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A Tripoli-based militia from Misrata should immediately transfer to the Libyan government two illegally detained British journalists and the three Libyans who were traveling with them. T…Continue Reading
As a leading investigative journalist for Novaya Gazeta, Russia’s most prominent independent newspaper, Elena Milashina exposes the truth about human rights abuses and government corruption. Despite Russia’s a…Continue Reading
The Ugandan government should immediately release or bring to court Augustine Okello, a journalist from Lira-based Radio Rhino, who was forcibly disappeared on July 12, 2011.
(Kampala) – The U…Continue Reading
The international racing bodies responsible for scheduling Formula One events should take full account of continuing serious human rights violations when they consider rescheduling a 2011 race in Bahrain.
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Kurdistan regional government officials and security forces are carrying out a growing assault on the freedom of journalists to work in Iraqi Kurdistan. Regional officials should stop repressing journalists throug…Continue Reading
The Libyan government should immediately release the body of South African photographer Anton Hammerl and investigate the role of the armed forces in his death.
(New York) – The Libyan government…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch has won three prestigious Webby Awards for its video and multimedia work, drawing attention to human rights crises in Colombia and Congo. The winning projects tell the stories of brave human rig…Continue Reading
Libyan authorities should immediately provide information on the whereabouts of nine foreign and six Libyan journalists detained or missing in Libya. All journalists arbitrarily detained should be immediately rele…Continue Reading
On 7 March, after vociferous domestic opposition and the intervention of European Union institutions, the Hungarian parliament amended a controversial and restrictive media law that would have severely curtailed free speech.
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(Washington, DC) – The Algerian authorities should rescind a 2001 decree denying people the right to assemble peacefully, Human Rights Watch said today.
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The rights of Iraq’s most vulnerable citizens, especially women and detainees, are routinely violated with impunity.
(Beirut) – The rights of Iraq’s most vulnerable citizens, especially women and…Continue Reading
Cradling an assault rifle, the soldier in the sand-colored camouflage uniform stood on a chair, haranguing the group of men and women inside the Hisham Mubarak Law Center, a noted human rights organization in Cairo. "You want to go outside?" …Continue Reading
China’s first National Human Rights Action Plan committed the Chinese government to end the practice of "extortion of confessions by torture" and put police and security forces on notice that "it is strictly forbidden to extort confessio…Continue Reading