UN council delays soft report on Libya’s record
The U.N. Human Rights Council has postponed issuing its report on Libya in the wake of criticism that it contains praise for the North African nation’s human rights record.Continue Reading
Venezuelan activists condemn union leader sentence
Leading human rights activists condemned Venezuelan authorities on Wednesday for sentencing a union leader to prison for launching a strike, saying more than 100 other unionists also face charges after participating in protests.Continue Reading
A tank is a tank, no matter how big its gun
By Oliver Sprague, Arms Programme Director for Amnesty International UK
What should the scope of an effective Arms Trade Treaty be?
If your aim is to prevent the use of conventional weapons to commit or facilitate serious crimes against people, then …Continue Reading
Civilians at ‘grave risk’ in I. Coast fighting
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay warned on Thursday that civilians were at grave risk from a flare-up of violence in Abidjan and the west of Ivory Coast.Continue Reading
ICC: Prosecutor to Open an Investigation in Libya
On March 3, 2011, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced he would open an investigation into the situation in Libya. This follows the referral on February 26, 2011 by the United Nations (UN) Security Council-by a vote of 15-…Continue Reading
Libya: Stranded Foreign Workers Need Urgent Evacuation
(Benghazi) – Thousands of foreign workers from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe have been left homeless and penniless by the recent fighting in Libya and remain stranded in the coastal city of Benghazi and on the border with Tunisia, Human Rig…Continue Reading
Iran: Free Opposition Leaders and Their Families
(New York) – Authorities should immediately release two prominent opposition leaders and their family members and allow them to engage in peaceful political activity, Human Rights Watch said today. The government is holding Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Ka…Continue Reading
China: Investigate Police Assaults Against Foreign Journalists
The Chinese government should immediately investigate a recent incident in which more than a dozen members of the foreign media were assaulted or intimidated by uniformed Chinese police and plainclothes thugs in downtown Beijing, Human Rights Watch sa…Continue Reading
Haiti: France Should Support the Haitian Government’s Prosecution of Jean-Claude Duvalier
Translation of Human Rights Watch’s letter to Alain Juppé:
The Honorable Alain Juppé
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
37, Quai d’Orsay
75007 Paris
Paris, March 2, 2011
RE: Assisting the Haitian government’s prosecution of Jean-Claude Duval…Continue Reading
Venezuelan activists condemn union leader sentence
Leading human rights activists condemned Venezuelan authorities on Wednesday for sentencing a union leader to prison for launching a strike, saying more than 100 other unionists also face charges after participating in protests.Continue Reading
Venezuelan activists condemn union leader sentence
Leading human rights activists condemned Venezuelan authorities on Wednesday for sentencing a union leader to prison for launching a strike, saying more than 100 other unionists also face charges after participating in protests.Continue Reading
Wake Up and Smell the Jasmine
Ever since the Chinese Communist Party’s near-death experience in 1989 — the last time it faced anything close to the mass popular protests witnessed in recent weeks in the Middle East — the rulers in Beijing have taken no chances when it comes tosoc…Continue Reading
Gaza: Halt Morality Enforcement Campaign
(Gaza) – Police operating under the Hamas administration in Gaza should stop threatening male hairdressers who cut women’s hair and forcing them to sign pledges to stop working, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Caucasian Prisoners (or how not to deal with militancy in Dagestan)
Magomedkhan wanted to get married. He really did. He had identified a possible bride, but it was not his job to start the ball rolling! He asked his elder sister Zaira to visit the girl and tactfully establish whether she wanted to be married. Zaira ag…Continue Reading
US/Mexico: Obama, Raise Rights Concerns With Calderón
(Washington, DC) – President Obama should make human rights concerns a central component of discussions about Mexico’s public security crisis when he meets with President Felipe Calderón on March 3, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today.
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