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Iran: Remove Rights Abuser from U.N. Delegation
Saturday, 24 June 2006, 3:52 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Iran should immediately remove Tehran’s notoriously abusive prosecutor general from its delegation to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Watch said today. The prosecutor general, Saeed Mortazavi has been implicated in ... More >>
Germany: Challenge to Ruling on Uzbek Ex-Minister
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 5:30 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Berlin) – Germany’s new federal prosecutor should reverse a decision not to open a criminal investigation into former Uzbek Interior Minister Zokir Almatov’s responsibility for crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said in a legal brief challenging ... More >>
Afghanistan: Remove New Restrictions on Media
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 5:28 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – The Afghan government should immediately revoke a recently promulgated directive restricting the freedom of the press, Human Rights Watch said today. On June 12 and 19, Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, the National Security Directorate ... More >>
Iraq: Insurgents Commit War Crimes
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 5:27 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Yesterday’s recovery of the bodies of two U.S. soldiers in Iraq, reportedly with signs of torture, highlights the serious violations of international humanitarian law (laws of war) committed by insurgent groups in Iraq, Human Rights Watch said ... More >>
Chad: Armed Groups Maraud Along Sudan Border
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 5:24 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – The governments of Chad and Sudan support armed groups that are committing serious crimes against civilians in eastern Chad, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today. More >>
Indonesia: Military Threatens Human Rights
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 5:22 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Jakarta) – The Indonesian government’s plans to reform military-owned businesses do not sufficiently address the human rights problems fueled by the current system, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The Indonesian military’s ... More >>
Uzbekistan: Criminal Charges Used to Quash Dissent
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 5:19 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Tashkent) – Two Uzbek human rights defenders were sentenced to lengthy prison terms and another was arrested last week, the latest moves in the government’s year-long crackdown on civil society, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
Charles Taylor: Hague Trial Must Be Accessible
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 6:49 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – With the transfer of Charles Taylor to The Hague for trial, the U.N.-backed war crimes court for Sierra Leone and its donors must ensure that the former Liberian president’s trial remains accessible to the people of West Africa, Human Rights Watch ... More >>
Israel: Gaza Beach Investigation Ignores Evidence
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 6:47 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Jerusalem) – The Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) investigation of the Gaza beach explosion that killed eight Palestinian civilians and wounded dozens is incomplete because it excludes important evidence, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch ... More >>
Turkmenistan: Arrest on Eve of EU Parliament Visit
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 6:45 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Just days before a European Parliament delegation was scheduled to arrive in Ashgabat to determine whether the European Union should sign an interim trade agreement with Turkmenistan, the Turkmen government detained three local human rights ... More >>
Malaysia: Detainees Held Without Charge or Trial
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 8:06 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – The Malaysian government must either charge or release the scores of detainees held indefinitely under its draconian 1960 Internal Security Act (ISA), Human Rights Watch said today. Earlier this month, the authorities extended by two ... More >>
India: Dont Torture Sikh Activist Extradited by US
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 8:03 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – The Indian government must ensure that its security officials do not torture or mistreat Sikh separatist Kulvir Singh Barapind, who was extradited to India from the United States on June 17, Human Rights Watch said today. The Indian ... More >>
Rejection of Visa for Dalai Lama
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 7:45 pm | Human Rights Watch
By Mickey Spiegel, China Researcher for Human Rights Watch Last week, 22 of 28 Nobel Peace Prize winners gathered in South Korea for the 2006 Gwangju (Kwangju) Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. Winners from Kenya, Russia, Guatemala, Iran, East Timor, ... More >>
Jordan: Rise in Arrests Restricting Free Speech
Saturday, 17 June 2006, 11:30 am | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – The government of Jordan must not roll back on its commitment to fully respect freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said today. Rather than implement the reforms it promised, the government of Prime Minister Ma’ruf al-Bakhit is giving ... More >>
Burundi: Former Child Soldiers Languish in Custody
Saturday, 17 June 2006, 11:28 am | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – The Burundian government is detaining rather than rehabilitating former child soldiers associated with the rebel National Liberation Forces, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today. More >>
UN: No Business as Usual at New Rights Council
Saturday, 17 June 2006, 11:26 am | Human Rights Watch
(Geneva) – U.N. member states must work vigorously to make the new Human Rights Council a strong and effective protector of human rights worldwide, Human Rights Watch said today. The Human Rights Council replaces the United Nations Commission on Human Rights ... More >>
Taylor Trial: U.K. Removes a Key Obstacle
Saturday, 17 June 2006, 11:21 am | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – The British government’s decision today to offer detention facilities for Charles Taylor if he is convicted removes the main obstacle to relocating the former Liberian president’s trial to The Hague, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
Israel: Evidence on Beach Killings Implicates IDF
Saturday, 17 June 2006, 11:18 am | Human Rights Watch
(Gaza) – A digitally dated and time-stamped blood test report of a victim treated at a Palestinian hospital that admitted wounded from the June 9 killings on a Gaza beach suggests that the attack took place during the time period of an Israeli artillery ... More >>
Eurasia: Uphold Human Rights, Combating Terrorism
Wednesday, 14 June 2006, 8:34 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York, June 14, 2006) – Members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) should commit to adhering to international standards on human rights when they meet to discuss joint counterterrorism measures on June 15, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
Israel: Investigate Gaza Beach Killings
Wednesday, 14 June 2006, 8:31 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Gaza City) – Israel should immediately launch an independent, impartial investigation of a June 9 Israeli artillery strike on a beach north of Gaza City, Human Rights Watch said today. Seven Palestinian civilians picnicking on the beach were killed ... More >>
