Yemen: Bring Attackers on Rights Group’s Guard to Justice
(New York) – The Yemeni government should bring to justice the armed men who attacked a guard providing security at a local human rights organization, Human Rights Watch said today.
The attack raised broader concerns for the security of human right…Continue Reading
Côte d’Ivoire: Leaders Should Prevent Abuses by Their Forces
(Dakar) – Leaders from both sides of the worsening political crisis in Côte d’Ivoire should take all necessary steps to prevent abuses by their forces, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Zimbabwe: Free Activists Charged for Viewing Mideast Video
(Johannesburg) – Authorities controlled by the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), the dominant party in Zimbabwe’s power-sharing government, should drop politically motivated charges and release activists arrested for viewing a…Continue Reading
Malaysia: Allow Anti-Racism March
(New York) – Malaysia’s home affairs minister should overturn a decision by local police to deny a permit for the Solidarity March Against Racism sponsored by two ethnic Indian rights groups, Human Rights Watch said today. On February 24, 2011, the Dan…Continue Reading
Iraq: Police Allow Gangs to Attack Protesters
(New York) – Iraqi police allowed dozens of assailants to beat and stab peaceful protesters in Baghdad on February 21, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Security forces have an obligation to protect the right to assemble peacefully and to use only t…Continue Reading
Indonesia: For Ahmadiyah, the Official Line Kills
Militant Islamist groups clearly feel emboldened by the police’s failure to respond to attacks against religious minorities. This effective impunity, combined with the government’s support for an anti-Ahmadiya…Continue Reading
Indonesia: For Ahmadiyah, the Official Line Kills
Last July, violence erupted when municipal police and hundreds of people organized by militant Islamist groups tried to break into an Ahmadiyah mosque in Manis Lor village, West Java.
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Civil Society: UN General Assembly should suspend Libya’s UN Human Rights Council membership
As nongovernmental organizations from all regions of the world working in the field of human rights, we call upon the United Nations General Assembly to immediately suspend the rights of membership of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya…Continue Reading
US steps up pressure on Kadhafi
The United States Thursday called on the UN Human Rights Council to dump Libya and consulted key allies on imposing sanctions, accelerating the international drive to halt Moamer Kadhafi’s brutal protest crackdown.Continue Reading
U.S. lobbies for UN rights sleuth on Iran-diplomats
The United States is quietly lobbying to establish a United Nations special investigator on human rights abuses in Iran, for the first time in a decade, diplomats and activists said Thursday.Continue Reading
Envoys seek UN rights probe into violence in Libya
Diplomats will be pressing Friday for a human rights investigation into Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s violent crackdown on protesters and for the suspension of Libya from the U.N.’s top human rights body.Continue Reading
Envoys seek UN rights probe into violence in Libya
Diplomats will be pressing Friday for a human rights investigation into Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s violent crackdown on protesters and for the suspension of Libya from the U.N.’s top human rights body.Continue Reading
US: Congress Should Repeal Defense of Marriage Act
(New York) – President Barack Obama’s decision to contest the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is an important and welcome step on the path to repealing this discriminatory law, Human Rights Watch said today.
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French rights boss says up to 2000 dead in Libya
France’s top human rights official said on Thursday there was evidence to suggest Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had committed crimes against humanity and that up to 2000 people had been killed in the revolt against him.Continue Reading