Israel: Stop Discriminatory Home Demolitions
(Jerusalem) – Israel should immediately cease the discriminatory demolition of homes belonging to Palestinian citizens of Israel, Human Rights Watch said today. Israel should ensure equal treatment in planning and zoning procedures for its non-Jewish c…Continue Reading
Women Protesting in the Middle East
During the weeks of protests that led to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s downfall, you saw Egyptian men and women standing together, side-by-side in the crowds.
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12 rights groups in Syria demand end to emergency
Twelve Syrian human rights organisations called on the government on Tuesday to scrap the state of emergency which has stifled civil society for almost 50 years.Continue Reading
U.S. urges China to halt detention of activists
The United States has urged China to stop what it called the “extralegal” detention and abduction of leading lawyers and human rights activists, the State Department said Tuesday.Continue Reading
Syria releases leading human rights activist
Syria released a leading lawyer and human rights activist who was imprisoned since 2009 for “spreading false information” after giving a television interview that criticized excessive government security and corruption, human rights groups said Tuesday.Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia: Stop Stifling Peaceful Dissent
(Cairo) – Saudi Arabia should rescind its categorical ban on peaceful demonstrations and release the more than 20 protesters detained on March 3, 2011, in the eastern town of Qatif, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Venezuela: Judge Afiuni before the United Nations Human Rights Council
(Geneva) – Human Rights Watch would like to thank the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) for its Opinion 20/2010 on the arbitrary detention of Judge María Lourdes Afiuni of Venezuela.
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Syrian authorities release 80-year-old lawyer and human rights activist
DAMASCUS, Syria – Syrian authorities released a leading lawyer and human rights activist just hours after President Bashar Assad issued an amnesty for older prisoners and others convicted of minor crimes, a human rights group said Tuesday.Continue Reading
Syria releases leading human rights activist
Syrian authorities released a leading lawyer and human rights activist just hours after President Bashar Assad issued an amnesty for older prisoners and others convicted of minor crimes, a human rights group said Tuesday.Continue Reading
Ottawa medical residents file human rights complaint
Three resident doctors at the Ottawa Hospital have filed a human-rights complaint against the University of Ottawa and several officials, alleging they were discriminated against on the basis of their Saudi heritage.Continue Reading
Afghanistan: Stop Women Being Given as Compensation
(New York) – The Afghan government should hold accountable those who seek to impose brutal customary punishments such as baad, where women and girls are given as compensation for crimes, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Top human rights lawyer ‘freed from Syrian jail’
Leading Syrian human rights lawyer Haythem al-Maleh was freed from jail on Tuesday, benefitting from a presidential pardon, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.Continue Reading
Top human rights lawyer ‘freed from Syrian jail’
Leading Syrian human rights lawyer Haythem al-Maleh was freed from jail on Tuesday benefitting from a presidential pardon the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.Continue Reading
Cambodia: Rally Barred on Women’s Day
(New York) – The Cambodian government should reverse its decision to refuse a permit to the Cambodian Women’s Movement Organization (CWMO) for a rally in central Phnom Penh, Human Rights Watch said today. The rally was intended to mark the 100th annive…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch: Impunity in Zimbabwe fueling violence in run-up to elections
JOHANNESBURG – Every day in Zimbabwe, Tendai has to see the people who killed his parents more than two years ago. They live in his neighbourhood and have gone unpunished.Continue Reading