A Dictatorship Defaults
Among the Middle East’s authoritarian leaders, there’s a mantra: economic development takes precedence over civil freedoms and human rights. Things such as free speech, assembly, association and competitive elections – these will only lead to instabili…Continue Reading
Bush’s Swiss visit off after complaints on torture
GENEVA (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George W. Bush, under fire from human rights group over allegations of ordering torture, has cancelled a visit to Switzerland where he was to address a Jewish charity gala.Continue Reading
Bush’s Swiss visit off after complaints on torture
Former U.S. President George W. Bush under fire from human rights group over allegations of ordering torture has cancelled a visit to Switzerland where he was to address a Jewish charity gala.Continue Reading
Bush’s Swiss visit off after complaints on torture
Former U.S. President George W. Bush, under fire from human rights group over allegations of ordering torture, has canceled a visit to Switzerland where he was to address a Jewish charity gala.Continue Reading
Egypt: Foreign Rights Activists Freed; Egyptian Activists Still Held
(New York, February 4, 2011) – Egyptian authorities on February 4, 2011, released researchers from Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International and two foreign journalists, but should immediately free Egyptian colleagues who are still detained, Human R…Continue Reading
Human rights group urges US to stop deportations of the sick to Haiti
MIAMI – The United States should stop deporting Haitians who are seriously ill or who have family members in America, a human rights group said Friday.Continue Reading
Human rights group urges US to stop deportations of the sick to Haiti
MIAMI – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is urging the United States to stop deporting Haitians who are seriously ill or who have family members in this country.Continue Reading
Syria urged to respect right to protest
Human Rights Watch on Friday called for the Syrian authorities to “respect” the right of its people to protest, amid online calls for large demonstrations.Continue Reading
Syria: Free Elderly Activist Who Called for Protests
(New York) – Syrian authorities should immediately free Ghassan al-Najjar, leader of a small group called the Islamic Democratic Current, Human Rights Watch said today. Security services arrested him at his home on the morning of February 4, 2011, and …Continue Reading
What Mubarak Must Do Before He Resigns
Mr. Baghat has worked in coordination with Human Rights Watch and was a recipient of HRW’s 2010 Human Rights Defenders Award. He is not an HRW employee.
Published in the Washington Post
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UN rights chief to visit Israel, Palestinian territories
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories, including Gaza, starting on Sunday where she will meet leaders from both sides, her office announced.Continue Reading
Egypt: Release Detained Activists, Journalists
(London) – The Egyptian authorities should immediately reveal the whereabouts of Egyptian and international human rights activists, lawyers, and journalists arrested during a raid on the Hisham Mubarak Law Center in Cairo on the afternoon of February 3…Continue Reading
Tunisia: Prison Visit Ends 20-Year Ban
(Tunis) – Tunisia’s interim government should ease overcrowding and reverse a policy imposed more than 15 years ago to deny inmates facing the death penalty any contact with their families, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch made the req…Continue Reading
UN rights chief to visit Israel, Palestinian areas
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories, including Gaza, starting on Sunday where she will meet leaders from both sides, her office announced.Continue Reading
Pakistan’s deadly blasphemy-seeking vigilantes
The blasphemy laws that led to the murder of Salmaan Taseer are as serious a threat as the Taliban
by Mustafa Qadri, Amnesty International’s Pakistan researcher. (First published in the Guardian, Thursday 3 February 2011)
The murder of Punjab…Continue Reading