Americans Value Moms, But Policies Don’t
American moms will be getting generous gifts on Mother’s Day: the National Retail Federation estimates that in 2011 the average American will spend $141 on Mother’s Day gifts, with total spending of about $16.3 billion.
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Bahrain’s Medics are the Targets of Retribution
At about 11pm on 2 May, Bahrain’s criminal investigations directorate summoned Dr Nedhal al-Khalifa, a 42-year-old dermatologist. Her father dropped her off at their headquarters at the ministry of interior at about midnight. Her family, including her …Continue Reading
China frees rights lawyer but another disappears
Chinese human rights lawyer Li Fangping said Thursday he was home after disappearing for five days, but the wife of another attorney said her husband had vanished amid a tough crackdown on dissent.Continue Reading
China frees rights lawyer but another disappears
Chinese human rights lawyer Li Fangping said Thursday he was home after disappearing for five days, but the wife of another attorney said her husband had vanished amid a tough crackdown on dissent.Continue Reading
Killing of Osama bin Laden
Some media reports have erroneously suggested that Human Rights Watch has condemned the killing of Osama bin Laden. Human Rights Watch has said that we do not have enough information about the killing to draw …Continue Reading
Killing of Osama bin Laden
Some media reports have erroneously suggested that Human Rights Watch has condemned the killing of Osama bin Laden. Human Rights Watch has said that we do not have enough information about the killing to draw …Continue Reading
Azerbaijan: Government Stifling Critics
(New York) – Azerbaijani courts sentenced an opposition social media activist to two-and-a-half years in prison on bogus drug possession charges on May 4, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. In addition, a court ordered the detention of a human rights…Continue Reading
Bahrain: Arbitrary Arrests Escalate
Security forces arrested two former members of parliament from Bahrain’s largest opposition group. The arrests were the first targeting elected representatives of the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, which won t…Continue Reading
Bahrain: Arbitrary Arrests Escalate
Security forces arrested two former members of parliament from Bahrain’s largest opposition group. The arrests were the first targeting elected representatives of the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, which won t…Continue Reading
Activists claim 3 Belarusian human rights defenders arrested in raid
MINSK, Belarus – Human rights defenders in Belarus say police burst into an apartment where activists were preparing to present a report and arrested three people.Continue Reading
Groups fear Khmer Rouge tribunal may halt trials
Legal and human rights groups say they fear Cambodia’s U.N.- backed genocide tribunal will shut its doors prematurely without prosecuting former second-tier Khmer Rouge officials accused of atrocities.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Wins 3 Webby Awards
Human Rights Watch has won three prestigious Webby Awards for its video and multimedia work, drawing attention to human rights crises in Colombia and Congo. The winning projects tell the stories of brave human rig…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Wins 3 Webby Awards
Human Rights Watch has won three prestigious Webby Awards for its video and multimedia work, drawing attention to human rights crises in Colombia and Congo. The winning projects tell the stories of brave human rig…Continue Reading
Singapore: UN Rights Body Should Press for Fundamental Freedoms
(Geneva) – United Nations member states should denounce Singapore’s severe restrictions on freedom of expression, association, and assembly during the country’s first-ever Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Human Rights Watch said today. The review, at t…Continue Reading
Dying to leave Libya
A man named Mohammed posted this plea on the Migrants at Sea website three days after a rickety boat capsized on 6 April in rough seas just 39 miles from Lampedusa: "i wont to know if my brother is there with the eritreans died in the sea his name…Continue Reading