(New York) – Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should reject Burma’s request to chair the regional grouping in 2014 until the Burmese government takes genuine steps towards improving human rights, including the release of mo…Continue Reading

The United States said Thursday that it would raise human rights concerns with China during high-level talks next week despite Beijing’s warnings against foreign comments on its wave of detentions.Continue Reading

American moms will be getting generous gifts on Mother’s Day: the National Retail Federation estimates that in 2011 the average American will spend $141 on Mother’s Day gifts, with total spending of about $16.3 billion.
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At about 11pm on 2 May, Bahrain’s criminal investigations directorate summoned Dr Nedhal al-Khalifa, a 42-year-old dermatologist. Her father dropped her off at their headquarters at the ministry of interior at about midnight. Her family, including her …Continue Reading

Some media reports have erroneously suggested that Human Rights Watch has condemned the killing of Osama bin Laden. Human Rights Watch has said that we do not have enough information about the killing to draw …Continue Reading

(New York) – Azerbaijani courts sentenced an opposition social media activist to two-and-a-half years in prison on bogus drug possession charges on May 4, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. In addition, a court ordered the detention of a human rights…Continue Reading

Security forces arrested two former members of parliament from Bahrain’s largest opposition group. The arrests were the first targeting elected representatives of the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, which won t…Continue Reading