Steve Goose, arms division director at Human Rights Watch, delivered a statement on interpretive issues at the Intersessional Standing Committee meetings of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Geneva.
(Tunis) – Police were slow to respond to violent protesters who broke into a Tunis cinema showing a controversial documentary on June 26, 2011, and who attacked theatergoers, Human Rights Watch said today. The dismissive response by the police to reque…Continue Reading
(New York) – President Benigno Aquino III of the Philippines has done little during his first year in office to carry out his campaign commitments to justice for rights violations and to dismantle "private armies," Human Rights Watch said in …Continue Reading
As a presidential candidate, Benigno Aquino III made strong promises on human rights protection. He repeatedly emphasized the importance of justice for rights violations and promised to dismantle so-called private armies that are used by politicians an…Continue Reading
(Bangkok) – The Malaysian government should immediately end its crackdown on the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) and release everyone arbitrarily detained for involvement in its activities, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Libyan government forces mistreated medical staff and patients during an unlawful six-week occupation of a hospital in Yafran, a town in Libya’s western mountains.
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The Cluster Munition Coalition delivered a statement on compliance at the Intersessional Standing Committee meetings of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Geneva.
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Mary Wareham, Senior Advisor for the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch, delivered a statement on national implementaiton measures at the Intersessional Standing Committee meetings of the Convention on Cluster Mu…Continue Reading
Mark Hiznay, Senior Researcher in the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch, delivered a statement on transparency measures at the Intersessional Standing Committee meetings of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in…Continue Reading
The decision on June 23, 2011, to allow exports from Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond fields goes against the very spirit and purpose of the Kimberley Process. Governments and companies should repudiate the decision and…Continue Reading
(Dakar) – The African Union (AU) should press Senegal to extradite the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré to Belgium, a coalition of his victims and human rights groups said today.
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(Bangkok) – The Malaysian authorities should order the immediate release of 30 members of the opposition Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) who were pulled off their bus and arrested on the way to a political rally in Penang on June 25, 2011, Human Righ…Continue Reading
Greece should take action to improve the rights of people with disabilities, Human Rights Watch said today. Greece is the host of the Special Olympics summer games, the world’s largest sports organization for chil…Continue Reading
On June 27, 2011, the International Criminal Court (ICC) judges granted warrants for the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, his son Seif al-Islam, and Libya’s intelligence chief, Abdullah Sanussi. They are wanted o…Continue Reading