Mary Wareham, Senior Advisor for the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch, delivered a statement on the retention of cluster munitions at the Intersessional Standing Committee meeting for the Convention on Cluster …Continue Reading
Steve Goose, arms division director at Human Rights Watch, delivered a statement on cluster munition stockpiles and their destruction at the Intersessional Standing Committee meetings of the Convention on Cluster …Continue Reading
The International Criminal Court (ICC), by issuing an arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi, signaled that the law can reach even those long thought to be immune to accountability. The ICC judges granted warrants on …Continue Reading
The International Criminal Court (ICC), by issuing an arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi, signaled that the law can reach even those long thought to be immune to accountability. The ICC judges granted warrants on …Continue Reading
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(New York) – Yemeni authorities should immediately conduct an impartial investigation into a deadly attack by soldiers on a peaceful funeral march on June 24, 2011, and hold those responsible to account, Human Rights Watch said today.
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People identified as drug users in many countries are confined to abusive locked detention centers for months – or even years, say two reports released today by The Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care. …Continue Reading
Provisions in the US Senate Armed Services Committee’s defense spending bill threaten to eliminate the essential role of civilian law enforcement in countering terrorism.
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The indictment of a prison guard in a sexual abuse case of a detained immigrant underscores the need for the US government to provide immigration detainees the same protections from rape…Continue Reading
(New York) – The four Khmer Rouge leaders who go on trial on June 27, 2011, should have been brought to justice decades ago, Human Rights Watch said today. The trial follows years of obstruction by the Cambodian prime minister, Hun Sen, a former Khmer …Continue Reading
This fact sheet describes the use of MAT-120 cluster munitions by Libyan government forces during the current armed conflict in Libya between forces under Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and opposition rebels. This is the first documented use of this typ…Continue Reading
(Brussels) – The European Council summit that concluded on June 24, 2011, made no significant progress in addressing serious deficiencies in EU asylum and migration policies, Human Rights Watch said today.
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The European Council summit that concluded on June 24, 2011, made no significant progress in addressing serious deficiencies in EU asylum and migration policies.
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Marking five years since the capture of Gilad Shalit, Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights organizations state:
Hamas must immediately end inhumane and illegal treatment of Gilad Shalit.
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