Visitors: 176 April 12, 2011 (New York) – The report by a panel of experts to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on April 12, 2011, about laws-of-war violations in Sri Lanka should be used to pave the way for justice, Human Rights Watch said today. Ban commissioned the report in May 2010 after the Sri […]
Visitors: 206 April 7, 2011 (New York) – The Sri Lankan government should account for everyone who was taken into custody at the end of Sri Lanka’s 26-year-long armed conflict in May 2009 and are feared to have been “disappeared,” Human Rights Watch said today. Despite numerous requests from families for information about their relatives, […]
Visitors: 200 April 7, 2011 (New York) – Dozens of peaceful advocates for democratic reforms, rule of law, religious freedom, and human rights face arbitrary detention and harsh prison sentences, with no respite in sight, Human Rights Watch said today, on the fifth anniversary of the founding of the democracy movement known as Block 8406. […]
Visitors: 204 April 6, 2011 (New York) – The United States should press Nepal’s army chief of staff during his meetings in Washington this week to cooperate with investigations into crimes committed by Nepali soldiers during the country’s civil war, Human Rights Watch said today. Gen. Chhatraman Gurung, the chief of staff, is scheduled to […]
Visitors: 184 April 6, 2011 (London) – The Government of Ethiopia should immediately release members of the ethnic Oromo political opposition detained without charge after mass arrests, Human Rights Watch said today. In March 2011, Ethiopian authorities carried out several waves of apparently politically motivated mass arrests of more than 200 ethnic Oromo Ethiopians. On […]
Visitors: 187 April 6, 2011 (London) – The Government of Ethiopia should immediately release members of the ethnic Oromo political opposition detained without charge after mass arrests, Human Rights Watch said today. In March 2011, Ethiopian authorities carried out several waves of apparently politically motivated mass arrests of more than 200 ethnic Oromo Ethiopians. On […]
Visitors: 208 April 4, 2011 (New York) – Proposed Justice Department standards to reduce rape in prison are unduly weak and should be significantly improved to protect victims and ensure accountability, Human Rights Watch said today in comments submitted to the department. The Justice Department released its proposed standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act […]
Visitors: 170 April 4, 2011 (New York) – Proposed Justice Department standards to reduce rape in prison are unduly weak and should be significantly improved to protect victims and ensure accountability, Human Rights Watch said today in comments submitted to the department. The Justice Department released its proposed standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act […]
Visitors: 177 28 March 2011, the body of Mexican poet Javier Sicilia‘s son, Juan Francisco Sicilia, and five others were found in a car in Cuernavaca, south of Mexico City. Media reports indicate that their bodies bore signs of torture and were accompanied by a note signed by the Gulf cartel, accusing the victims of […]
Visitors: 221 28 March 2011, the body of Mexican poet Javier Sicilia‘s son, Juan Francisco Sicilia, and five others were found in a car in Cuernavaca, south of Mexico City. Media reports indicate that their bodies bore signs of torture and were accompanied by a note signed by the Gulf cartel, accusing the victims of […]
Visitors: 191 London, UK, 31 March 2011-PEN International praises the U.N. Human Rights Council for its recent unanimous vote on the right of all individuals to practice religion, which ended a thirteen-year campaign by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to make blasphemy a crime. “Freedom of expression may cause discomfort, but it is […]
Visitors: 208 London, UK, 31 March 2011-PEN International praises the U.N. Human Rights Council for its recent unanimous vote on the right of all individuals to practice religion, which ended a thirteen-year campaign by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to make blasphemy a crime. “Freedom of expression may cause discomfort, but it is […]
Visitors: 204 London, UK, 31 March 2011-PEN International praises the U.N. Human Rights Council for its recent unanimous vote on the right of all individuals to practice religion, which ended a thirteen-year campaign by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to make blasphemy a crime. “Freedom of expression may cause discomfort, but it is […]
Visitors: 176 March 31, 2011 (Moscow, March 31, 2011) – Igor Kalyapin, head of the Inter-Regional Committee Against Torture, a leading Russian human rights organization, was arbitrarily arrested by police at 6 p.m. on March 31, 2011, during a public rally in Nizhny Novgorod. About 60 protesters had gathered peacefully at Freedom Square in the […]
Visitors: 170 March 31, 2011 (Moscow, March 31, 2011) – Igor Kalyapin, head of the Inter-Regional Committee Against Torture, a leading Russian human rights organization, was arbitrarily arrested by police at 6 p.m. on March 31, 2011, during a public rally in Nizhny Novgorod. About 60 protesters had gathered peacefully at Freedom Square in the […]
Visitors: 213 March 31, 2011 (Moscow, March 31, 2011) – Igor Kalyapin, head of the Inter-Regional Committee Against Torture, a leading Russian human rights organization, was arbitrarily arrested by police at 6 p.m. on March 31, 2011, during a public rally in Nizhny Novgorod. About 60 protesters had gathered peacefully at Freedom Square in the […]
Visitors: 227 London 29.03.11: The International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan condemns the 26 March 2011 abduction and beating of journalist Seymur Khaziyev. The group is deeply concerned by the cycle of violence against journalists and impunity for those who commit such attacks in Azerbaijan, and calls on the authorities to immediately and impartially investigate all […]
Visitors: 203 London 29.03.11: The International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan condemns the 26 March 2011 abduction and beating of journalist Seymur Khaziyev. The group is deeply concerned by the cycle of violence against journalists and impunity for those who commit such attacks in Azerbaijan, and calls on the authorities to immediately and impartially investigate all […]
Visitors: 189 London 29.03.11: The International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan condemns the 26 March 2011 abduction and beating of journalist Seymur Khaziyev. The group is deeply concerned by the cycle of violence against journalists and impunity for those who commit such attacks in Azerbaijan, and calls on the authorities to immediately and impartially investigate all […]
Visitors: 186 March 30, 2011 Metal cased antitank mines found in Ajdabiya on March 28, 2011. A man holds a disarmed metal-cased antitank mine found in Ajdabiya on March 28, 2011. A civil defense team found and disarmed 24 antivehicle mines and an estimated 30 to 40 antipersonnel mines. (Benghazi) – Muammar Gaddafi’s forces have […]
Visitors: 176 March 30, 2011 Metal cased antitank mines found in Ajdabiya on March 28, 2011. A man holds a disarmed metal-cased antitank mine found in Ajdabiya on March 28, 2011. A civil defense team found and disarmed 24 antivehicle mines and an estimated 30 to 40 antipersonnel mines. (Benghazi) – Muammar Gaddafi’s forces have […]
Visitors: 191 March 30, 2011 Metal cased antitank mines found in Ajdabiya on March 28, 2011. A man holds a disarmed metal-cased antitank mine found in Ajdabiya on March 28, 2011. A civil defense team found and disarmed 24 antivehicle mines and an estimated 30 to 40 antipersonnel mines. (Benghazi) – Muammar Gaddafi’s forces have […]
Visitors: 167 March 31, 2011 (Beirut) – The Saudi government’s refusal to let women vote in municipal elections in September 2011 unlawfully deprives women of their rights to full and equal status under the law, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on the election committee to allow women to vote and to […]
Visitors: 159 March 31, 2011 (Beirut) – The Saudi government’s refusal to let women vote in municipal elections in September 2011 unlawfully deprives women of their rights to full and equal status under the law, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on the election committee to allow women to vote and to […]
Visitors: 171 March 31, 2011 (Beirut) – The Saudi government’s refusal to let women vote in municipal elections in September 2011 unlawfully deprives women of their rights to full and equal status under the law, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on the election committee to allow women to vote and to […]