Egypt blogger released after 4 years in jail
An Egyptian blogger has been released after serving four years in prison on charges of insulting Islam and the president, a human rights group and an interior ministry source said on Wednesday.Continue Reading
Sweden slams EU court for Iraqi asylum reviews
Sweden’s immigration authority has criticized the European Court of Human Rights for being inefficient in handling complaints from Iraqi asylum-seekers.Continue Reading
Egypt blogger released after 4 years in jail: rights group
An Egyptian blogger has been released after serving four years in prison on charges of insulting Islam and the president, a human rights group said on Wednesday.Continue Reading
Egypt blogger released after 4 years in jail: rights group
An Egyptian blogger has been released after serving four years in prison on charges of insulting Islam and the president, a human rights group said on Wednesday.Continue Reading
Philippines: Local Ruling Family’s Abuses Implicate Government
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9/11 Justice for New Yorkers
As the Obama administration contemplates where to try the self-confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-defendants, there could be no better way to repudiate the unlawful counter-terrorism policies of the Bush administration than to …Continue Reading
US ‘gravely concerned’ at Iran’s crackdown on rights lawyers
The United States said Tuesday it was “gravely concerned” about Iran’s alleged crackdown on human rights lawyers and called for the release of all those who have been detained.Continue Reading
Sweden halts deportation of Iraqis
STOCKHOLM – Sweden has temporarily halted the deportations of about 30 Iraqi asylum-seekers after criticism from human rights groups.Continue Reading
US ‘gravely concerned’ at Iran’s crackdown on rights lawyers
The United States said Tuesday it was “gravely concerned” about Iran’s alleged crackdown on human rights lawyers and called for the release of all those who have been detained.Continue Reading
A Tough—and Dangerous—Way to Spend a Childhood
"Marcos" was 12 when he started cutting Christmas trees in North Carolina. He sometimes skipped school, he told me, wielded a chainsaw and breathed pesticides. Summers he harvested tomatoes and cut strawberry roots. No one ever asked him how …Continue Reading
"They Own the People"
This 96-page report charts the Ampatuans’ rise to power, including their use of violence to expand their control and eliminate threats to the family’s rule. It is based on more than 80 interviews, including with people having insider knowledge of t…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Memorandum for the Ninth Session of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties
Introduction
Summary of Recommendations for the Ninth ASP Session
I. Maintaining Kampala’s Momentum
A. Cooperation
B. Complementarity
C. Pledges
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By admitting its human rights problems, the US helps other nations admit theirs
Human rights are a growing area of diplomatic competition. Since the United Nations defined the playing field in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the list of countries that say nothing about human rights has dwindled to very few. Unfortu…Continue Reading
HRW condemns worker abuse in Mideast
An international human rights group on Tuesday urged Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to do more to protect domestic workers, citing fresh allegations that employers in the three Mideast nations abused their Sri Lankan maids.Continue Reading
Senegal: Donors to Meet to Fund Hissène Habré Trial
(Dakar) – A meeting of international donors in Dakar on November 24, 2010, to finance the prosecution of Hissène Habré is a potential turning point in the long campaign to bring the former Chadian dictator to justice, a coalition of human rights orga…Continue Reading