US proposal would bar visas over China abuses
A lawmaker is proposing to bar entry into the United States of Chinese leaders who commit abuses, voicing concern over human rights on Saturday’s 22nd anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown.Continue Reading
Rights group raises Friday’s toll in Syria to 63
A Syrian human rights activist has raised Friday’s death toll among protesters to 63, most of them killed after troops opened fire on crowds in the central city of Hama.Continue Reading
Sri Lanka under renewed pressure over violations
Sri Lanka came under renewed pressure this week at the UN Human Rights Council over video footages detailing violations allegedly committed by soldiers during the country’s civil war.Continue Reading
Pakistan: Set up Independent Inquiry Into Journalist’s Killing
(New York) – The Pakistani government should establish a credible, independent investigation into the torture and killing of the journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, Human Rights Watch said today. The investigation should have subpoena and prosecutorial pow…Continue Reading
Letter to Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and CEO of Facebook, Regarding Human Rights Considerations Before Entering China Market
In a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and chief executive officer, on May 10, 2011, Human Rights Watch warns the company that it could become complicit in government censorship and efforts both to sti…Continue Reading
Letter to Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and CEO of Facebook, Regarding Human Rights Considerations Before Entering China Market
May 10, 2011
Mr. Mark Zuckerberg
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Facebook
Dear Mr. Zuckerberg,
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Federal Court Rejects Chiquita’s Effort to Dismiss Human Rights Class-Action Suit
Lawsuit alleging complicity in financing and arming Colombian paramilitary terrorist groups will continueContinue Reading
‘We are not going to shoot you; we are with you’: a Syrian soldier speaks
By Amnesty International researcher Cilina Nasser in Wadi Khaled, northern Lebanon
He is a 21-year-old soldier and illiterate. But this young man does not need to read and write to know that shooting at unarmed protesters by government forces is wrong…Continue Reading
‘We are not going to shoot you; we are with you’: a Syrian soldier speaks
By Amnesty International researcher Cilina Nasser in Wadi Khaled, northern Lebanon
He is a 21-year-old soldier and illiterate. But this young man does not need to read and write to know that shooting at unarmed protesters by government forces is wrong…Continue Reading
‘We are not going to shoot you; we are with you’: a Syrian soldier speaks
By Amnesty International researcher Cilina Nasser in Wadi Khaled, northern Lebanon
He is a 21-year-old soldier and illiterate. But this young man does not need to read and write to know that shooting at unarmed protesters by government forces is wrong…Continue Reading
‘We are not going to shoot you; we are with you’: a Syrian soldier speaks
By Amnesty International researcher Cilina Nasser in Wadi Khaled, northern Lebanon
He is a 21-year-old soldier and illiterate. But this young man does not need to read and write to know that shooting at unarmed protesters by government forces is wrong…Continue Reading
‘We are not going to shoot you; we are with you’: a Syrian soldier speaks
By Amnesty International researcher Cilina Nasser in Wadi Khaled, northern Lebanon
He is a 21-year-old soldier and illiterate. But this young man does not need to read and write to know that shooting at unarmed protesters by government forces is wrong…Continue Reading
‘We are not going to shoot you; we are with you’: a Syrian soldier speaks
By Amnesty International researcher Cilina Nasser in Wadi Khaled, northern Lebanon
He is a 21-year-old soldier and illiterate. But this young man does not need to read and write to know that shooting at unarmed protesters by government forces is wrong…Continue Reading
‘We are not going to shoot you; we are with you’: a Syrian soldier speaks
By Amnesty International researcher Cilina Nasser in Wadi Khaled, northern Lebanon
He is a 21-year-old soldier and illiterate. But this young man does not need to read and write to know that shooting at unarmed protesters by government forces is wrong…Continue Reading
‘We are not going to shoot you; we are with you’: a Syrian soldier speaks
By Amnesty International researcher Cilina Nasser in Wadi Khaled, northern Lebanon
He is a 21-year-old soldier and illiterate. But this young man does not need to read and write to know that shooting at unarmed protesters by government forces is wrong…Continue Reading