Lebanon: Human Rights Watch Launches First Middle East Committee in Beirut
(Beirut) – Human Rights Watch launched its Beirut Committee on December 1, 2010, in a move to intensify its advocacy on key human rights issues both in Lebanon and around the world, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Sharia vigilante violence rife in Aceh: report
Islamic sharia laws in Indonesia’s Aceh province have been used by vigilante groups to harass and intimidate locals, a Human Rights Watch report says.Continue Reading
Greece: End Inhumane Detention Conditions for Migrants
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Activists urge reform ahead of Gulf summit
Human rights and political activists called on Sunday for broad democratic and social reform in the energy-rich Gulf states ahead of an annual summit of the regional bloc.Continue Reading
West Bank: Free Suspected Blogger
(Jerusalem) – The Palestinian Authority (PA) should release and ensure the safety of a man detained without charge for more than a month for allegedly criticizing Islam online, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Rights abuses show China will not be a true leader: sources
China will not be a true world leader until it stops human rights abuses at home and support for ‘brutal’ regimes, former Czech President Vaclav Havel and Nobel Peace prize winner Desmond Tutu wrote in an editorial.Continue Reading
Rights abuses show China will not be a true leader – sources
China will not be a true world leader until it stops human rights abuses at home and support for ‘brutal’ regimes former Czech President Vaclav Havel and Nobel Peace prize winner Desmond Tutu wrote in an editorial.Continue Reading
Uzbekistan: Activist’s Release Shows Sustained Pressure Works
(New York) – Uzbek authorities on December 1, 2010, released the human rights defender Farkhad Mukhtarov from prison, where he had been serving a four-year sentence on politically motivated charges, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Uzbekistan: Activist’s Release Shows Sustained Pressure Works
(New York) – Uzbek authorities on December 1, 2010, released the human rights defender Farkhad Mukhtarov from prison, where he had been serving a four-year sentence on politically motivated charges, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Côte d’Ivoire: Ensure Security, Protect Expression, Movement
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Burma: Eyewitness Accounts of Abuses in Eastern Fighting
(New York) – The Burmese armed forces and ethnic insurgents should act to protect civilians as fighting in eastern Burma intensifies, Human Rights Watch said today. The Burmese army, or Tatmadaw, has conducted a major build up in the East following an…Continue Reading
Steve Goose Delivers Statement on Mine Ban Treaty Compliance
Geneva, Switzerland
Mr. President,
The ICBL raised a number of serious compliance concerns on Monday during the General Exchange of Views. There have been some positive developments on some of these during the course of the week.
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Steve Goose Delivers Statement on Retained Mines
Geneva, Switzerland
Mr. President,
Seventy-eight States Parties have declared that they do NOT retain any antipersonnel mines for training or development purposes. Kuwait joined this group in 2009. Of these states, 24 previously stockpiled antip…Continue Reading
Time to Clean House on Torture
In the already sordid annals of US torture in the name of countering terrorism, November proved to be an unusually embarrassing month – not just for the Bush administration, which sanctioned the abuses, but also for the Obama administration, which has …Continue Reading
Pakistan: “It is time for the judiciary to address incompetence and prejudice within its own ranks”
Ali Dayan Hasan, Senior South Asia Researcher for Human Rights Watch, spoke to Friday Times reporter Raza Rumi about the blasphemy law.
What is your position on the blasphemy law and how is it viewed internationally?
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