Turkey: Elevate Rights to Match Foreign Policy Ambitions
(Istanbul) – Turkey restricted free speech and failed to advance minority rights during 2010, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2011.
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World Report: Governments Soft-Talking Abusers
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Balkans: Greater Commitment Needed on Rights
(Brussels) – Efforts toward European integration for the Western Balkans are hampered by persistent human rights problems, Human Rights Watch said today.
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FEATURE-Haiti’s "Baby Doc" is back: but for love or money?
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Pressure grows for end to Myanmar sanctions
Calls are growing for an end to Western sanctions against Myanmar, but experts say a shift in policy is unlikely without progress on human rights and the support of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.Continue Reading
Support U.N. Settlement Resolution
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Mr. President and Madam Secretary,
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Letter to the Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health
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Chairpersons President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and Prime Minister Stephen Harper,
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UN urges probes into abuse of migrants in Mexico
The U.N.’s top human rights official urged Mexico on Friday to investigate possible abuses and complicity by officials in kidnappings and extortion involving 40 Central American migrants.Continue Reading
Afghanistan: Who Benefits from Taliban Revisionism?
Farooq Wardmak, the Afghan education minister and a key ally of President Hamid Karzai, claims that the Taliban leadership no longer opposes education for girls.read moreContinue Reading
Colombia: Letter to Vice-President Angelino Garzón
Dear Vice-President Garzón,
In anticipation of your upcoming visit to Washington, I am writing to bring to your attention pressing human rights issues facing Colombia. We look forward to discussing these issues and to building on the constructive dia…Continue Reading
Lawmakers press China’s Hu on North Korea, rights
Lawmakers pressed Chinese President Hu Jintao on North Korea and human rights on Thursday, while Vice President Joe Biden said the Chinese understand they must work on the currency dispute that is a major irritant between the world’s top two economies.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Launches iPad App
(New York) – Human Rights Watch is launching a new application for Apple’s iPad on January 20, 2011, making it a pioneer among human rights groups in offering its reports, articles, videos, and photographs through an iPad app. Users can download the ap…Continue Reading
Letter to Croatian Prime Minister Ms. Kosor Regarding a Master Plan for Deinstitutionalization of Persons with Disabilities
Dear Prime Minister Kosor,
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US lawmakers raise human rights concerns with Hu
U.S. lawmakers say they complained about human rights abuses in China as they met Thursday with President Hu Jintao, a day after the communist leader conceded that his country needed to improve its rights record.Continue Reading