Iraq: Police Allow Gangs to Attack Protesters
(New York) – Iraqi police allowed dozens of assailants to beat and stab peaceful protesters in Baghdad on February 21, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Security forces have an obligation to protect the right to assemble peacefully and to use only t…Continue Reading
Indonesia: For Ahmadiyah, the Official Line Kills
Militant Islamist groups clearly feel emboldened by the police’s failure to respond to attacks against religious minorities. This effective impunity, combined with the government’s support for an anti-Ahmadiya…Continue Reading
Indonesia: For Ahmadiyah, the Official Line Kills
Last July, violence erupted when municipal police and hundreds of people organized by militant Islamist groups tried to break into an Ahmadiyah mosque in Manis Lor village, West Java.
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Civil Society: UN General Assembly should suspend Libya’s UN Human Rights Council membership
As nongovernmental organizations from all regions of the world working in the field of human rights, we call upon the United Nations General Assembly to immediately suspend the rights of membership of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya…Continue Reading
US steps up pressure on Kadhafi
The United States Thursday called on the UN Human Rights Council to dump Libya and consulted key allies on imposing sanctions, accelerating the international drive to halt Moamer Kadhafi’s brutal protest crackdown.Continue Reading
U.S. lobbies for UN rights sleuth on Iran-diplomats
The United States is quietly lobbying to establish a United Nations special investigator on human rights abuses in Iran, for the first time in a decade, diplomats and activists said Thursday.Continue Reading
Envoys seek UN rights probe into violence in Libya
Diplomats will be pressing Friday for a human rights investigation into Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s violent crackdown on protesters and for the suspension of Libya from the U.N.’s top human rights body.Continue Reading
Envoys seek UN rights probe into violence in Libya
Diplomats will be pressing Friday for a human rights investigation into Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s violent crackdown on protesters and for the suspension of Libya from the U.N.’s top human rights body.Continue Reading
US: Congress Should Repeal Defense of Marriage Act
(New York) – President Barack Obama’s decision to contest the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is an important and welcome step on the path to repealing this discriminatory law, Human Rights Watch said today.
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French rights boss says up to 2000 dead in Libya
France’s top human rights official said on Thursday there was evidence to suggest Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had committed crimes against humanity and that up to 2000 people had been killed in the revolt against him.Continue Reading
U.S. sanctions Iranian officials for protest crackdown
The United States slapped financial sanctions on two Iranian officials on Wednesday for what it said were human rights abuses against protesters following Iran’s disputed presidential election in 2009.Continue Reading
US puts sanctions on 2 Iranian officials
The U.S. government on Wednesday accused two Iranian officials of involvement in “serious human rights abuses” and blocked any assets they might have in the United States, while sharply criticizing Iran’s government for persecuting its own citizens.Continue Reading
Cuba: Stop Arbitrary Arrests of Dissidents
(Washington, DC) – The Cuban government should immediately and unconditionally release the human rights defenders, journalists, and other dissidents who have been arbitrarily detained in the last two days, including those under house arrest, Human Righ…Continue Reading
Italy: Press Gaddafi to Halt Violence Against Protesters
(Brussels) – Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy should use his longstanding relationship with the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, to help protect protesters from unlawful attacks by Libyan security forces and militias, Human Rights Watch said to…Continue Reading