The United States said Monday it is “deeply concerned” about the rising trend of disappearances and arrests of human rights activists in China after one of the country’s most famous artists was detained.Continue Reading

Human Rights Watch submits these comments to the Department of Justice in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of February 3, 2011 regarding its Proposed Rule for National Standards To Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape ("PREA st…Continue Reading

(London) – The government of Djibouti should immediately end its systematic crackdown on peaceful critics and the political opposition, Human Rights Watch said today.  Presidential elections are scheduled for April 8, 2011, but since February, the gov…Continue Reading

The U.N.’s top human rights body that commissioned an investigation of Israel’s 2009 incursion into Gaza will continue to treat it as a legitimate working document, even though the lead author has backtracked from some of the report’s most damning alle…Continue Reading

The U.N.’s top human rights body says it is standing by a report about Israel’s 2009 incursion into Gaza even though the lead author has backtracked from some of the report’s most damning allegations against Israel.Continue Reading

Por Donatella Rovera, investigadora de Amnistía Internacional sobre la crisis
1 de abril de 2011, Ajdabiya
Ajdabiya, ciudad de más de 100.000 habitantes, ha quedado nuevo vacía de sus residentes. Ayer, incluso los pocos residentes que habían come…Continue Reading