JAKARTA (Reuters) – Officers policing sharia law in Indonesia’s Aceh province raped a woman and have committed other rights violations, a human rights group said on Wednesday, calling on the province to repeal sharia bylaws.Continue Reading

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Officers policing sharia law in Indonesia’s Aceh province raped a woman and have committed other rights violations, a human rights group said on Wednesday, calling on the province to repeal sharia bylaws.Continue Reading

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called on a European security organization Wednesday to play a bigger role in helping stabilize Afghanistan and to do more to strengthen the voice of human rights groups worldwide.Continue Reading

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called on a European security organization Wednesday to play a bigger role in helping stabilize Afghanistan and to do more to strengthen the voice of human rights groups worldwide.Continue Reading

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called on a European security organization Wednesday to play a bigger role in helping stabilize Afghanistan and to do more to strengthen the voice of human rights groups worldwide.Continue Reading

Laporan setebal 98 halaman, “Menegakkan Moralitas: Pelanggaran dalam Penerapan Syariah di Aceh, Indonesia,” mendokumentasikan pengalaman-pengalaman orang-orang yang pernah dituduh melanggar peraturan Syariah yang melarang ‘perbuatan bersunyi-sunyian’…Continue Reading

This 89-page report documents the experiences of people accused of violating Sharia laws prohibiting “seclusion” and imposing public dress requirements on Muslims. The “seclusion” law makes association by unmarried individuals of the opposite sex a cri…Continue Reading

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called on a European security organization Wednesday to play a bigger role in helping stabilize Afghanistan and to do more to strengthen the voice of human rights groups worldwide.Continue Reading

UPDATE: Human Rights Watch sent a letter to the Kazakhstan prosecutor general on December 2,  expressing concern about the fate of 29 Uzbek asylum seekers in custody of the Kazakh authorities and facing extradition to Uzbekistan.
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