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The Kazakh government has violated international law by forcibly returning at least 28 Uzbeks to Uzbekistan, putting their lives and well-being at risk.
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Governments, trade unions, and employers’ organizations should combat child labor by adopting a new international treaty on the rights of domestic workers.
(Geneva) – Governments, trade unions, a…Continue Reading
(Istanbul) – The Turkish government’s changes to the current Ministry for Women and Family is a step backward in its struggle to combat gender inequality and violence against women, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Delivered on June 9, 2011 by Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch welcomes the report of the Libya Commission of Inquiry, which has rightly highlighted serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. We believe the Commission …Continue Reading
President of the Russian Federation
Dmitry Anatolyevitch Medvedev
Re: UN Security Council action on Syria
Dear President Medvedev,
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(New York) – The United Nations Security Council should ensure that the UN mission in Congo (MONUSCO) has adequate and appropriate resources to protect civilians from attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and to avert election-related violence, a…Continue Reading
(Tunis) – Tunisian authorities should free the police officer Samir Feriani from military detention and drop any charges that are based solely on his whistle-blowing efforts and transfer any other charges to a civilian court, Human Rights Watch said to…Continue Reading
Today, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and Human Rights Watch will jointly present their 2011 International Award for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights to the late Dr. Robert Carr and the organization he fou…Continue Reading
(Dakar) – Senegal’s withdrawal from talks to establish a court to try the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré was the "last straw," a coalition of his victims and human rights groups said today.
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Indonesia should use its election to the United Nations Human Rights Council to implement reforms on the rights to freedom of expression, assembly, and religion, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Presid…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Statement
UPR Outcome Report of Burma
June 8, 2011
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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Merdeka Palace
Jakarta, Indonesia
Via facsimile, email
Dear President Yudhoyono,
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CONTEXT
Individuals with disabilities are often assumed to be at lower risk, and thus face lower of HIV infection rates, than their non-disabled peers. They are believed to be asexual, less likely to use drugs or alcohol, and at a lower risk of …Continue Reading
CONTEXT
Individuals with disabilities are often assumed to be at lower risk, and thus face lower of HIV infection rates, than their non-disabled peers. They are believed to be asexual, less likely to use drugs or alcohol, and at a lower risk of …Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Statement
Adoption of the Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Australia
June 8, 2011
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