Futuristic Facebook Game Depicts a Divided States of America and Challenges Players to Change the Future
Breakthrough, a global human rights organization, announces the launch of the groundbreaking Facebook-based game “America 2049” , in which players actively explore how the choices and challenges Americans now face will shape the future of the country, …Continue Reading
Mark Hiznay Delivers Statement on Universalization of CCW Amended Protocol II on Mines, Booby-Traps, and Other Devices
Thank you Chairperson,
Today is the international Mine Awareness and Mine Action day, but new unsettling developments mark a disturbing way to commemorate it.
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Mark Hiznay Delivers Statement on Universalization of CCW Amended Protocol II on Mines, Booby-Traps, and Other Devices
Thank you Chairperson,
Today is the international Mine Awareness and Mine Action day, but new unsettling developments mark a disturbing way to commemorate it.
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UN: Judge hasn’t asked Gaza report to be nixed
The U.N.’s top human rights body says it is standing by a report about Israel’s 2009 incursion into Gaza even though the lead author has backtracked from some of the report’s most damning allegations against Israel.Continue Reading
Uzbekistan Can’t Muzzle the Messenger
(New York) – I should be writing this from Tashkent, where for 15 years Human Rights Watch has maintained a field office. Until last month.
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Mexico: Investigate Enforced Disappearances in Ciudad Juarez
(Washington, DC) – Mexico’s federal authorities should immediately take over the investigation into the possible enforced disappearance by municipal police of four civilians in Ciudad Juarez, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Libia: Vivir con miedo y atrapados entre dos fuegos
Por Donatella Rovera, investigadora de Amnistía Internacional sobre la crisis
1 de abril de 2011, Ajdabiya
Ajdabiya, ciudad de más de 100.000 habitantes, ha quedado nuevo vacía de sus residentes. Ayer, incluso los pocos residentes que habían come…Continue Reading
Serbia-Kosovo Talks Must Not Forget the Roma
Officials from Serbia and Kosovo met in Brussels last week for a second round of negotiations aimed at establishing a formal relationship. Because of the potential for the talks to be politically fraught, negotiators have agreed to limit themselves to …Continue Reading
Singapore UPR Submission Addendum
Although Singapore’s constitution guarantees rights to free expression, peaceful assembly, and association, these rights are severely restricted in practice.
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Côte d’Ivoire: Ouattara Should Act to Control Troops
(Dakar) – Alassane Ouattara should take concrete measures to ensure that troops under his command fighting in Côte d’Ivoire’s commercial capital, Abidjan, do not commit reprisals or other abuses against civilians or supporters of Laurent Gbagbo, Human…Continue Reading
Vietnam: Release Prominent Legal Activist
(Bangkok) – Vietnam should immediately release the human rights and environmental defender Cu Huy Ha Vu, Human Rights Watch said today. Dr. Vu was arrested on November 5, 2010, and is being prosecuted under article 88 of the penal code for "propag…Continue Reading
Somalia throws out two UN rights officials
Somalia’s transitional government on Saturday banned from the country two officials working with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the foreign ministry said.Continue Reading
Returning to Tyranny
Eight years have passed since the United States-led invasion ended Saddam Hussein’s totalitarian reign and promised Iraq a democratically elected alternative respectful of its citizens’ rights.
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Mindanao politicians, their private armies tagged top rights abusers
Cotabato City (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) – A top human rights official said abuses by powerful political clans in the Philippines’ Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) are keeping the region’s human rights record dismal.Continue Reading
Reproductive myths, dangerous half-truths, and facts
Throughout the Philippines in March there have been vibrant marches and celebrations for National Women’s Month. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has also joined in with marches and protests of its own, but unfortunately these are to…Continue Reading