UN’s top human rights official says Iran has executed at least 66 people this year
GENEVA – The United Nation’s top human rights official says Iran has executed at least 66 people this year, based on Iranian press reports her office has reviewed.Continue Reading
Pakistan: Drop Blasphemy Charges Against 17-Year-Old
(New York) – The Pakistani government should immediately drop blasphemy charges against a 17-year-old student and ensure his safe release from detention, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Thailand: Give UN Access to Rohingya ‘Boat People’
(New York) – Thailand should immediately allow the United Nations refugee agency unhindered access to 211 detained ethnic Rohingya asylum seekers to determine whether they qualify for refugee status, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Human rights group urges India to stop abuses, describes mistreatment in antiterror efforts
NEW DELHI – An international rights group Wednesday accused Indian security forces of a range of human rights violations and urged reform of the justice system to prevent abuses during counterterrorism efforts.Continue Reading
India: Overhaul Abusive Counterterrorism Tactics
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The “Anti-Nationals”
This 106-page report documents consistent abuse by Indian security forces in their response to the scourge of terrorism attacks. State police, jail officials, and other authorities have committed a range of human rights violations, including arbitrary …Continue Reading
Egypt: Trying for Peace in Climate of Chaos, Violence
(Alexandria) – When my translator and I arrived at the main morgue in Alexandria on Saturday morning to try and figure out how many people had died the previous day in the violent clashes that engulfed the city, officials held us back. We needed offici…Continue Reading
Burundi: Lifting Ban on Activist Group a Positive Step
(Nairobi) – Burundi’s decision to restore legal status to a prominent activist group banned in 2009 is a positive step and should prompt further government actions to engage with civil society, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Urgent Appeal from Civil Society: International Community Must Ensure Rights of Egyptians are Upheld
We, civil society organizations from across the world, strongly urge all governments, as well as regional and international organizations, to clearly and unequivocally denounce the ongoing violent crackdown against the public protests and demands for d…Continue Reading
Gold’s Costly Dividend
Human Rights Impacts of Papua New Guinea’s Porgera Gold Mine
This report identifies systemic failures on the part of Toronto-based Barrick Gold that kept the company from recognizing the risk o…Continue Reading
Gold’s Costly Dividend
This report identifies systemic failures on the part of Toronto-based Barrick Gold that kept the company from recognizing the risk of abuses, and responding to allegations that abuses had occurred.
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Bangladesh: PM meets HR leaders: an insider’s account
On January 30 in London Lord Avebury, Abbas Faiz of Amnesty International and I met prime minister Sheikh Hasina, foreign minister Dipu Moni and other government officials about the human rights situation in Bangladesh.
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Human Rights Watch urges reforms as Iraqi government faces new prisoner abuse claims
BAGHDAD – Elite Iraqi troops controlled by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s office are holding prisoners at a secret jail and torturing inmates at another facility, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.Continue Reading
Iraq operating ‘secret prison’: Human Rights Watch
Security forces linked to Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki are operating a “secret detention site” and elite teams are torturing detainees at a separate facility, Human Rights Watch charged on Tuesday.Continue Reading
No More Suffering in Silence: The Human Rights Dimensions of Obstetric Fistula
Mwendwa P. was 16 when she became pregnant for the first time. When she went into labor, she did not want to go to the hospital near her town in Kenya because, as she told me, "I had heard that nurses abuse girls who get pregnant when they go to d…Continue Reading