Toward a New Côte d’Ivoire – or the Selective Justice of the Past?
After six months of violence, almost everyone in Côte d’Ivoire has a horrific story to tell: a loved one killed gruesomely, the memory of being raped, a house burned or pillaged of everything. I have listened t…Continue Reading
Malaysia: Lawsuit Against Rights Defender Impedes Public Debate
A defamation lawsuit against a human rights defender who blogged against violations of migrant worker rights threatens to chill debate on matters of public interest in Malaysia.
(Tokyo) – A defa…Continue Reading
Cuba: Letter to US House Appropriations Committee
Human Rights Watch would like to reiterate its support for OFAC travel regulations that allow for “purposeful travel” to Cuba by academic, religious, and cultural groups, as well as for regulations that allow …Continue Reading
Health and human rights of women imprisoned in Zambia
Abstract
Background
The healthcare needs and general experience of women in detention in sub-Saharan Africa are rarely studied and poorly understood.
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Suu Kyi urges US effort for rights probe
Myanmar’s opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday urged US lawmakers to push for a UN-backed probe into human rights in her country as she warned of a long and difficult road to democracy.Continue Reading
Suu Kyi urges US effort for rights probe
Myanmar’s pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, speaking Wednesday to the US Congress for the first time in a video message, urged support for a UN-led inquiry into human rights in her country.Continue Reading
Ukraine’s Tymoshenko lodges complaint at EU court
Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced Wednesday she had complained to the European Court of Human Rights ahead of her trial this week for alleged abuse of power.Continue Reading
Equatorial Guinea: Abuses Ahead of AU Summit
Equatorial Guinea’s government has spent lavishly on diplomatic accommodations while neglecting the rights of the country’s poor in the lead-up to hosting the African Union summit. The government has also sharply …Continue Reading
CPI(M) to complain to Human Rights Commission
Burdwan(WB), June 22 (PTI) Senior CPI(M) leader Suryakanta Mishra today said that they would lodge a complain with the Human Rights Commission against yesterday”s police lathicharge on demonstrators at Hansdigha in which party MLA Gouranga Chattopadha…Continue Reading
Europa debe reafirmar su compromiso con los derechos de las personas refugiadas y migrantes
Por Sherif Elsayed-Ali, jefe del Equipo sobre Derechos de Personas Refugiadas y Migrantes de Amnistía Internacional
Hace solo unas semanas se encontraron los cadáveres de 150 personas frente a las costas de las islas Kerkennah, pertenecientes a TContinue Reading
Uzbekistan: Free Ailing Rights Defender
(New York) – Uzbek authorities should immediately release Norboi Kholjigitov, a wrongfully imprisoned human rights defender who is critically ill with diabetes, Human Rights Watch said today. European Union officials who are in Tashkent on June 23 and …Continue Reading
‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ – shocking the UN into action
By José Luis Díaz, Head of Amnesty International’s United Nations Office
As we prepared for the screening today of the Channel 4 film, “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” at Amnesty International’s United Nations office in New York…Continue Reading
Israel: Halt Home Demolitions
(Jerusalem) – Israel should end discriminatory policies that have forcibly displaced hundreds of West Bank Palestinian residents from their homes, Human Rights Watch said today. In demolition operations on June 14 and 21, 2011, Israeli authorities disp…Continue Reading
Human Rights Group Asks Quebec Soccer Federation to Review Sports Ruling on Hijabs
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 06/21/11) – The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) is asking the Quebec Soccer Federation to review its decision to restrict players in community leagues from wearing the hijab and other religious headgear including …Continue Reading
Cast Aside in Kuwait
As people across the Middle East took to the streets demanding their rights this spring, they were joined by one group in Kuwait who have no rights at all. The stateless Bidun came together after Friday prayers in…Continue Reading