Colombia es el centésimo país en ratificar tratado sobre derechos de personas con discapacidad
(Nueva York) – Colombia es el centésimo país en ratificar la Convención de la ONU sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidades, un paso simbólico para lograr el respeto universal de los derechos de los más de 670 millones de personas qu…Continue Reading
Colombia is 100th Country to Ratify Disability Rights Treaty
Colombia is the 100th country to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a symbolic step towards achieving universal respect for the rights of more than 670 million people …Continue Reading
Colombia is 100th Country to Ratify Disability Rights Treaty
Colombia is the 100th country to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a symbolic step towards achieving universal respect for the rights of more than 670 million people …Continue Reading
Group: 800 killed in Nigeria post-election riots
An international human rights group says at least 800 people died in election-related violence that swept across northern Nigeria.Continue Reading
8 killed in Syrian border town as hundreds flee
A human rights activist says eight people have been killed because of violence in a Syrian border town where witnesses reported hearing crackling gunfire and explosions.Continue Reading
Syria: Targeted Arrests of Activists Across Country
(New York) – Syria’s security forces continue their nationwide campaign of arbitrary arrests and intimidation against political and human rights activists, holding them incommunicado, forcing them to sign undertakings to stop protesting, and in some ca…Continue Reading
China rejects Clinton’s human rights comments
China has rejected comments by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton about its human rights record and says any attempts to direct the turmoil in the Middle East to China will fail.Continue Reading
China rejects Clinton’s human rights comments, says comparisons to Middle East wrong
BEIJING, China – China has rejected comments by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton about its human rights record and says any attempts to direct the turmoil in the Middle East to China will fail.Continue Reading
China rejects Clinton’s human rights comments
China has rejected comments by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton about its human rights record and says any attempts to direct the turmoil in the Middle East to China will fail.Continue Reading
Argentina: US shows hypocrisy on human rights
An effort to declassify U.S. documents on Argentina’s dictatorship failed Friday in the U.S. Congress, disappointing rights activists in the Argentine capital who believe the secret files could help them identify young people stolen as babies by the mi…Continue Reading
The 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Program of 19 Films from 12 Countries-including 17 New York Premieres
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Testimony of Joe Stork before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
Congressman McGovern and other Distinguished Commission Members:
Thank you very much for holding this important hearing on the human rights situation in Bahrain, and for inviting me to participate.
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Angola: Withdraw Cybercrime Bill
(New York) – The Angolan government should withdraw the bill on information and communication technology crimes currently before parliament, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposed legislation would undercut both freedom of expression and informa…Continue Reading
Kenya: Human Rights Investigator Deported
(Nairobi) – The deportation from Kenya of the human rights investigator Clara Gutteridge raises concerns about Kenya’s openness to scrutiny, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) and Human Rights Watch said today.
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Advancing the Global Business and Human Rights Agenda
(New York) – The mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, Prof. John Ruggie, will come to an end in June.
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