UK trained Bangladesh police ‘killers’
Britain trained an elite police force in Bangladesh accused of killings and human rights violations according to WikiLeaks.Continue Reading
Mexico: Ruling Calls for Military Justice Overhaul
(Washington, DC) – A judgment by the Inter-American Court on December 20, 2010, underscores Mexico’s obligation to stop using the military justice system for human rights abuses by the military, Human Rights Watch said today.
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How we helped raise awareness of gender violence!
By Valentine Sebile, coordinator of Amnesty International’s 16 Days of Activism campaign
The 16 Days of Activism is an international campaign aimed at raising awareness of gender-based violence. It started on 25 November and ended on Friday 10 Decem…Continue Reading
Practice of Pre-trial Detention and the Role of Prosecutors in Jordan
H.E. Hisham al-Tall
Minister of Justice
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Your Excellency,
Human Rights Watch writes to urge you to review the routine practice of prosecutors to remand criminal suspects in pre-trial custody without conducting a fa…Continue Reading
Belarus: End Arrests; Free Peaceful Protesters
The Belarusian authorities should immediately halt the arbitrary arrests of opposition leaders and supporters, secure the prompt release of all arbitrarily detained, and ensure the safety of those lawfully in custody, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Couples in human rights challenge
A legal bid to overturn bans on gay civil marriages and heterosexual civil partnerships is due to be launched at the European Court of Human Rights.Continue Reading
Honduras: Prosecute Post-Coup Abuses
Honduran authorities should take concrete steps to end impunity for abuses committed after the country’s 2009 coup, and to curb ongoing attacks against journalists, human rights defenders, and political activists, Human Rights Watch said in a report re…Continue Reading
DR Congo: Rogue Leaders, Rebels Forcibly Recruit Youth
(Goma) – Rogue Congolese army officers and armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are forcibly recruiting and training for combat hundreds of young men and boys in new efforts to expand their ranks, Human Rights Watch said today. The wave…Continue Reading
After the Coup
This 65-page report documents the state’s failure to ensure accountability for abuses committed under the country’s de facto government in 2009. The report also documents 47 cases of threats or attacks – including 18 killings – against journali…Continue Reading
Write for Rights – Burkina Faso
By Roger Minoungou, co-ordinator for growth and activism, Amnesty International Burkina Faso
Write for Rights.
Since Saturday 4 December, the Letter Writing Marathon has been in full swing for Amnesty International Burkina Faso.
The Letter Writing M…Continue Reading
Gbagbo sits tight as UN steps up pressure in I.Coast
Laurent Gbagbo’s isolated Ivory Coast regime was locked in a tense stand-off with the international community on Monday, amid complaints by the United Nations of “massive” human rights abuses.Continue Reading
Analysis: Inside Perspective on Uighurs
WE are hardly alive now. Please help us out. Otherwise we are going to be killed." I received this text message from a Uighur refugee in Cambodian police detention in December 2009, hours before he and 19 other Uighurs were forced onto a plane a…Continue Reading
UN: Reports of abductions in Ivory Coast grow
The United Nations said Sunday it has received hundreds of reports of people being abducted from their homes at night by armed assailants in military uniform and that there is growing evidence of “massive violations of human rights” since Ivory Coast’s…Continue Reading
Israel deprives Palestinians in West Bank: report
Israel is preventing Palestinian development in parts of the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem while pouring funding into Jewish settlements, the Human Rights Watch group said on Sunday.Continue Reading
More than 50 dead in Ivory Coast unrest: UN rights chief
Post-election violence in Ivory Coast has left more than 50 people dead and more than 200 injured, the UN high commissioner for human rights said Sunday, deploring “massive violations of human rights.”Continue Reading