Kazakhstan: Investigate Violence in Oil-Rich Western Region
Kazakhstan’s law enforcement officers should strictly observe human rights norms as they restore order in Zhanaozen, a city in western Kazakhstan.
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Rights groups criticize Sri Lanka war report
International human rights groups criticized a Sri Lankan report Friday on the island’s civil war and called for more accountability after the commission cleared the military of key charges.Continue Reading
Sri Lanka: Report Fails to Advance Accountability
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The report of the Sri Lankan government’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) disregards the worst abuses by government forces, rehashes longstanding recommendation…Continue Reading
China sends campaigning rights lawyer back to jail
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has sent human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng back to jail, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, ending his probation in what was the first official account of his whereabouts in the last year. Gao, however, appears never …Continue Reading
China puts rights lawyer back in jail: Xinhua
Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been sent back to prison after a court ruled he had violated the terms of his probation, the official Xinhua news agency said Friday.Continue Reading
US urges release of Chinese rights lawyer
The United States urged China on Friday to “immediately release” human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng and to clarify his whereabouts, which have been unknown for months.Continue Reading
Russia: Investigate Murder of Dagestan Publisher
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The Russian authorities’ investigation into the murder of a leading independent publisher in Dagestan should be prompt and thorough and should bring those responsible to justice. …Continue Reading
WTO chief, UN human rights expert in food spat
The head of the World Trade Organization and a U.N. food expert have exchanged testy messages in a public spat over how to help feed the world’s poor.Continue Reading
Obama’s Sketchy Defense Alliance
Uzbekistan has become an essential ally, supplying U.S. troops in Afghanistan even as watchdogs allege human-rights abuses. The State Department says it sees ‘no contradiction’ in the relationship.Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia: Save Convicts from Amputation
The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia should void a sentence to amputate the hands and feet of six stateless people convicted of armed robbery, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the Saudi Human Rights Commi…Continue Reading
Argentine judge receives images of 1970s victims
A human rights commission has provided an Argentine judge with photographs showing the bodies of dissidents believed to have been tossed out of airplanes during the country’s military dictatorship in the 1970s.Continue Reading
Argentine judge receives images of 1970s victims
A human rights commission has provided an Argentine judge with photographs showing the bodies of dissidents believed to have been tossed out of airplanes during the country’s military dictatorship in the 1970s.Continue Reading
US Congress: Protect Cuban Americans’ Right to Visit Family
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The US Congress should not approve rules to restrict the right of Cuban Americans to visit relatives on the island.
(Washington, DC) – The US Congress should not…Continue Reading
Bahrain: Independent Commissioners Urge Prisoner Release
The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry, in its recommendation to review convictions of people for exercising their basic rights, intended that the government should free them and void their convictions. …Continue Reading
Afghanistan: Don’t Expand Afghan Local Police
President Barack Obama should halt plans by the US military to expand the Afghan Local Police program until significant reforms are made in training, supervision, and accountability.
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