Jailed Kazakh activist complains of mistreatment
A jailed Kazakh human rights activists says authorities are improperly interfering with his attempts to communicate with the outside world.Continue Reading
UN treaty against kidnappings to come into force
The U.N. human rights office says a new international treaty against enforced disappearances will come into effect on Dec. 23 after Iraq became the 20th country to ratify it.Continue Reading
Landmine Ban Treaty: Report Cites Growing Progress
(Geneva) – Substantial progress is being made in the global effort to eradicate antipersonnel landmines, but the United States remains on the sidelines, Human Rights Watch said today as a new report about landmines was released. In the United States, a…Continue Reading
Jailed Kazakh activist complains of mistreatment
A jailed Kazakh human rights activists says authorities are improperly interfering with his attempts to communicate with the outside world.Continue Reading
Jailed Kazakh activist complains of mistreatment
A jailed Kazakh human rights activists says authorities are improperly interfering with his attempts to communicate with the outside world.Continue Reading
Hellman/Hammett Grants: Honor, Assist Persecuted Writers
Human Rights Watch called today for nominations for the prestigious Hellman/Hammett grants for 2011, for writers who have suffered persecution because of their work and are in financial need.
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Elections in Egypt
This 24-page report documents the vague and subjective criteria in Egypt’s Political Parties Law that allow the government and ruling party to impede formation of new political parties.
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Rights groups call for Haiti polls to be postponed
US and Haitian human rights groups put out a joint call Tuesday for this weekend’s presidential and legislative elections in Haiti to be postponed due to raging cholera epidemic.Continue Reading
Iran says woman sentenced to stoning may be spared
The head of Iran’s human rights council predicted that a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery will likely be spared from execution.Continue Reading
Prevent Abuses Against Migrant Domestic Workers
To the Governments of Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka,
In the wake of recent cases of alleged abuse against Indonesian and Sri Lankan migrant domestic workers employed in Saudi Arabia, we write to urge your governments to ensure a timely and co…Continue Reading
Philippines: Families of those massacred at Maguindanao speak out
By Hazel Galang, Philippines campaigner, Amnesty International
Today many people in the Philippines are pausing to remember the Maguindanao massacre that thrust the nation into the international spotlight on 23 November last year: At least 57 people, i…Continue Reading
UN rights chief calls for release of Iran lawyer
GENEVA – The U.N.’s top human rights official has called on Iran to release a lawyer detained on suspicion of spreading propaganda against the ruling system.Continue Reading
Closing Doors?
This 69-page report documents abuses including torture, arbitrary arrests, banning of opposition activities, and harassment of civil society groups. Human Rights Watch called on the government to end the abuses and to strengthen institutional mechanism…Continue Reading
Burundi: Crackdown on Rights Following Elections
(Nairobi) – Burundi is cracking down on civil society, media, and opposition parties in the wake of troubled local and national elections from May through September 2010, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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