What Women Want
In May, the ministry of information and broadcasting banned some television commercials for men’s deodorants claiming it wanted to curb ads “aimed at tickling the libidinous male instincts” and portraying women “a…Continue Reading
Kenya: Provide Land for New Refugee Camps
The Kenyan government should urgently provide land for new refugee camps in response to the humanitarian crisis in existing camps near its border with Somalia. Kenya should also allow recently arrived Somalis flee…Continue Reading
Visiting brave girls and women survivors of sexual violence in Nicaragua
By Jeremy Bloom and Vittorio Infante from the Central American team,
In Leon, a department in northwest Nicaragua, we visited the Centro Mary Barreda. Here they do amazing work supporting and protecting girls and women survivors of sexual violence an…Continue Reading
Indonesia: Verdicts a Setback for Religious Freedom
The light sentences imposed on Islamist militants for a deadly attack on a religious minority in Indonesia reflect the authorities’ weak efforts to prosecute the case.
(Jakarta) – The li…Continue Reading
Pakistan: Security Forces ‘Disappear’ Opponents in Balochistan
Pakistan’s government should immediately end widespread disappearances of suspected militants and activists by the military, intelligence agencies, and the paramilitary Frontier Corps in the southwestern province …Continue Reading
Uganda: End Trials of Civilians in Military Courts
The Ugandan government should stop prosecuting civilians in unfair military courts, effective immediately, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Military and civilian prosecutors should work together…Continue Reading
Pakistan: Prominent Rights Advocate to Lead Supreme Court Bar
The election of a prominent human rights activist to the presidency of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan is a victory for human rights in Pakistan and for the country’s transition to genuine civilian…Continue Reading
Pakistan: Prominent Rights Advocate to Lead Supreme Court Bar
The election of a prominent human rights activist to the presidency of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan is a victory for human rights in Pakistan and for the country’s transition to genuine civilian…Continue Reading
UN/Sudan: Southern Kordofan Needs International Monitors
The United Nations Security Council should take immediate steps to ensure international monitoring in Southern Kordofan, where reports of massive human rights violations by Sudanese forces have emerged. Council me…Continue Reading
UN/Sudan: Southern Kordofan Needs International Monitors
The United Nations Security Council should take immediate steps to ensure international monitoring in Southern Kordofan, where reports of massive human rights violations by Sudanese forces have emerged. Council me…Continue Reading
UN/Sudan: Southern Kordofan Needs International Monitors
(Juba) – The United Nations Security Council should take immediate steps to ensure international monitoring in Southern Kordofan, where reports of massive human rights violations by Sudanese forces have emerged, Human Rights Watch said today.
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US pledges to press rights with Russia
The United States said Wednesday it will keep pressing Russia on human rights but hoped to maintain cooperation after Moscow responded angrily to a ban on officials linked to a lawyer’s death.Continue Reading
HRW urges fairness in Bangladesh mutiny trial
A human rights group expressed concerned about group indictments and trials of hundreds of border guards accused in a bloody 2009 mutiny and urged Bangladesh to ensure international standards for fair trials were followed.Continue Reading
Syrian tanks assault town, kill 8 civilians: human rights group
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian troops and security forces backed by tanks killed eight civilians on Wednesday when they stormed a town near Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for human rights said, in the latest crackdown on protests against President Bashar a…Continue Reading
Letter to the Prosecutor of the Moscow District Anikin A.A. re: violence in the Khimki forest of Moscow
Dear Alexander Alexandrovich,
I am writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch to ask that your respective offices conduct effective investigations into a series of violent attacks against individuals protesting the construction of a highway between Moscow…Continue Reading