Letter to President Obama regarding US implementation of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008
Dear President Obama,
We are writing regarding US implementation of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, and specifically, the failure of your administration to fulfill its pledge to secure concrete progress by the governments of Chad, the Democ…Continue Reading
US: Pressure Allies to End Child Soldier Use
(Washington, DC) – The Obama administration should make good on its pledge to work with recipients of US military assistance to end their use of child soldiers, four leading human rights and humanitarian organizations said in a letter to President Bara…Continue Reading
Israel/Gaza: Protect Civilians From Attack
(Jerusalem) – The escalation of fighting between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza should not come at the expense of civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. Attacks since April 7, 2011, by Hamas and Israeli forces appear to have targeted ci…Continue Reading
U.N. names Ivory Coast human rights investigators
The United Nations on Tuesday named the experts who will investigate allegations of human rights abuses in Ivory Coast a day after the capture of Laurent Gbagbo whose refusal to quit as president triggered conflict.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Owes Israel an Apology
In the wake of Judge Richard Goldstone’s landmark op-ed in The Washington Post, Stuart Robinowitz says Human Rights Watch should issue a mea culpa for its allegations that Israel committed war crimes in the deaths of civilians in Gaza—and return to…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Defends Work on Israel
In a letter to The Daily Beast, Human Rights Watch responds to Stuart Robinowitz’s allegations that the organization is hostile to Israel and falsely accused the country of committing war crimes in the deaths of civilians in Gaza. HRW’s Iain Levine…Continue Reading
Human rights sore spot for Peru runoff candidates
Peru found itself on Monday facing the very scenario many Peruvians dreaded: The two presidential candidates whose democratic credentials are most questioned — the daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori and leftist military man Ollanta …Continue Reading
Egypt: Blogger’s 3-Year Sentence a Blow to Free Speech
(New York) – The military court’s sentencing of the blogger Maikel Nabil to three years in prison is a serious setback to freedom of expression in post-Mubarak Egypt, Human Rights Watch said today. The ruling comes at a time when the Egyptian military …Continue Reading
Human rights sore spot for Peru runoff candidates
Peru found itself on Monday facing the very scenario many Peruvians dreaded: The two presidential candidates whose democratic credentials are most questioned — the daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori and leftist military man Ollanta …Continue Reading
Back Human Rights in Bahrain
The United States has struggled to balance human rights principles and strategic concerns in responding to protests across the Middle East, from Tunisia to Iran. Too often, it has been behind the curve.
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7,500 Words by the Chinese Government on U.S. Human Rights Abuses
The Chinese government is not fond of criticism. Sometimes they lock the critics up (see: Ai Weiwei). They can’t do that with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, though. Thus, apparently in response to a Clinton’s speech and the U.S. State Department’s…Continue Reading
Bahrain: Drop Charges Against Editor of Independent Daily
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Russia raps U.S. state dept human rights report
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday that last week’s U.S. State Department report, criticizing Moscow’s human rights record, reflected double standards and was politicized.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Statement on the Apprehension of Laurent Gbagbo
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