The conviction of Oswaldo Álvarez Paz for disseminating “false information” – on the basis of his criticism of the Chávez government – is a move against free speech in Venezuela. Venezuela should revoke …Continue Reading
The Bahrain government should investigate and remedy the summary dismissals of more than 2,000 workers since late March, apparently as punishment for having participated in or otherwise supported pro-democracy dem…Continue Reading
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The Bahrain government should investigate and remedy the summary dismissals of more than 2,000 workers since late March, apparently as punishment for having participated in or otherwise …Continue Reading
The Saudi interior minister, Prince Nayef bin Abd al-‘Aziz, should immediately release an Islamic scholar who was detained after he criticized the ministry’s handling of detainees. Dr. Yusuf al-Ahmad was detaine…Continue Reading
The Russian authorities have made little attempt to effectively investigate possible involvement by local officials in the July 2009 murder of the prominent human rights advocate Natalia Estemirova.
Health, Hard Labor, and Abuse in Ugandan Prisons
This 80-page report documents routine physical abuse and the failure of the criminal justice system to protect the rights of prisoners. Prisoners …Continue Reading
Inmates in Ugandan prisons are subject to brutal compulsory labor, frequent violence, miserable overcrowding, and disease, Human Rights Watch said today in a report examining conditions in 16 prisons throughout th…Continue Reading
(Bangkok) – The Malaysian government should launch a prompt, impartial, and transparent investigation into the use of excessive force and unwarranted arrests by the security forces during a march for electoral reform in Kuala Lumpur on July 9, 2011, Hu…Continue Reading
The Kuwaiti government should immediately release two Kuwaiti men detained over internet postings criticizing the rulers of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.
(Beirut) – The Kuwaiti government s…Continue Reading
(New York) – Pakistan’s government should immediately act to end the epidemic of killings of suspected Baloch militants and opposition activists by the military, intelligence agencies, and the paramilitary Frontier Corps in the southwestern province of…Continue Reading
Iraq should revise its draft law on freedom of expression and assembly to remove provisions that restrict those freedoms. The draft law would allow authorities to curtail rights to protect the "public interes…Continue Reading
Rebel forces in Libya should protect civilians and civilian property in areas they control. The rebel forces should hold accountable anyone from their ranks responsible for looting, arson, and abuse of civilians i…Continue Reading
Rebel forces in Libya should protect civilians and civilian property in areas they control. The rebel forces should hold accountable anyone from their ranks responsible for looting, arson, and abuse of civilians i…Continue Reading
(Jerusalem, July 13, 2011) – The Israeli parliament has violated the right to freedom of expression by approving a law that penalizes individuals and organizations that call for boycotting Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Human Rights Watch said t…Continue Reading
Convict Porters on the Front Lines in Eastern Burma
This 70-page report details abuses against convict porters including summary executions, torture, and the use of the convicts as “human shiel…Continue Reading