Brazil urged to prosecute abuses from dictatorship
An international human rights court condemned Brazil on Tuesday for the forced “disappearance” of 62 suspected leftist militants during its military dictatorship and said it should allow prosecutions for abuses committed during the era.Continue Reading
Brazil urged to prosecute abuses from dictatorship
An international human rights court condemned Brazil on Tuesday for the forced “disappearance” of 62 suspected leftist militants during its military dictatorship and said it should allow prosecutions for abuses committed during the era.Continue Reading
Brazil urged to prosecute abuses from dictatorship
An international human rights court condemned Brazil on Tuesday for the forced “disappearance” of 62 suspected leftist militants during its military dictatorship and said it should allow prosecutions for abuses committed during the era.Continue Reading
Philippines: Aquino’s Order to Free ‘Morong 43’ a Positive Step
(New York) – Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has taken a positive step by ordering the Justice Department to drop charges against the so-called "Morong 43" detainees, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should initiate a civ…Continue Reading
Kuwait: Revoke Order Shutting Down Al-Jazeera
(New York) – Kuwait’s information ministry should immediately revoke Monday’s order closing the local Al Jazeera office indefinitely and revoking correspondents’ accreditation, Human Rights Watch said today.
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State Department’s Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award Goes to Alice Henkin
Husband Louis Henkin Posthumously HonoredContinue Reading
US: Senate Vote Takes on Global Violence Against Women
(New York) – Congressional leaders should ensure passage this session of a bipartisan bill that sets out a new US strategy for ending violence against women worldwide, Human Rights Watch said today. The bill was approved on December 14, 2010, by the Se…Continue Reading
Indifference to Duty
This 41-page report renews calls for the government to investigate and prosecute those responsible for crimes committed during the conflict, and documents three emblematic cases since the conflict ended to show how the same neglect of justice applies t…Continue Reading
Morocco/Western Sahara: More Freedom to Name Their Children
(New York) – A government directive liberalizing Morocco’s policy on recognizing Amazigh, or Berber, given names for newborns is having positive results, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Women Will Be Watching
Women around the world will be watching Capitol Hill today. After multiple postponements, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is again scheduled to vote on the International Violence Against Women Act Tuesday afternoon, deciding the fate of a bill t…Continue Reading
A trial for Habré?
On December 1st, 1990, when Hissène Habré was ousted from power in Chad and fled to Senegal, the doors of his prisons flung open and the survivors began their long odyssey to bring their tormentor to justice.
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Human rights body blasts detention facilities
The Australian Human Rights Commission is calling on the Federal Government to immediately stop housing asylum seekers at a Darwin motel.Continue Reading
Jailed Russian ex-oil tycoon Khodorkovsky given rights award
Former oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia’s richest man, now imprisoned for fraud and awaiting the verdict in a second trial, was in the spotlight in Berlin Monday for a different reason — a human rights prize.Continue Reading
Iran summons British envoy after rights criticism
The foreign ministry summoned British envoy Simon Gass on Monday for criticising Iran’s human rights record and calling for the release of a prominent lawyer, and also to protest against what it called violence against students by British police.Continue Reading
UN expert urges Myanmar to release all political prisoners
The UN human rights expert on Myanmar on Monday urged the military regime to release about 2,200 remaining prisoners of conscience, a month after the release of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.Continue Reading