US: Senate Vote Takes on Global Violence Against Women
(New York) – Congressional leaders should ensure passage this session of a bipartisan bill that sets out a new US strategy for ending violence against women worldwide, Human Rights Watch said today. The bill was approved on December 14, 2010, by the Se…Continue Reading
Indifference to Duty
This 41-page report renews calls for the government to investigate and prosecute those responsible for crimes committed during the conflict, and documents three emblematic cases since the conflict ended to show how the same neglect of justice applies t…Continue Reading
Morocco/Western Sahara: More Freedom to Name Their Children
(New York) – A government directive liberalizing Morocco’s policy on recognizing Amazigh, or Berber, given names for newborns is having positive results, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Women Will Be Watching
Women around the world will be watching Capitol Hill today. After multiple postponements, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is again scheduled to vote on the International Violence Against Women Act Tuesday afternoon, deciding the fate of a bill t…Continue Reading
A trial for Habré?
On December 1st, 1990, when Hissène Habré was ousted from power in Chad and fled to Senegal, the doors of his prisons flung open and the survivors began their long odyssey to bring their tormentor to justice.
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Human rights body blasts detention facilities
The Australian Human Rights Commission is calling on the Federal Government to immediately stop housing asylum seekers at a Darwin motel.Continue Reading
Jailed Russian ex-oil tycoon Khodorkovsky given rights award
Former oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia’s richest man, now imprisoned for fraud and awaiting the verdict in a second trial, was in the spotlight in Berlin Monday for a different reason — a human rights prize.Continue Reading
Iran summons British envoy after rights criticism
The foreign ministry summoned British envoy Simon Gass on Monday for criticising Iran’s human rights record and calling for the release of a prominent lawyer, and also to protest against what it called violence against students by British police.Continue Reading
UN expert urges Myanmar to release all political prisoners
The UN human rights expert on Myanmar on Monday urged the military regime to release about 2,200 remaining prisoners of conscience, a month after the release of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.Continue Reading
Zambia: Civil Society Groups Urge Arrest of al-Bashir
(Johannesburg, December 13, 2010) – The Zambian government should make clear that President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan will be arrested if he travels to Zambia, African civil society organizations and international organizations with a presence in Africa …Continue Reading
Gaza: Let Charity That Aids Children Reopen Its Doors
(Jerusalem) – Hamas authorities in Gaza should allow an organization that helps children and youth to reopen and penalize officials who have harassed its workers, Human Rights Watch said today.
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U.N. sleuths say China rights crackdown alarming
UN human rights investigators said on Monday that activists in China were under growing pressure from the state, linking the crackdown to the Nobel peace prize award to dissident Liu Xiaobo.Continue Reading
Zambia: Civil Society Concerned over Possible Visit by President Omar al-Bashir
His Excellency Hon. Rupiah Banda
President of the Republic of Zambia
State House
Lusaka, Zambia
Your Excellency,
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Progress on rights essential for US-Vietnam ties: US
Progress on human rights is essential for the growth of ties between the United States and Vietnam, a senior US official said Monday.Continue Reading
"Their Future is at Stake"
This 40-page report documents the killing of at least 22 teachers and other education personnel by suspected militants between January 2008 and October 2010. The report – based on interviews with teachers, students, victims’ families and friends, a…Continue Reading