Vietnam blogger still held after jail term ends: watchdog
A Vietnamese blogger critical of government policy remained in prison on Monday even though his sentence on “trumped-up” charges expired last week, Human Rights Watch said.Continue Reading
EU: Deliver Justice for Srebrenica
(Brussels) – The European Union’s commitment to international justice will be measured by its willingness to pressure Serbia in the months to come to arrest the two remaining war crimes suspects, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Morocco holds terror suspects illegally – rights group
Morocco a close U.S. ally in the fight against al Qaeda routinely holds suspected militants in secret detention where they are at risk of being coerced into making false confessions Human Rights Watch said Monday.Continue Reading
Canada, Ukraine discuss trade, human rights
Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in Kiev to discuss trade and human rights issues.Continue Reading
Canada, Ukraine discuss trade, human rights
Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in Kiev to discuss trade and human rights issues.Continue Reading
Morocco: End Abuses in Counterterrorism Arrests
(Rabat) – Suspects arrested under Morocco’s counterterrorism law routinely face serious human rights violations that compromise their right to a fair trial, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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Morocco: “Stop Looking for Your Son”
This report documents a pattern of abuse under Morocco’s counterterrorism law, which was adopted 12 days after coordinated suicide bombings in Casablanca on May 16, 2003, took 45 lives. Many of these abuses violate the progressive legislation Morocco a…Continue Reading
China paper slams US after WikiLeaks claims
China’s state media on Monday said the revelations in Iraq war documents published by WikiLeaks has tarnished the credibility of the United States as a protector of human rights.Continue Reading
The Deadly Side of Tijuana
Federico Campbell offers a rare, uplifting story of a city’s emergence from the violence of Mexico’s drug war. Similarly, Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderón, has held up Tijuana as a model for his government’s counternarcotics strategy.
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Iraq should probe army torture reports: group
Iraq should investigate reports that its forces systematically tortured and abused detainees, Human Rights Watch has said after documents released by Wikileaks detailed abuse by Iraqi captors.Continue Reading
Iraq: Wikileaks Documents Describe Torture of Detainees
(New York) – The Iraqi government should investigate credible reports that its forces engaged in torture and systematic abuse of detainees, Human Rights Watch said today. Hundreds of documents released on October 22, 2010, by Wikileaks reveal beating…Continue Reading
Vietnam: Free Peaceful Bloggers and Government Critics
(New York) – Vietnam should immediately drop charges against the peaceful online critics Nguyen Van Hai, known as Dieu Cay, and Phan Thanh Hai, known as Anhbasg, and release them, Human Rights Watch said today.
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North Korea says U.N. rights talk is political plot
A North Korean envoy lashed out at the U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee on Friday, saying criticism of Pyongyang was a plot aimed at overthrowing the country’s government.Continue Reading
World Bank Feeding Repression in Ethiopia
The child in the man’s arms is painfully thin. The father is hungry too. He lives in southern Ethiopia, where food shortages are an annual occurrence. There are food distributions in his village but the man, let’s call him Joseph, is a member of the wr…Continue Reading
Lawlessness reigns in Ivory Coast’s ‘Wild West’
Banditry, violence, and rape are widespread in Ivory Coast’s western provinces even as the country gears for historic national elections, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Friday.Continue Reading