Gold’s Costly Dividend
This report identifies systemic failures on the part of Toronto-based Barrick Gold that kept the company from recognizing the risk of abuses, and responding to allegations that abuses had occurred.
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Bangladesh: PM meets HR leaders: an insider’s account
On January 30 in London Lord Avebury, Abbas Faiz of Amnesty International and I met prime minister Sheikh Hasina, foreign minister Dipu Moni and other government officials about the human rights situation in Bangladesh.
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Human Rights Watch urges reforms as Iraqi government faces new prisoner abuse claims
BAGHDAD – Elite Iraqi troops controlled by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s office are holding prisoners at a secret jail and torturing inmates at another facility, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.Continue Reading
Iraq operating ‘secret prison’: Human Rights Watch
Security forces linked to Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki are operating a “secret detention site” and elite teams are torturing detainees at a separate facility, Human Rights Watch charged on Tuesday.Continue Reading
No More Suffering in Silence: The Human Rights Dimensions of Obstetric Fistula
Mwendwa P. was 16 when she became pregnant for the first time. When she went into labor, she did not want to go to the hospital near her town in Kenya because, as she told me, "I had heard that nurses abuse girls who get pregnant when they go to d…Continue Reading
Papua New Guinea: Serious Abuses at Barrick Gold Mine
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Private security personnel employed at a gold mine in Papua New Guinea have been implicated in alleged gang rapes and other violent abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released t…Continue Reading
Papua New Guinea: Serious Abuses at Barrick Gold Mine
(Toronto) – Private security personnel employed at a gold mine in Papua New Guinea have been implicated in alleged gang rapes and other violent abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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Iraq: Secret Jail Uncovered in Baghdad
(Baghdad) – Elite security forces controlled by the military office of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of Iraq are operating a secret detention site in Baghdad, Human Rights Watch said today. The elite forces are also torturing detainees with impunity at…Continue Reading
U.N. offers to help Haiti prosecute Duvalier crimes
The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday it had offered Haiti assistance to prosecute crimes including killings and torture committed under Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier.Continue Reading
Cops to be trained in human rights online
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) along with the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Tuesday launched an online training programme to sensitise police personnel on human rights.Continue Reading
UN human rights chief says ‘change system’ in Egypt, praises protest movement
GENEVA – The U.N.’s top human rights official on Tuesday praised the protest movement in Egypt and called on authorities to change a system that encourages abuses of the country’s people, in an unusually frank call from a U.N. official.Continue Reading
Japan: Governor Should Retract Homophobic Comments
(Tokyo) – The governor of Tokyo, Shintaro Ishihara, should immediately retract his recent statements denigrating lesbians and gay men, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Bimberi human rights audit underway
The ACT Human Rights Commissioner says a review into Canberra’s youth justice system will improve services at the Bimberi Youth Justice Centre.Continue Reading
Gaza Strip: Police Prevent Egypt Solidarity Demonstration
(Jerusalem) – Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip prevented Gazans from demonstrating in solidarity with protesters in Egypt, according to witnesses who spoke to Human Rights Watch.
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Egypt: Impunity for Torture Fuels Days of Rage
(Cairo) – Torture is an endemic problem in Egypt and ending police abuse has been a driving element behind the massive popular demonstrations that swept Egypt over the past week, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.read moreContinue Reading