Sudan: Rights Record Deteriorates With New Conflicts
Sudan’s human rights record deteriorated in 2011 with the eruption of new armed conflicts and crackdowns on students, rights advocates, and the media, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report …Continue Reading
Turkey: Credibility Depends on Rights at Home
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Turkey’s international credibility as a rising regional power will be compromised as long as it imprisons journalists, Kurdish political activists, and other government critics. …Continue Reading
Bahrain: Widespread Crackdown; Systematic Abuse
Bahrain’s government should address serious and systematic abuses that officials and members of its security forces committed during a widespread crackdown on anti-government protests, according to the Human…Continue Reading
Azerbaijan: Rights Abuse Stains International Standing
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Azerbaijan’s human rights record deteriorated in 2011 as the government cracked down on all forms of protests even as it sought to enhance its international prestige, Human Rights Watc…Continue Reading
Libya: Lagging Effort to Build Justice System
Libya’s interim government and its international supporters should make it an urgent priority to build a functioning justice system and begin legal reform that protects human rights after Muammar Gaddafi, ac…Continue Reading
Iran: Authorities Defiant on Rights Record
Iranian authorities in 2011 carried out more than 600 executions and imprisoned more journalists and bloggers than any other country, according to the Human Rights Watch World Report 2012 Iran chapter. …Continue Reading
US rights group says Iraq becoming 'police state'
An international human rights group says Iraq's Shiite-led government has cracked down harshly on dissent during the past year of Arab Spring uprisings, turning the country into a "budding police state" as autocratic regimes crumbled else…Continue Reading
Vietnam needs 'rights progress' for US weapons
The United States will not sell lethal weapons to Vietnam until it reverses the "backward movement" in its human rights situation, US Senators including John McCain said Saturday.Continue Reading
Vietnam needs 'rights progress' for US weapons
The United States will not sell lethal weapons to Vietnam until it reverses the "backward movement" in its human rights situation, US Senators including John McCain said Saturday.Continue Reading
Human rights tribunal to examine city restrictions on group homes
TORONTO – Ontario's human rights tribunal will weigh a challenge to Toronto's zoning rules that experts say could affect how municipalities across the country integrate housing for people with mental illness or disabilities.Continue Reading
The heartbreaking facts about women denied safe abortions
By Esther Major, Central America researcher at Amnesty International.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has just published the results of an extensive study of induced abortion. Its findings confirm that thousands of women and girls around the wor…Continue Reading
Cuba: Dissident’s Death Highlights Repressive Tactics
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The death of the 31-year-old dissident Wilman Villar Mendoza on January 19, 2012 following a 50-day hunger strike highlights the ongoing repression in Cuba. The Cuban government should i…Continue Reading
UN 'disturbed' by jailing of China activist
The UN rights agency on Friday urged China to halt its "severe suppression" of dissent following the jailing of democracy activist Li Tie.Continue Reading
Yemen immunity law partially protects Saleh aides
SANAA (Reuters) – A Yemeni draft law granting immunity to outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh over the killing of protesters will protect his aides only from "politically motivated" crimes, a copy of the bill obtained by Reuters showed on F…Continue Reading
Arab League: Report Publicly on Syria Mission
The Arab League should publicly release its Syria monitoring mission’s final report in full and urge the United Nations Security Council to impose targeted sanctions to halt the ongoing killings. They will meet …Continue Reading