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Turkmenistan: Environmental Advocate Freed
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Cuba: Prominent Blogger Abducted, Beaten
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Kimberley Process: Zimbabwe Action Mars Credibility
6 Nov 2009, 6:31 pm |
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Uganda: Bill Threatens Progress on HIV/AIDS
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Israel: Stop East Jerusalem Home Demolitions
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Human Rights Watch The government needs to explain why so many women who came to Lebanon to work end up leaving the country in coffins.
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(Beirut) - The Lebanese government should investigate the deaths of eight migrant domestic workers during October 2009, as well as the reasons for the disproportionately high death rate among this group of workers, Human Rights Watch said today. An
Human Rights Watch On Oct. 18, an Australian naval vessel rescued a boatload of Sri Lankans in international waters (though Indonesia's search and rescue area) and transferred them to a customs boat, which is now trying to set them ashore in Indonesia.
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In January, Australians saw shocking photos of young, emaciated men washing up on the shores of Sumatra. Australian television showed these Rohingyas, members of a Muslim ethnic minority systematically mistreated by Burma's military regime, describing
Human Rights Watch The Israeli government is depriving Palestinians of the right to live in their own homes, in neighborhoods where many have lived for generations.
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(Jerusalem) - Israeli authorities in East Jerusalem should immediately stop demolishing Palestinian homes in violation of international law, Human Rights Watch said today. Also available in:Hebrew العربية
Human Rights Watch Al Franken Bill - The evidence in thousands and thousands of cases sits untested in police storage facilities while victims wait in vain for justice. This bill will go a long way toward moving their cases forward.
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(New York) - The introduction in the Senate today of the Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Act of 2009 is a significant step toward eliminating the backlog of evidence in rape cases, Human Rights Watch said today. Also available in:Español
Human Rights Watch Cuba is the only country in the region that continues to repress virtually all forms of political dissent.
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(Washington, DC) – Cuban authorities should cease all attacks on human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers and civic activists, Human Rights Watch said today. The international community should condemn attacks on those who peacefully exercise their
Human Rights Watch The group that monitors blood diamonds essentially ignored the blood being shed in Zimbabwe's diamond fields. That decision puts diamond consumers at risk of buying blood diamonds.
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(Johannesburg) - The credibility of the world's "blood diamond" monitoring group has been damaged after its failure this week to suspend Zimbabwe despite overwhelming evidence of serious human rights abuses and smuggling in the Marange
Human Rights Watch As President Obama prepares for his first trip to China later this month, he needs to rethink his approach.
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"Don't they know they need us?" So wrote a Chinese human-rights activist friend of mine, expressing frustration at the Obama administration. Since taking office, President Obama and Secretary ...
Human Rights Watch The proposed law criminalizes the willful transmission of HIV - Women who transmit HIV to their infants after birth via breast milk would also be subject to criminal prosecution, the report says.
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(Kampala) - A proposed Ugandan law on HIV/AIDS promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to the AIDS epidemic and would violate human rights, a group of more than 50 Ugandan and international organizations and individuals said in a report released
Human Rights Watch An Italian court's conviction of 23 CIA agents for kidnapping is a historic repudiation of the practice of "extraordinary rendition," used by the Bush administration against alleged terrorism suspects.
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(Milan) - An Italian court's conviction of 23 agents of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for kidnapping is an historic repudiation of the CIA's crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. The Milan court also found that two Italian officials illegally
Human Rights Watch
Another way to catch our latest Rights Watch podcast, with courageous Russian journalist Elena Milashina:
http://www.hrw.org/en/multimedia-podcast
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Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch is honoring Russian journalist Elena Milashina in New York tonight, along with Ethiopian lawyer Daniel Bekele. You can hear Elena's story in our latest podcast. Look out for an interview with Daniel next week.
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With Hamid Karzai secured in office once more, President Obama and the international community need to stop reviewing and start acting. A legitimate government must be restored to Afghanistan — one that prioritizes women's rights.
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The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices seeks youth-produced film, video and animated works on human rights issues made by youth ages 19 and under for its third annual YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE program.
Armed with digital cameras, computers and their own boundless creativit...y, young people across the globe are bravely exposing human rights issues faced by themselves and their communities. YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE provides a platform for youth to share their perspectives with audiences worldwide.
Click here for more information and to submit your film: http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/youth-producin
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Armed with digital cameras, computers and their own boundless creativit...y, young people across the globe are bravely exposing human rights issues faced by themselves and their communities. YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE provides a platform for youth to share their perspectives with audiences worldwide.
Click here for more information and to submit your film: http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/youth-producin
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Human Rights Watch India should be a leader in protecting and monitoring women’s sexual and reproductive health. Yet women continue to die entirely preventable deaths, and health authorities do not track down the reasons or do what is needed to rectify the health system.
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(New York) - India is falling behind other countries in meeting international commitments to improve obstetric care because it does not adequately monitor deaths and injuries in the critical period following childbirth and fix gaps in its health system
Human Rights Watch Some Congolese army soldiers are committing war crimes by viciously targeting the very people they should be protecting.
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(New York) - Congolese armed forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have brutally killed hundreds of civilians and committed widespread rape in the past three months in a military operation backed by the United Nations, Human Rights Watch said
