Iran: Stop Attacks on Peaceful Demonstrators
(New York) – Iranian security forces should stop using teargas and batons to disperse peaceful crowds gathered in support of the popular movements in Egypt and Tunisia, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should also release opposition leade…Continue Reading
Thailand: Southern Insurgents Should Stop Attacking Civilians
(New York) – Separatist insurgents in Thailand’s southern border provinces should immediately end attacks on civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. Since January 2011, insurgent groups have carried out a wave of bombings, in violation of the laws of…Continue Reading
Cambodia: Ensure Montagnards’ Asylum Rights
(New York, February 14, 2010) – Cambodia should provide safe asylum for Montagnards fleeing Vietnam’s Central Highlands even after it closes the United Nation’s refugee center in Phnom Penh for Montagnards on February 15, 2011, Human Rights Watch said …Continue Reading
Yemen: Security Forces Assaulting Activists
(Sanaa) – Yemen’s security forces attacked demonstrators, activists, lawyers, and journalists in Sanaa, the capital, on February 14, 2011, apparently without justification, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Restoring Protection for LGBT People against Extrajudicial Executions
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Fighting Extreme Sentencing for Child Offenders
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Afghan government’s takeover of women’s shelters adds insult to injury
By Horia Mosadiq, Amnesty International’s Afghanistan Researcher.
The recent move by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Women Affairs (MoWA) to take control of women’s shelters is deeply worrying. I have spoken to NGO workers who run these shelter…Continue Reading
Police halt protest in Malawi over fuel shortages
Human rights activists say Malawian police stopped thousands of protesters from marching in the capital to protest ongoing fuel shortages.Continue Reading
New BSR Report Helps Companies Protect Human Rights in the Digital Age
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — BSR today published “Protecting Human Rights in the Digital Age,” a new report describing the evolving freedom of expression and privacy risks faced by information and communications technology (I…Continue Reading
US: Public Officials Should Reject Discrimination
Many Muslims and undocumented immigrants in the United States face hostility, fear, and resentment. Whether expressed elegantly or with vitriol, in plain words or in code, there are daily expressions of intoleranc…Continue Reading
US: Public Officials Should Reject Discrimination
Many Muslims and undocumented immigrants in the United States face hostility, fear, and resentment. Whether expressed elegantly or with vitriol, in plain words or in code, there are daily expressions of intoleranc…Continue Reading
Letter to Mr. Zocchetto, Senator, and Rapporteur for the French Senate Law Commission on the Bill to Reform Police Custody
Dear Mr. Zocchetto,
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Syrian blogger gets five years’ jail: rights group
NICOSIA (AFP) – Syrian woman blogger Tal al-Mallouhi has been sentenced to five years in prison by a state security court, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement on Monday.Continue Reading
The new face of Egypt
By the Amnesty International team in Cairo
Describing in words the atmosphere in Tahrir Square on the evening of Hosni Mubarak’s resignation after 30 years in power would never do it justice.
It was a bit like Cairo itself – you cannot unders…Continue Reading