Egypt: End Use of Live Fire at Peaceful Protests
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Lebanon: Don’t Break with the Special Tribunal
Lebanon’s newly appointed prime minister, Najib Mikati, has remained vague on the key issue facing him if he succeeds in forming the next government.
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Tunisia: Hold Police Accountable for Shootings
(Tunis) – The transitional government of Tunisia should make it an urgent priority to investigate the killings of demonstrators by Tunisian security forces in early January 2011, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Retired military officers denounce ‘harassment’ by human rights investigations
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – A group of retired Uruguayan military officers said that human rights investigations into alleged abuses during the 1973-1985 dictatorship have become harassment and warned they could make their “voice heard.”Continue Reading
France/Ethiopia: Sarkozy Should Highlight Rights Issues on Ethiopia Visit
(Paris) – The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is scheduled to arrive in Addis Ababa on January 30, 2011, for an official visit to Ethiopia. Human rights concerns, including the misuse of development aid to repress dissent, should be high on Sarkozy’…Continue Reading
Leaked diplomatic cables show tensions between US, Egypt on democracy, human rights questions
WASHINGTON – Egyptian leaders had clashed with the United States over human rights and government reforms for years before Friday’s warning that the situation there threatens U.S. aid to the country, according to a series of leaked U.S. diplomatic mess…Continue Reading
Watching a New Beginning in Egypt
Live updates from Egypt >>
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US: Misuse of the Material Witness Statute
Human Rights Watch and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed an amicus brief in the case of Ashcroft v. Al-Kidd before the Supreme Court. The case challenges the US government’s misuse of the material witness statute to investigate…Continue Reading
Egypt: Nationwide Internet Blackout Endangers Rights
(Cairo) – The Egyptian government’s unprecedented blackout of the nation’s internet and most cell phone networks poses a major threat to basic human rights, and should be reversed immediately, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Greece’s Asylum Crisis Can’t Be Fixed without Reforming Dublin Rules
Friday’s (January 21) powerful ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that Greece is not a safe country of asylum should come as no surprise to immigration ministers in the EU.
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Egypt: Demonstrators Defy Riot Police, Censorship
(Cairo) – Thousands of protesters in Cairo and Alexandria defied a heavy deployment of riot police and other security forces and government warnings not to participate in demonstrations on January 28, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. The government…Continue Reading
Egypt: The View From Liberation Square
(Cairo) – As students our dream was to demonstrate in Tahrir (Liberation) Square in the center of the city, the site of the 1977 bread riots that brought political consciousness to the human rights movement in Egypt.
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Pakistan: A Year of Abuses
Ali Dayan Hasan, Senior Asia Researcher at Human Rights Watch, spoke with Raza Rumi of The Friday Times about the state of human rights in Pakistan.
What have been the key findings of the 2011 World Report with respect to Pakistan?
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‘Leadership deficit’ debated at Davos
Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty questions the credibility of world leaders during the BBC World debate from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.