Guinea: Ensure Fair Trials in Post-Election Violence
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Philippines: One Year After the Massacre
Manila One year ago this week, the cold-blooded shooting of 58 people on a scrub-strewn hilltop brought international attention to the Philippines’ southern island of Mindanao.
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Rights bodies condemn jailing of Kuwait writer
Two international human rights bodies on Wednesday condemned a one-year jail sentence handed to a prominent Kuwaiti writer for criticising the prime minister and called for his immediate release.Continue Reading
Kuwait: Withdraw Charges Against Jailed Writer
(New York) – Kuwait’s prime minister should withdraw charges against a writer accused of libel and slander and free him from prison immediately, Human Rights Watch said today. Mohammad al-Jasim was sentenced to a year in jail on November 22, 2010, base…Continue Reading
Argentina’s Slow Tango With Women’s Lives
In five days I will be addressing Argentina’s House of Representatives about abortion. The occasion is as deliberately momentous as it is intentionally inconsequential. On the one hand, this is the first time Argentina’s national congress has debated t…Continue Reading
Egypt: Systematic Crackdown Days Before Elections
(Cairo) – Egypt has carried out mass arbitrary arrests, wholesale restrictions on public campaigning, and widespread intimidation of opposition candidates and activists in the weeks leading up to parliamentary elections on November 28, 2010, Human Righ…Continue Reading
Jailed Kazakh activist complains of mistreatment
A jailed Kazakh human rights activists says authorities are improperly interfering with his attempts to communicate with the outside world.Continue Reading
Jailed Kazakh activist complains of mistreatment
A jailed Kazakh human rights activists says authorities are improperly interfering with his attempts to communicate with the outside world.Continue Reading
UN treaty against kidnappings to come into force
The U.N. human rights office says a new international treaty against enforced disappearances will come into effect on Dec. 23 after Iraq became the 20th country to ratify it.Continue Reading
Landmine Ban Treaty: Report Cites Growing Progress
(Geneva) – Substantial progress is being made in the global effort to eradicate antipersonnel landmines, but the United States remains on the sidelines, Human Rights Watch said today as a new report about landmines was released. In the United States, a…Continue Reading
Jailed Kazakh activist complains of mistreatment
A jailed Kazakh human rights activists says authorities are improperly interfering with his attempts to communicate with the outside world.Continue Reading
Jailed Kazakh activist complains of mistreatment
A jailed Kazakh human rights activists says authorities are improperly interfering with his attempts to communicate with the outside world.Continue Reading
Hellman/Hammett Grants: Honor, Assist Persecuted Writers
Human Rights Watch called today for nominations for the prestigious Hellman/Hammett grants for 2011, for writers who have suffered persecution because of their work and are in financial need.
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Elections in Egypt
This 24-page report documents the vague and subjective criteria in Egypt’s Political Parties Law that allow the government and ruling party to impede formation of new political parties.
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Rights groups call for Haiti polls to be postponed
US and Haitian human rights groups put out a joint call Tuesday for this weekend’s presidential and legislative elections in Haiti to be postponed due to raging cholera epidemic.Continue Reading