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Swiss Voters Should Reject Asylum Restrictions
Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 2:02 am | Human Rights Watch
(Geneva) — Swiss voters should reject proposed changes to the Swiss law on asylum (“LAsi”) in Sunday’s referendum (September 24) because the measure runs counter to the commitments Switzerland has made under international refugee law, Human Rights ... More >>
U.S.: Girls Abused in New York’s Juvenile Prisons
Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 1:59 am | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Girls in New York’s juvenile prisons are being abused and neglected by state authorities, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union charged in a report released today. More >>
Uzbekistan: Trial of Imam Highlights Concerns
Monday, 31 July 2006, 3:23 am | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – The upcoming trial in Tashkent of a Muslim cleric kidnapped by Kazakh state agents in Kazakhstan and sent back to Uzbekistan highlights concerns about the safety of Uzbeks who have fled to Kazakhstan to avoid persecution and the risks ... More >>
DR Congo: Violence Threatens North Kivu Elections
Monday, 31 July 2006, 3:18 am | Human Rights Watch
Updated July 28, 2006 (Beirut) - Since July 12, when Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers, Israel and Hezbollah have engaged in consistent and intense hostilities in which civilians in Lebanon and Israel have overwhelmingly been the victims. The ... More >>
DR Congo: Violence Threatens North Kivu Elections
Monday, 31 July 2006, 3:11 am | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Political violence threatens to undermine the historic elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo scheduled for July 30, Human Rights Watch said today. At least four people were killed and 13 others injured last week during electoral ... More >>
Zimbabwe: Abusive Policies Disrupt Progress on HIV
Monday, 31 July 2006, 3:08 am | Human Rights Watch
(London) – The Zimbabwean government’s abusive practices, coupled with inadequate health and social welfare policies, are undermining the country’s progress in the fight against AIDS, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. More >>
US: Resurrecting Discredited Guantanamo Tribunals
Monday, 31 July 2006, 3:06 am | Human Rights Watch
(Washington, D.C.) – The Bush administration has proposed draft legislation that largely recreates the deeply flawed military commissions that the Supreme Court struck down last month in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
Russia Condemned for 'Disappearance' of Chechen
Monday, 31 July 2006, 3:04 am | Human Rights Watch
(Moscow) – In a landmark ruling today, the European Court of Human Rights held Russia responsible for the “disappearance” and subsequent killing of a Chechen man in February 2000, Human Rights Watch said. More >>
Lebanon/Israel: Israel Must Provide Safe Passage
Thursday, 20 July 2006, 7:44 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Beirut) – Israel must allow relief convoys safe entry into and passage inside Lebanon, and take all feasible precautions to avoid attacking them, Human Rights Watch said today. Border towns in Lebanon are already facing serious shortages of ... More >>
China: Release “Barefoot Lawyer”
Thursday, 20 July 2006, 7:42 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Chinese authorities should immediately release Chen Guangcheng, a blind lawyer persecuted for exposing official abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. Since his arbitrary detention in August 2005, Chen has been subject to physical abuse ... More >>
U.S./Sudan: Bush Should Press for Promised Reforms
Thursday, 20 July 2006, 7:30 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – When the president of Southern Sudan’s regional government visits the White House on July 20, U.S. President George W. Bush should call on Sudan to implement reforms to its security apparatus as agreed in the 2005 peace accord between ... More >>
Colombia: Demobilization Ruling Thwarts Abuses
Thursday, 20 July 2006, 7:28 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Washington) – The Colombian government could legitimize its paramilitary demobilization process and dismantle the paramilitaries’ complex criminal and financial networks if it implements the process in accordance with a recent Constitutional Court decision, ... More >>
Afghanistan: Vice & Virtue Department Could Return
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 8:00 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – A proposal to reestablish the Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Afghanistan raises serious concerns about potential abuse of the rights of women and vulnerable groups, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
Lebanon: Hezbollah Attacks Target Civilians
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 7:56 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Hezbollah's attacks in Israel on Sunday and Monday were at best indiscriminate attacks in civilian areas, at worst the deliberate targeting of civilians. Either way, they were serious violations of international humanitarian law and probable ... More >>
Darfur: Donors, Urgently Boost Civilian Protection
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 7:54 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Brussels) – International donors meeting in Brussels on July 18 to pledge support to the African Union’s peacekeeping force in Sudan should provide increased and urgent assistance for the protection of civilians in Darfur, where killings and rapes ... More >>
AIDS: Success in Fight Threatened by Rights Abuses
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 7:52 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Toronto) – Ongoing rights abuses are undermining efforts to fight the HIV pandemic and threatening the few, hard-won successes, Human Rights Watch said today, a month before the XVI International AIDS Conference opens in Toronto. More >>
Questions and Answers on Israel and Hezbollah
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 7:51 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Beirut) – On July 12, Hezbollah launched an attack on Israeli positions on the Israeli side of the Lebanese border, killing three Israeli soldiers and capturing two. In response, Israel launched air and artillery attacks against targets throughout ... More >>
Israel: Investigate Attack on Civilians in Lebanon
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 7:47 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Beirut) – The Israel Defense Forces should provide details about a bombing on Saturday that killed 16 people in a convoy of civilians fleeing a Lebanese village near Israel’s border, Human Rights Watch said today. Under international humanitarian ... More >>
EU: Push U.S. To Close Guantanamo
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 10:15 am | Human Rights Watch
(Brussels) – European governments should take concrete steps to help close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter sent to EU foreign ministers. More >>
Blocking a Solution in Darfur
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 10:13 am | Human Rights Watch
This article was published Thursday, July 13, 2006 on Page 8 A Sudanese farmer named Atahar nailed it in simple words: "We want to return to our village, but if they see us, they will kill us," he said quietly to me as we talked in a displaced ... More >>
