Syria: Rein in Security Services
(New York) – President Bashar al-Asad’s decision to lift the state of emergency should be accompanied by concrete measures to halt the grave daily human rights violations being committed by Syria’s security forces, Human Rights Watch said today. Human …Continue Reading
Clinton: Gadhafi may be using cluster bombs
The Obama administration said Thursday that Moammar Gadhafi’s government may be targeting Libyan civilians with cluster bombs, cautiously endorsing claims by rebels and human rights groups that the Libyan strongman’s troops are using the indiscriminate…Continue Reading
Iraq: Widening Crackdown on Protests
(New York) – Kurdistan authorities should end their widening crackdown on peaceful protests in northern Iraq, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should hold accountable those responsible for attacking protesters and journalists in Arbil and…Continue Reading
Cuba’s ‘Ladies in White’ receive US rights award
A Cuban opposition group whose members are wives and relatives of jailed dissidents received a major human rights award Thursday from the US State Department.Continue Reading
Clinton: Gadhafi may be using cluster bombs
The Obama administration said Thursday that Moammar Gadhafi’s government may be targeting Libyan civilians with cluster bombs, cautiously endorsing claims by rebels and human rights groups that the Libyan strongman’s troops are using the indiscriminate…Continue Reading
Clinton: Gadhafi may be using cluster bombs
The Obama administration said Thursday that Moammar Gadhafi’s government may be targeting Libyan civilians with cluster bombs, cautiously endorsing claims by rebels and human rights groups that the Libyan strongman’s troops are using the indiscriminate…Continue Reading
Pushing Romania to see housing as a human right
By Barbora Cernusakova, Researcher in the EU Team, and Fotis Filippou, Campaigner in the EU Team
In a few hours, we will leave Romania after spending two and a half weeks researching the housing conditions of Roma. We visited 11 communities in five t…Continue Reading
Prominent Bahraini human rights activist goes on trial
MANAMA (Reuters) – A prominent Bahraini human rights activist went on military trial on Thursday, his daughters said, after the Gulf Arab kingdom launched a crackdown on protesters.Continue Reading
Prominent Bahraini human rights activist goes on trial
MANAMA (Reuters) – A prominent Bahraini human rights activist went on military trial on Thursday, his daughters said, after the Gulf Arab kingdom launched a crackdown on protesters.Continue Reading
Prominent Bahraini human rights activist goes on trial
MANAMA (Reuters) – A prominent Bahraini human rights activist went on military trial on Thursday, his daughters said, after the Gulf Arab kingdom launched a crackdown on protesters.Continue Reading
Liberia: Protect Refugees Against Sexual Abuse
Dozens of Ivorian refugee women and girls recently arrived in eastern Liberia say they have had to engage in sex to get adequate food, shelter, or money, Human Rights Watch said today. The Liberian government, the…Continue Reading
Liberia: Protect Refugees Against Sexual Abuse
Dozens of Ivorian refugee women and girls recently arrived in eastern Liberia say they have had to engage in sex to get adequate food, shelter, or money, Human Rights Watch said today. The Liberian government, the…Continue Reading
Libya: Journalists Killed in Misrata
(New York) – The award-winning photographer and film-maker Tim Hetherington and the prize-winning photojournalist Chris Hondros were killed in Misrata on April 20, 2011, while covering the Libya conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. Two other photog…Continue Reading
Libya: Journalists Killed in Misrata
Updated to correct the weapon that killed the journalists.
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Saudi Arabia: Dissident Writer Arrested
(Munich) – Saudi authorities have arrested over 160 peaceful dissidents in violation of international human rights law since February 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch urged the interior minister, Prince Nayef bin Abd al-‘Aziz A…Continue Reading