Israel: New Peak in Arbitrary Razing of Palestinian Homes
(Jerusalem) – The Israeli government should immediately stop the arbitrary destruction of Palestinian homes and other property in the West Bank and compensate the people it has displaced, Human Rights Watch said today.
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A Trial Within A Trial
Last week at Guantanamo, while much of the media’s attention was focused on the trial of Canadian Omar Khadr, two other less-noticed trials were also underway, both of them for
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Cameroon: Decriminalize Same-Sex Acts
(New York) – Cameroon should decriminalize consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex, Human Rights Watch and Alternatives-Cameroun said today.
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Venezuela: End Harassment Campaign Against Human Rights Defender
Bernardo Álvarez Herrera
Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United States
Dear Ambassador Álvarez,
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US: A Long Way to Go
President Barack Obama recently signed into law legislation that will greatly reduce federal sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine offenses.
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Israel: Stop Demolishing Bedouin Homes
(Jerusalem) – The Israeli government should immediately stop demolishing the homes of Bedouin citizens in the Negev desert in southern Israel and should compensate those displaced and allow them to return to their village pending a final agreement that…Continue Reading
UK Should Not Put Trade with Sudan Ahead of Human Rights
The new UK government has made it clear that an important priority of its foreign policy will be to promote British trade and investment abroad.
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Mexico: Landmark Adoption Ruling for Same-Sex Couples
(New York) – The landmark ruling on August 16, 2010, by Mexico’s Supreme Court recognizing the right of same-sex couples to adopt children in Mexico City upholds the core principle of equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people i…Continue Reading
UNESCO: Pull Obiang Prize
(New York) – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization should cancel the Obiang Prize at its next session in October 2010, Human Rights Watch and 95 partner groups said in a letter sent to UNESCO Executive Board members today…Continue Reading
Letter to UNESCO: Cancel UNESCO-Obiang Prize
Dear Members of the Executive Board:
We understand that, as a result of a June 15 informational meeting held in Paris, the Executive Board will be addressing the UNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences at its…Continue Reading
Senegal Politics: A Trying Trial
A joint African Union (AU)-EU mission has announced that a new roundtable is to be held in October in an attempt to resolve long-running funding issues surrounding the trial of Hissène Habré, the former dictator of Chad. Mr Habré has been living in …Continue Reading
Burma: EU Should Endorse International War Crimes Inquiry
(Brussels) – European Union member states should publicly support the establishment of an international Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in September, Human Rights W…Continue Reading
Israel/Gaza: Wartime Inquiries Fall Short
(New York) – Israeli military investigations into the Gaza war have brought some results over the past 18 months but fall far short of addressing the widespread and serious allegations of unlawful conduct during the fighting, while Hamas has announced …Continue Reading
A Drug Abuse Policy That Fails Everyone
The U.S. “war on drugs” has been a bust. And despite the federal government’s efforts to claim otherwise, Americans know it: a new national Angus Reid poll shows that 65% of Americans – with the low marks even across party lines – think the…Continue Reading
Rulings Support Same-Sex Marriage
(New York) – Two landmark rulings on same-sex marriage were issued last week – a US district court struck down Proposition 8’s ban on gay marriage in California, and Mexico’s Supreme Court recognized the right to same-sex marriages in Mexico City. Both…Continue Reading