Palestinian forces abuse WBank, Gaza reporters: HRW
Palestinian journalists are abused with impunity by the security services of West Bank-based President Mahmoud Abbas and his Islamist rivals Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.Continue Reading
UN diplomat defends body’s human rights council
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is defending America’s membership on the controversial U.N. Human Rights Council.Continue Reading
With a Migrant Crisis Looming, the EU Should Learn from its Past Mistakes
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Ethiopia: Free Opposition Members
(London) – The Government of Ethiopia should immediately release members of the ethnic Oromo political opposition detained without charge after mass arrests, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Syria must stop shooting at protesters: rights group
Human Rights Watch called on Syria’s president to rein in his security forces and stop them from firing on anti-government demonstrators.Continue Reading
Rights group: Palestinian forces abuse journalists
A leading human rights group on Wednesday criticized Palestinian security forces in the West Bank and Gaza Strip for what it said was an increase in attacks on local journalists, including arbitrary detentions and abuse.Continue Reading
Rights group: Palestinian forces abuse journalists
A leading human rights group on Wednesday criticized Palestinian security forces in the West Bank and Gaza Strip for what it said was an increase in attacks on local journalists, including arbitrary detentions and abuse.Continue Reading
Rights group accuses rival Palestinian governments of abusing, intimidating journalists
JERUSALEM – A leading human rights group is criticizing Palestinian security forces in the West Bank for what it says is an increase in attacks on local journalists, including arbitrary detainment and abuse.Continue Reading
Rights group: Palestinian forces abuse journalists
A leading human rights group is criticizing Palestinian security forces in the West Bank for what it says is an increase in attacks on local journalists, including arbitrary detainment and abuse.Continue Reading
No News is Good News
This report documents cases in which security forces tortured, beat, and arbitrarily detained journalists, confiscated their equipment, and barred them from leaving the West Bank and Gaza.
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West Bank/Gaza: Stop Harassing Journalists
(Ramallah) – Severe harassment by Palestinian Authority and Hamas security forces targeting Palestinian journalists in the West Bank and Gaza has had a pronounced chilling effect on freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said today.
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ICC: Q&A on First Appearance of Kenya Suspects
On April 7 and 8, 2011, six people summoned by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in connection with the court’s Kenya investigation are expected to make their initial appearances before the ICC.
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Libya: Rebels Should Open Books on Oil Sales
(New York) – Reports that opposition forces in Libya will begin exporting crude oil from areas under their control raise concerns about the transparency of oil revenues, Human Rights Watch said today. Libya’s people have a right to information about a …Continue Reading
Egypt: Drop Charges Against Blogger Critical of Military
(New York) – Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces should drop all charges against a blogger for his internet posts critical of the military, Human Rights Watch said today.
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US: Rights concerns hold back Sri Lanka ties
The United States said Tuesday that future cooperation with Sri Lanka depended on improvements in its human rights record and an accounting of the bloodshed at the end of the island’s civil war.Continue Reading