Indonesia: Press China to Sign ‘Disappearances’ Treaty
(New York) – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia should urge Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to sign the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, Human Rights Watch said today. Wen is scheduled to v…Continue Reading
US, China human rights talks set amid clampdown
US and Chinese officials were set to meet in Beijing on Wednesday for human rights talks against the tense backdrop of a severe crackdown by China’s ruling Communist Party on government critics.Continue Reading
Turkmenistan: Arrests on Eve of EU Parliament Visit
(New York) – Turkmen authorities have detained at least four people since early March, 2011, on what appear to be politically motivated grounds, Human Rights Watch said today. The arrests took place in advance of a key visit by the European Parliament,…Continue Reading
Turkmenistan: Arrests on Eve of EU Parliament Visit
(New York) – Turkmen authorities have detained at least four people since early March, 2011, on what appear to be politically motivated grounds, Human Rights Watch said today. The arrests took place in advance of a key visit by the European Parliament,…Continue Reading
Amid brutal crackdown, Syria poised to join UN Human Rights Council
Massacring dozens of its own citizens one day – elected to the United Nations’ top human rights group the next?Continue Reading
Turkmenistan: Briefing Note for the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee and Central Asia Delegation on Turkmenistan
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Gaza: Suspicious Death in Custody
(Jerusalem) – Hamas authorities in Gaza should order a criminal investigation into the death of a man whose body was returned to his family five days after Hamas security officials arrested him, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Gaza: Suspicious Death in Custody
(Jerusalem) – Hamas authorities in Gaza should order a criminal investigation into the death of a man whose body was returned to his family five days after Hamas security officials arrested him, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Campaign under way to prevent Syria from being elected to UN Human Rights Council
Human rights groups and a growing number of governments are working to prevent Syria from being elected to the U.N.’s top human rights body, as President Bashar Assad’s security forces crack down on pro-democracy protesters.Continue Reading
Campaign to bar Syria from UN human rights body
Human rights groups and a growing number of governments are working to prevent Syria from being elected to the U.N.’s top human rights body, as President Bashar Assad’s security forces crack down on pro-democracy protesters.Continue Reading
China warns US not to interfere on human rights
China warned the United States on Tuesday not to overstep bounds in human rights talks this week that the State Department says will focus on an ongoing dissident crackdown that appears to be Beijing’s most severe in years.Continue Reading
Campaign to bar Syria from UN human rights body
Human rights groups and a growing number of governments are working to prevent Syria from being elected to the U.N.’s top human rights body, as President Bashar Assad’s security forces crack down on pro-democracy protesters.Continue Reading
Australia’s Gillard woos China and presses on human rights
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday pressed China on human rights and North Korea, while seeking to boost trade with her nation’s biggest buyer of coal and iron ore.Continue Reading
Australia’s Gillard woos China and presses on human rights
BEIJING (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday pressed China on human rights and North Korea, while seeking to boost trade with her nation’s biggest buyer of coal and iron ore.Continue Reading
China warns US not to interfere on human rights
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman says Beijing welcomes human rights talks with U.S. officials but warns Washington against interference in domestic affairs.Continue Reading