Blind dissident's plight revives China rights movement
BEIJING (Reuters) – China may have sown the seeds of its next human rights row with the United States even as it looks to end the current one over blind dissident Chen Guangcheng, with its treatment of him inspiring a band of lawyers to join his human-…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch says female farmworkers suffer sex abuse to avoid deportation, loss of jobs
By Tracie Cone, The Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. – Female farmworkers across the United States are commonly sexually harassed and assaulted, in part because their immigration status makes them fearful …Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch says female farmworkers suffer sex abuse to avoid deportation, loss of jobs
FRESNO, Calif. – Female farmworkers across the United States are commonly sexually harassed and assaulted, in part because their immigration status makes them fearful of calling police, according to a report being released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch.Continue Reading
“Beat Him, Take Everything Away” Abuses by China’s Chengguan Para-Police – Report Press Conference
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On Wednesday, May 23 2012, Human Rights Watch (HRW) will launch its first China report of 2012: “Beat Him, Take Everything Away” Abuses by China’s Chengguan Para-Police at the Hong…Continue Reading
US: Sexual Violence, Harassment of Immigrant Farmworkers
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Hundreds of thousands of immigrant farmworker women and girls in the United States face a high risk of sexual violence and sexual harassment in their workplaces because US authorities an…Continue Reading
DR Congo: Bosco Ntaganda Recruits Children by Force
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Gen. Bosco Ntaganda, who mutinied against the Democratic Republic of Congo in early April 2012, has forcibly recruited at least 149 boys and young men into his forces since April 19. Nta…Continue Reading
US/Burma: Don’t Lift Sanctions Too Soon
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The US government should not ease sanctions on business activities in Burma until adequate safeguards are in place to prevent new investment from fueling human rights abuses.
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US-Vietnamese prisoner's wife appeals for US help
The wife of a US citizen held in Vietnam urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday to push for his release, as a senior US official said Hanoi's respect for human rights is deteriorating.Continue Reading
Jordan: Don’t Deport Eritrean Refugees to Yemen
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Jordanian authorities are about to deport nine detained Eritrean refugees, including a 7-year-old girl, to Yemen where they risk indefinite detention and possibly deportation to persecu…Continue Reading
Pakistan: Halt Execution of Lawyer’s Killer
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The government of Pakistan should halt the scheduled hanging on May 23, 2012, of Behram Khan for the murder of a lawyer in 2003.
(New York, May 15, 2012) &n…Continue Reading
Bahrain: Drop Charges Against Rights Activists
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Bahraini authorities should drop politically motivated criminal charges against Nabeel Rajab, a human rights activist, and release him immediately. Rajab is scheduled to go on trial on M…Continue Reading
AMSPAC Signs Bill to Promote Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights for Cuban and Syrian Americans
MIAMI — On May 8, 2012 in Miami, Florida, history was made for Syrian-Americans and Cuban-Americans and for the future of Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights in Syria and Cuba. The Assembly of the Cuban …Continue Reading
Suffering and loss among Syrians in hospitals in Tripoli, Lebanon
By Neil Sammonds, Amnesty International’s Syria researcher
Two weeks ago ‘Amina’ lost her legs, her husband and her two small children.
In a Tripoli hospital she tells me with remarkable composure how her life was, quite literally, blown apa…Continue Reading
Peru: Disability Rights in the Voting Booth
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Peru should remove significant barriers preventing people with disabilities from exercising their right to vote and other civil rights. The failure to dismantle the obstacles is undermin…Continue Reading
"Closed" Iraq torture jail still open – rights group
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday Iraqi authorities were still running a jail they said had been shut over a year ago after reports of prisoners being beaten and electrocuted, but the government denied this, saying the site was emp…Continue Reading