Bahrain: Arbitrary Arrests Escalate
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
Activists claim 3 Belarusian human rights defenders arrested in raid
MINSK, Belarus – Human rights defenders in Belarus say police burst into an apartment where activists were preparing to present a report and arrested three people.Continue Reading
Groups fear Khmer Rouge tribunal may halt trials
Legal and human rights groups say they fear Cambodia’s U.N.- backed genocide tribunal will shut its doors prematurely without prosecuting former second-tier Khmer Rouge officials accused of atrocities.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Wins 3 Webby Awards
Human Rights Watch has won three prestigious Webby Awards for its video and multimedia work, drawing attention to human rights crises in Colombia and Congo. The winning projects tell the stories of brave human rig…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Wins 3 Webby Awards
Human Rights Watch has won three prestigious Webby Awards for its video and multimedia work, drawing attention to human rights crises in Colombia and Congo. The winning projects tell the stories of brave human rig…Continue Reading
Singapore: UN Rights Body Should Press for Fundamental Freedoms
(Geneva) – United Nations member states should denounce Singapore’s severe restrictions on freedom of expression, association, and assembly during the country’s first-ever Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Human Rights Watch said today. The review, at t…Continue Reading
Dying to leave Libya
A man named Mohammed posted this plea on the Migrants at Sea website three days after a rickety boat capsized on 6 April in rough seas just 39 miles from Lampedusa: "i wont to know if my brother is there with the eritreans died in the sea his name…Continue Reading
Groups fear Khmer Rouge tribunal may halt trials
Legal and human rights groups say they fear Cambodia’s U.N.- backed genocide tribunal will shut its doors prematurely without prosecuting former second-tier Khmer Rouge officials accused of atrocities.Continue Reading
Assad’s Dungeons
Marwan had trouble sitting down during our interview. He had bruises all over his body and bandages on his head from the beating security officers subjected him to during his two-day detention by the Amn Al Dawla – one of Syria’s notorious mukhabarat, …Continue Reading
Turkey: Women Left Unprotected From Violence
(Istanbul) – Turkey’s flawed family violence protection system leaves women and girls across the country unprotected against domestic abuse, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Life-saving protections, including court-issued protection …Continue Reading
“He Loves You, He Beats You”
This report documents brutal and long-lasting violence against women and girls by husbands, partners, and family members and the survivors’ struggle to seek protection. Turkey has strong protection laws, setting out requirements for shelters for abus…Continue Reading
Bangladesh: End Legal Harassment of Labor Leaders
(New York) – The Bangladesh government should end the legal harassment of Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity leaders and staff and instruct its NGO Affairs Bureau to re-register the organization, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime …Continue Reading
Bangladesh: Letter to the Prime Minister Regarding the Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity (BCWS)
May 1, 2011
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed
Prime Minister’s Office
Old Sangsad Bhaban
Tejagaon
Dhaka-1215
Bangladesh
Via facsimile: +880-2-8113-244; +880-2-8111-015
Re: Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity (BCWS)
Dear Prime Minister,
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Joint Letter to UN Security Council Members on Sudan
To United Nations Security Council Members:
Dear Ambassador,
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Martin Ennals Award: Courageous Advocacy in Uganda
(New York) – The decision to give the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders to a Ugandan lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) advocate highlights the difficulty and danger advocates for LGBT rights face in many countries of Africa, H…Continue Reading