Uzbekistan: Activist’s Release Shows Sustained Pressure Works
(New York) – Uzbek authorities on December 1, 2010, released the human rights defender Farkhad Mukhtarov from prison, where he had been serving a four-year sentence on politically motivated charges, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Côte d’Ivoire: Ensure Security, Protect Expression, Movement
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Burma: Eyewitness Accounts of Abuses in Eastern Fighting
(New York) – The Burmese armed forces and ethnic insurgents should act to protect civilians as fighting in eastern Burma intensifies, Human Rights Watch said today. The Burmese army, or Tatmadaw, has conducted a major build up in the East following an…Continue Reading
Steve Goose Delivers Statement on Mine Ban Treaty Compliance
Geneva, Switzerland
Mr. President,
The ICBL raised a number of serious compliance concerns on Monday during the General Exchange of Views. There have been some positive developments on some of these during the course of the week.
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Steve Goose Delivers Statement on Retained Mines
Geneva, Switzerland
Mr. President,
Seventy-eight States Parties have declared that they do NOT retain any antipersonnel mines for training or development purposes. Kuwait joined this group in 2009. Of these states, 24 previously stockpiled antip…Continue Reading
Time to Clean House on Torture
In the already sordid annals of US torture in the name of countering terrorism, November proved to be an unusually embarrassing month – not just for the Bush administration, which sanctioned the abuses, but also for the Obama administration, which has …Continue Reading
Pakistan: “It is time for the judiciary to address incompetence and prejudice within its own ranks”
Ali Dayan Hasan, Senior South Asia Researcher for Human Rights Watch, spoke to Friday Times reporter Raza Rumi about the blasphemy law.
What is your position on the blasphemy law and how is it viewed internationally?
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Letters of solidarity gave us strength to fight for women’s rights in Nicaragua
To raise awareness of this month’s Write for Rights campaign, Ana Maria Pizarro, a women’s rights defender in Nicaragua, recalls how messages of hope and support from around the world helped her and her eight colleagues continue their wor…Continue Reading
National Center for Civil and Human Rights Names Deborah Richardson Executive Vice President
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights welcomes Atlanta native Deborah Richardson’s return as Executive Vice President leading fundraising and program development.Continue Reading
Agency alleges RM breached human rights code
Winnipeg agency New Directions files a human rights complaint against the Rural Municipality of Springfield after it denied the agency a zoning permit to move two mentally disabled men into an area home.Continue Reading
Human rights activist: Nigerian military attack in oil-rich delta kills as many as 150 people
LAGOS, Nigeria – An activist in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta says a military raid using heavily armed soldiers and aerial bombing runs has killed as many as 150 people.Continue Reading
Human rights activist: Nigerian military attack in oil-rich delta kills as many as 150 people
LAGOS, Nigeria – An activist in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta says a military raid using heavily armed soldiers and aerial bombing runs has killed as many as 150 people.Continue Reading
The Price of Freedom
Drawing on previously unpublished data and scores of interviews with judges, defendants, prosecutors, and defense counsel, this report reveals the extent of the problem. Among defendants arrested in 2008 on nonfelony charges who had bail set at $1,000 …Continue Reading
New York City: Bail Penalizes the Poor
(New York) – Thousands of people accused of minor crimes are held in pretrial detention in New York City each year solely because they cannot afford to pay even small amounts of bail, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. In New York City…Continue Reading
Thousands Rally in Japan to Defend Religious Freedom and Protest Human Rights Violations
NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — More than 20,000 Japanese citizens are expected to rally on December 3 to “Protect Japanese Human rights and Religious Freedom.” Beginning at 11 a.m. in Tokyo’s Hibiya Park, more than 3,000 demonstrator…Continue Reading