Kuwait: Dozens Injured, Arrested in Bidun Crackdown
(New York) – Hundreds of stateless residents of Kuwait took to the streets on February 18, 2011, to demand their rights, with dozens seeking treatment for injuries in local hospitals and dozens more detained by state security, Human Rights Watch said t…Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia: Free Political Activists
(New York) – Saudi authorities should immediately release five men who sought official recognition in early February of what would be the country’s first political party, Human Rights Watch said today. The five appear to have been detained solely for t…Continue Reading
Dozens more killed in east Libya: Human Rights Watch
Libyan security forces killed 35 people in the eastern city of Benghazi late on Friday, Human Rights Watch said, adding to dozens already killed in the worst unrest of Muammar Gaddafi’s four decades in power.Continue Reading
Dozens more killed in east Libya: Human Rights Watch
Libyan security forces killed 35 people in the eastern city of Benghazi late on Friday, Human Rights Watch cited hospital sources as saying, in the worst unrest of Muammar Gaddafi’s four decades in power.Continue Reading
Dozens more killed in east Libya: Human Rights Watch
Libyan security forces killed 35 people in the eastern city of Benghazi late on Friday, Human Rights Watch cited hospital sources as saying, in the worst unrest of Muammar Gaddafi’s four decades in power.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch: 84 killed in 3 days of Libya protests
CAIRO – Libyan security forces have killed 84 people in a harsh crackdown on three days of protests, said the New York-based Human Rights Watch, even as the government shut off Internet in the North African country early on Saturday.Continue Reading
Dozens more killed in east Libya: Human Rights Watch
Libyan security forces killed 35 people in the eastern city of Benghazi late on Friday, Human Rights Watch cited witnesses and hospital sources as saying, in the worst unrest of Muammar Gaddafi’s four decades in power.Continue Reading
Libya: Security Forces Kill 84 Over Three Days
(New York) – Government security forces have killed at least 84 people in three days of protests in several cities in Libya, Human Rights Watch said today, based on telephone interviews with local hospital staff and witnesses.
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Shawan Jabarin Critic Responds to Human Rights Watch
The debate over Shawan Jabarin continues: This week Harold Evans reported on criticism of Jabarin’s appointment to the Human Rights Watch advisory board on the Middle East. Critics cite the finding by Israel’s supreme court that Jabarin leads a doubl…Continue Reading
Bahrain: Allow Medical Care, Investigate Attacks on Medics
(Manama) – Bahraini authorities need to ensure that people wounded by riot police have unfettered access to medical assistance, and that medical personnel can carry out their responsibilities without threat of police interference, Human Rights Watch sa…Continue Reading
Yemen: End Deadly Attacks on Protesters
(New York) – President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen should immediately halt attacks by security forces on peaceful protesters and journalists and order an investigation into the deaths of at least six protesters since February 16, 2011, Human Rights Wat…Continue Reading
Human rights official says Cuba detained mother of dissident who died in 2010 hunger strike
HAVANA – The mother of a Cuban dissident who died last year after a long hunger strike has been detained by police, just days before the anniversary of her son’s death, a prominent human rights worker said Friday.Continue Reading
Amnesty says 46 killed by Libyan security forces
Human rights group Amnesty International said on Friday its sources had said Libyan security forces had shot dead at least 46 people in the past three days.Continue Reading
Hungary: Ruling on Gay March a Human Rights Victory
(New York) – The Budapest Metropolitan Court’s decision on February 18, 2011, to allow an extended route for a gay pride march was an important victory for freedom of assembly in Hungary, Human Rights Watch said today. The Budapest police had denied pe…Continue Reading
Israel: US Veto on Settlements Undermines International Law
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