Iranian authorities should immediately release two American hikers who are being tried on apparently politically motivated charges of espionage and illegal entry.
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(Jerusalem) – Hamas authorities in Gaza should order a criminal investigation into the death of a man whose body was returned to his family five days after Hamas security officials arrested him, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Lebanon’s government should order an independent investigation into the deaths of two inmates and injuries to about 45 others on April 6, 2011, in Lebanon’s main prison
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Human Rights Watch submits these comments to the Department of Justice in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of February 3, 2011 regarding its Proposed Rule for National Standards To Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape ("PREA st…Continue Reading
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
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