Kuwait: For Abused Domestic Workers, Nowhere to Turn
(Kuwait City) – Domestic workers in Kuwait who try to escape abusive employers face criminal charges for "absconding" and are unable to change jobs without their employer’s permission, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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The Prize China Doesn’t Want to Win
Most international awards are eagerly coveted by the Chinese government, but there are exceptions. One of the names being mentioned for the Nobel Peace Prize this year is Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese writer and political essayist currently serving an 11-year …Continue Reading
Turkmen activists barred from human rights meeting
Two exiled opposition activists from Turkmenistan have been barred from a human rights conference in Warsaw, apparently because their country objected to their presence, prompting criticism Tuesday from the United States, the European Union and Canada.Continue Reading
Letter to President Benigno S. Aquino III Regarding Reproductive Rights in the Philippines
President Benigno S. Aquino III
Malacañang Palace
J.P. Laurel St., San Miguel
Manila, NCR
1005 Philippines
Re: Reproductive Rights in the Philippines
Dear President Aquino,
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UN praises East Timor human rights progress
East Timor on Tuesday got a favourable write-up in a United Nations human rights report that pointed to progress four years after unrest that killed nearly 40 people, despite some continued problems.Continue Reading
UNESCO: Cancel Dictator Prize
(Washington, DC) – UNESCO should use this month’s executive board meeting to cancel its prize named after and funded by Teodoro Obiang, the president of Equatorial Guinea, said Human Rights Watch and partner groups today.
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Still no justice for Russian art exhibition organizers
By Friederike Behr, Russian Federation researcher for Amnesty International
I attended several of the appeal hearings at Moscow City Court, which on Monday upheld the July verdict of the Taganskii District Court that two art exhibition organizers were…Continue Reading
EU: Remain Firm on Conditionality for Serbia
Your Excellencies,
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Gaza Victims Trumped by Talks
Late last week the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah sent a cruel message to the civilian victims of laws-of-war violations during the Gaza conflict: we won’t demand justice for your suffering.
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Human Rights Court: Mexico responsible for rapes
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemned Mexico on Monday for failing to protect the rights of two indigenous women who were raped by soldiers in 2002.Continue Reading
Kenya Does It Again, but Kidnapping Suspects Won’t Make the Region Safer
During the Bush administration, a cornerstone of the so-called global war on terror was “extraordinary rendition” — the extrajudicial detention and transfer of terror suspects from one country to another.
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UK: Insist on Accountability as Nepal Army Chief Visits
(London) – The UK government should publicly call on Nepal’s chief of army staff, Gen. Chhatraman Gurung, to ensure that the army cooperates with investigations into crimes committed during Nepal’s armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. In part…Continue Reading
Iran: Lawyers’ defence work repaid with loss of freedom
Joint Statement by Shirin Ebadi, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Iranian League for…Continue Reading