitary Frontier Corps in the southwestern province …Continue Reading
The Ugandan government should stop prosecuting civilians in unfair military courts, effective immediately, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Military and civilian prosecutors should work together…Continue Reading