Nepal: No Justice for Gang-Rape Victim
Nepali authorities should immediately investigate and prosecute the September 2010 gang rape, physical assault, and forced displacement of 30-year-old Gauri Yadav in Siraha district, Human Rights Watch said today. To date, Nepali police have failed to …Continue Reading
Uzbekistan shuts down Human Rights Watch’s office amid mounting harassment of activists
ALMATY, Kazakhstan – Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that it has been forced to close its office in Uzbekistan after facing years of harassment by the Central Asian nation’s authorities.Continue Reading
Indonesia urged to axe minister for discrimination
Human rights activists urged Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday to sack his religious affairs minister and to lift a ban on a minority Islamic group practising in public.Continue Reading
Rights body closes Uzbek office after government pressure
ALMATY (Reuters) – Uzbekistan has forced Human Rights Watch to shut down its local office, the group said on Tuesday, calling for tougher U.S. and European Union policies towards the authoritarian Central Asian state.Continue Reading
Rights body closes Uzbek office after government pressure
ALMATY (Reuters) – Uzbekistan has forced Human Rights Watch to shut down its local office, the group said on Tuesday, calling for tougher U.S. and European Union policies towards the authoritarian Central Asian state.Continue Reading
Rights body closes Uzbek office after government pressure
Uzbekistan has forced Human Rights Watch to shut down its local office the group said on Tuesday calling for tougher U.S. and European Union policies towards the authoritarian Central Asian state.Continue Reading
Malaysia broke human rights pledges, says watchdog report
KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 — Malaysia failed to live up to the human rights standards it had committed to in 2006 in its pre-election pledge to the United Nations Human Rights Council (Council), a Commonwealth human rights watchdog said yesterday.Continue Reading
UN-appointed human rights official warns Abyei violence may derail Sudan talks
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Violence in a contested area of Sudan may derail the country’s peace efforts, a U.N.-appointed human rights expert warned Monday.Continue Reading
A Decade on, Progress on Same-Sex Marriages
(New York) – Ten countries on three continents have legalized same-sex marriage in the past decade, but discrimination persists, even in those countries, Human Rights Watch said today. The first same-sex marriages took place in the Netherlands on April…Continue Reading
North Korea: Human Rights Watch Oral Statement to Extend the Special Rapporteur’s Mandate
Mr. President, we would like to thank the Special Rapporteur for his report on the DPRK and call for the extension of the mandate.
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Azerbaijan: Dozens of Peaceful Protesters Convicted
(Baku) – Azerbaijani courts have sentenced at least 30 people who took part in peaceful protests to between 5 and 8 days in prison in late night trials that were closed to the public, Human Rights Watch said today. The rallies on March 11 and 12, 2011,…Continue Reading
Male Domination in Egypt is Only Half a Revolution
The announcement during the protests of a civil society initiative to form a Committee of Wise Men confirmed the likelihood that women could be pushed to the sidelines again. A committee whose very name excludes women should have no place in this proce…Continue Reading
DR Congo: Amend Draft Specialized Chamber Legislation to Ensure Meaningful Accountability
Dear Minister Luzolo,
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16th Session of the UN Human Rights Council – Follow-up to the 15th Special Session on the Situation of Human Rights in Libya
Human Rights Watch welcomes the appointment of three high-level experts to the Commission of Inquiry for Libya and urges them to begin their investigations. Serious human rights violations are being committed in Libya, and they threaten to get much wo…Continue Reading