US team in NKorea to talk food aid, human rights
A U.S. government team was in North Korea on a rare trip Tuesday to assess food shortages, while the country’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Il reportedly traveled to an eastern Chinese city to study Beijing’s economic reforms.Continue Reading
Rights group wants Saudi female drivers released
Human Rights Watch has urged Saudi authorities to release a female activist who led an online campaign against the country’s driving ban and posted a video clip showing herself behind the wheel.Continue Reading
HRW: concerns about Libya hobbling action on Syria
Human Rights Watch says the U.N. Security Council has been slow to demand that Syria stop attacking civilians because of concerns Western governments used similar demands on Libya to justify a wide bombing campaign.Continue Reading
US: Say No to Proposal Allowing Indefinite Detention of Immigrants
Legislative proposals that seek to give the Department of Homeland Security expanded powers to indefinitely detain immigrants violate constitutional guarantees of due process and US obligations under international…Continue Reading
US: Say No to Proposal Allowing Indefinite Detention of Immigrants
Legislative proposals that seek to give the Department of Homeland Security expanded powers to indefinitely detain immigrants violate constitutional guarantees of due process and US obligations under international…Continue Reading
Ugandan-led rebel group continues attacks; groups say US must step up fight in central Africa
DUNGU, Congo – A coalition of nearly 40 human rights groups called on the U.S. to step up efforts to fight against a brutal Ugandan-led rebel group that has intensified its attacks in central Africa, especially in Congo’s volatile northeast.Continue Reading
Uganda rebels continue central Africa attacks
A coalition of nearly 40 human rights groups called on the U.S. to step up efforts to fight against a brutal Ugandan-led rebel group that has intensified its attacks in central Africa, especially in Congo’s volatile northeast.Continue Reading
Guinea’s Conde must address legacy of abuse: HRW
Human Rights Watch urged Guinean President Alpha Conde to address rights abuses and governance problems which set in during 52 years of dictatorships and military rule, in a report published Tuesday.Continue Reading
UN calls for talks to end Sudan’s Abyei crisis
The UN human rights chief condemned Tuesday attacks on Sudan’s flashpoint district of Abyei, and urged both Khartoum and the southern Sudan People’s Liberation Army to negotiate an end to the crisis.Continue Reading
Uganda rebels continue central Africa attacks
A coalition of nearly 40 human rights groups is calling on the U.S. to step up its efforts against a brutal Ugandan-led rebel group that has intensified attacks in central Africa, especially Congo’s volatile northeast.Continue Reading
Guinea: A Nation at the Crossroads
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President Alpha Condé, who took power in December 2010, should address the profound human rights and governance problems that have underscored decades of abuse in Guinea. A Human Rights…Continue Reading
Guinea: A Nation at the Crossroads
President Alpha Condé, who took power in December 2010, should address the profound human rights and governance problems that have underscored decades of abuse in Guinea. A Human Rights report identifies the main…Continue Reading
S. Arabia urged to release jailed woman driver
Saudi Arabia should “immediately” release a woman jailed for breaking the kingdom’s ban on women driving, Human Rights Watch said in a statement that also criticised the ban itself.Continue Reading
Don’t attend Sri Lanka military conference: rights body
New York, May 24 (IANS) Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged countries not to attend a Sri Lankan military conference that allegedly seeks to justify the thousands killed during the armed conflict with the Tamil Tigers.Continue Reading
Joint Open Letter to Prime Minister Khanal of Nepal on Persistent Impunity
Dear Prime Minister Khanal,
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists write to you concerning recent developments that reinforce long-standing impunity in Nepal. Impunity denies justice to victims of human …Continue Reading