Letter to Prime Minister Orbán Regarding Aspects of the Hungarian Constitution
Dear Prime Minister Orbán,
I am writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch to express our concern in relation to aspects of Hungary’s draft constitution.
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China: Restrain Forces From Violence in Tibetan Monastery Stand-Off
(New York) – The Chinese government should exercise restraint in resolving a stand-off between hundreds of security forces and local residents around the Kirti Tibetan monastery in Aba County in southwestern Sichuan province, Human Rights Watch said to…Continue Reading
A Matter of Civil Rights
Israeli President Shimon Peres visited Washington earlier this month, hot on the heels of an announcement that Israeli authorities had approved yet more housing units for Jewish settlers in the West Bank. In a wee…Continue Reading
A Matter of Civil Rights
Israeli President Shimon Peres visited Washington earlier this month, hot on the heels of an announcement that Israeli authorities had approved yet more housing units for Jewish settlers in the West Bank. In a wee…Continue Reading
Libya: Cluster Munitions Strike Misrata
Government forces loyal to the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, have fired cluster munitions into residential areas in the western city of Misrata, posing a grave risk to civilians.
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New Laws Needed To Protect Social Media
(New York) – The use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter is transforming political activism. In the uprisings spreading across the Middle East and North Africa, the use of social media is spawning more diffuse and dynamic political movements. …Continue Reading
UN rights chief urges probe into Iraq camp deaths
The U.N.’s human rights chief called Friday for an independent probe into the deaths of at least 34 people during last week’s Iraqi military raid on a camp housing Iranian exiles, some of whom she said appeared to have been crushed to death.Continue Reading
Fleeing conflict and finding shelter under the Tunisian desert sun
By Diana Eltahawy, Libya researcher at Amnesty International.
In the last three days, we have been visiting camps erected in the desert near the Libyan-Tunisian border post of Ras Jdir, which now host thousands of people fleeing the ongoing conflict …Continue Reading
Open Letter to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
Dear Major General Marchenko,
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Iraq: Order Independent Probe into Camp Ashraf Violence
Iraq should ensure that a promised investigation into deadly clashes between the Iraqi army and Iranian Mojahedin-e Khalq dissidents at Camp Ashraf be thorough, independent, and transparent.
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Iraq: Order Independent Probe into Camp Ashraf Violence
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In Misratah, a city under siege
By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s crisis researcher.
I reached Misratah today after an 18-hour journey by sea. As we approached the port, it appeared that we might have to turn back because the area near the port was coming under heavy ro…Continue Reading
Relatos desde una ciudad sitiada de Libia
Por Diana Eltahawy, investigadora sobre Libia de Amnistía Internacional
Hace unas 10 semanas me encontraba en Túnez para reunirme con los familiares de personas que habían muerto durante las manifestaciones populares que finalmente condujeron al d…Continue Reading
DR Congo: Establishment of a Specialized Mixed Court for the Prosecution of Serious International Crimes
The representatives of Congolese civil society organizations from the 11 provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and international civil society organizations meeting in Goma from April 6 to 8, 2011, agreed upon the following common positio…Continue Reading
DR Congo: Strengthen Plan for War Crimes Trials
(Kinshasa) – Congo’s government should revise and strengthen proposed legislation for a specialized mixed national/international court to hold perpetrators of serious human rights abuses to account, Human Rights Watch and the Congolese Coalition for Tr…Continue Reading