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Darfur: Arab League Must Back UN Protection Force
Wednesday, 29 March 2006, 8:17 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Cairo) – At the Arab League summit in Khartoum, Arab leaders should endorse plans to transform promptly the African Union’s mission in Darfur into a United Nations protection force, a coalition of international and Arab human rights organizations ... More >>
Nigeria: Agreement to Hand Over Taylor Vital Step
Monday, 27 March 2006, 7:51 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Nigeria’s announcement that it will consent to the transfer of former Liberian President Charles Taylor to Liberia is a landmark step toward ensuring justice for West Africa, Human Rights Watch said today. Now Taylor must be physically transferred ... More >>
Syria: Rights Activists Detained in Crackdown
Saturday, 25 March 2006, 3:22 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Syrian authorities escalated a crackdown on the country’s human rights activists by arresting four of them over the past week, Human Rights Watch said today. As of Friday evening Damascus time, only one had been released. More >>
Nigeria: Comply With Liberia’s Request on Taylor
Saturday, 25 March 2006, 3:18 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Lagos) – Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo should promptly comply with Liberian President Johnson-Sirleaf’s request for former Liberian President Charles Taylor to face trial at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the Campaign Against Impunity ... More >>
Burundi: Work With UN on Justice & Reconciliation
Saturday, 25 March 2006, 3:15 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York)—Burundian authorities and United Nations experts, due to meet Monday, should ensure the speedy establishment of mechanisms to address grave violations of international law committed in political and ethnic conflicts in this central ... More >>
Belarus: Stop Arresting Peaceful Demonstrators
Saturday, 25 March 2006, 3:12 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Moscow) – The government of Belarus should stop detaining demonstrators peacefully protesting the results of Sunday’s election, and uphold their right to do so, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
Uzbekistan: Do Not Close U.N. Refugee Office
Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 8:39 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – The Uzbek government’s closure of the U.N. refugee agency in Tashkent will deprive refugees in Uzbekistan of international protection and set a terrible precedent, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on the Uzbek ... More >>
E.U.: Stop Trade Pact With Turkmen Regime
Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 8:36 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Brussels) – The European Parliament must halt further consideration of an important trade agreement with Turkmenistan, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
Peru: Military Shields Identity of Rights Abusers
Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 8:32 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Washington)—Peru’s military has systematically failed to provide courts and prosecutors with the identities of military personnel under investigation for human rights abuses committed during the country’s armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said in a letter ... More >>
Lebanon: Military Courts Used to Prosecute Dissent
Saturday, 18 March 2006, 4:09 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – On Monday, one of Lebanon’s prominent human rights lawyers is due to appear before a Beirut military court on slander charges for having denounced the authorities’ use of such courts to prosecute critics of the government, Human Rights ... More >>
China: No Medical Reason to Hold Dissident
Saturday, 18 March 2006, 4:07 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Berlin) – A report by Dutch psychiatric experts leaves no doubt that Wang Wanxing was a victim of China’s political abuse of psychiatry, the Global Initiative on Psychiatry and Human Rights Watch said today. Both groups called on China to halt this means ... More >>
Indonesia: Escalating Violence in Papua
Saturday, 18 March 2006, 4:04 pm | Human Rights Watch
(London) – Escalating violence in Papua’s provincial capital should be investigated by an independent commission, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
Nepal: ‘Sexual Cleansing’ Drive Continues
Saturday, 18 March 2006, 4:00 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – New arrests of metis (an indigenous term for transgender people) and HIV/AIDS outreach workers in Kathmandu show that a persistent pattern of police violence and abuse has not abated, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch has learned ... More >>
U.S.: Minimize Civilian Casualties in Iraq
Saturday, 18 March 2006, 3:55 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – U.S. military forces in Iraq need to take all feasible precautions to minimize civilian casualties in the current air and ground offensive in Samara, north of Baghdad, Human Rights Watch said today. The dangers to civilians from air strikes ... More >>
D.R. Congo: ICC Arrest First Step to Justice
Saturday, 18 March 2006, 3:53 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced today that it has issued its first arrest warrant in its investigation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and that the suspect is in custody en route to The Hague. The news is a welcome ... More >>
Bosnian Serb Republic Takes First Steps to Justice
Thursday, 16 March 2006, 8:00 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) After 10 years of allowing suspected war criminals to go free, Bosnia’s Serb Republic is taking its first steps to bring them to justice, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. But sustaining that progress depends on local commitment ... More >>
U.N.: New Rights Council Offers Hope for Victims
Thursday, 16 March 2006, 7:58 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – The creation of a new Human Rights Council by the United Nations General Assembly is a major step forward for the protection of victims worldwide, Human Rights Watch said today. The group urged U.N. members to make the new body as effective ... More >>
Iran: Political Prisoner at Risk of Execution
Thursday, 16 March 2006, 7:53 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Prison officials in Iran have repeatedly threatened to execute a sympathizer of an armed opposition group during the Persian New Year holidays that begin on March 21, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
Tamil Tigers Extort Diaspora for ‘Final War’ Funds
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 8:55 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) - The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE or Tamil Tigers) subject Sri Lankan Tamils living in Canada, the United Kingdom and other Western countries to intimidation, extortion and even violence to ensure a steady flow of funds for ... More >>
Indonesia: US Aid to Corrupt TNI Risks More Abuses
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 8:51 pm | Human Rights Watch
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Jakarta today is intended to showcase Indonesia's transition to democracy. It follows the Bush Administration's controversial decision to reestablish full relations with the Indonesian Military ... More >>
