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Iran: Alarming Increase in Executions
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 2:18 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Hojat Zamani, a member of the opposition Mojadehin Khalq Organization outlawed in Iran, was executed on February 7 at Karaj’s Gohardasht prison, Human Rights Watch said today, after a trial that did not meet international standards. More >>
Burundi: Donors Must Press for End to Abuses
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 2:16 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Donors beginning aid discussions with Burundi’s government on February 28 must press for an end to summary executions, torture and other human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said in a report issued today. More >>
Libya: Arbitrary Punishment of Women, Girls
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 2:13 pm | Human Rights Watch
The Libyan government is arbitrarily detaining women and girls indefinitely in “social rehabilitation” facilities, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Officially portrayed as protective homes for women and girls “vulnerable to engaging in moral ... More >>
Russia: Gay Pride Parade Should Not Be Banned
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 2:08 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov’s promise to ban the city’s first-ever gay pride parade is a threat to civil liberties and civil society, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the mayor. More >>
Pakistan: Bush Should Urge End to Military Rule
Monday, 27 February 2006, 1:55 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – U.S. President George Bush should press his Pakistani counterpart, General Pervez Musharraf, to step down as army chief, hold free and fair elections, and restore civilian rule in Pakistan, Human Rights Watch said today. President Bush is scheduled ... More >>
Credibility of UN Depends on Protection of Victims
Friday, 24 February 2006, 3:01 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Governments should swiftly approve a draft resolution to create a new United Nations Human Rights Council, Human Rights Watch said today. Although the text presented today by Jan Eliasson, president of the General Assembly, falls short ... More >>
Turkey: Compensation Law to Internally Displaced
Friday, 24 February 2006, 2:55 pm | Human Rights Watch
February 22, 2005 Mr. Abdullah Gül Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Human Rights Başbakanlık 06573 Ankara Dear Minister, We have followed with urgent interest the implementation of the July 2004 Law on Compensation for ... More >>
Argentina: New Law Weakens Judicial Independence
Friday, 24 February 2006, 2:53 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Washington, D.C.)—By voting to overhaul the composition of the body that nominates and dismisses judges, the Argentine Congress has undermined safeguards of judicial independence in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
Cambodia: Donors Must Demand Progress Not Promises
Thursday, 23 February 2006, 2:43 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Phnom Penh) – Five leading international organizations from Asia, Europe, and the United States today called for Cambodia's international donors to intensify pressure on the Cambodian government to end its repression of fundamental human rights and ... More >>
California: Physician Participation in Executions
Thursday, 23 February 2006, 2:40 pm | Human Rights Watch
On February 21, 2006 two anesthesiologists refused to participate in the scheduled execution by lethal injection of Michael Morales in California. Their widely reported action highlights the ongoing conflict between medical ethics and the role of medical ... More >>
Guatemala: Transgender People Face Deadly Attacks
Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 3:54 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York)— The Guatemalan government must take immediate steps to stop a pattern of deadly attacks and possible police violence against transgender women and gay men, and end impunity for these crimes, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter ... More >>
Uganda: Risk of Violence as Election Approaches
Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 3:51 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Kampala) – All Ugandan political parties must call on their supporters to refrain from violence in the tense buildup to the country’s first multi-party elections in 26 years, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
Congo: Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 3:11 pm | Human Rights Watch
(London) - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo must act promptly on the recommendations of a Congolese parliamentary investigation that uncovered illegal natural resource exploitation and profiteering from armed conflict, said a leading ... More >>
Chad: Darfur Conflict Spills Across Border
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 3:05 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Janjaweed militias and Chadian rebel groups with support from the Sudanese government are launching deadly cross-border raids on villages in eastern Chad, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. Human Rights Watch called on the ... More >>
Ukraine: Uzbek Asylum Seekers Sent to Face Abuse
Monday, 20 February 2006, 3:26 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Ukraine has deported 10 asylum seekers to Uzbekistan, where they face torture and abuse, Human Rights Watch said today. These deportations violate international law. More >>
Cartoon Controversy: Drop Criminal Charges
Friday, 17 February 2006, 1:03 pm | Human Rights Watch
The governments of Jordan, Yemen and Algeria should immediately drop criminal charges against editors and journalists who reproduced controversial caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in their publications, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch ... More >>
Poland: Official Homophobia Threatens Human Rights
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 5:34 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – As a new government in Poland brings to power officials with long records of opposing gay and lesbian rights, it is more important than ever for the country’s leadership to affirm all citizens’ equality, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter ... More >>
Insurgency: Nepal Brink of Humanitarian Disaster
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 5:32 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Ten years of armed insurgency has subjected Nepalis to severe abuses by Maoist rebel and government forces and placed the country on the verge of a humanitarian disaster, Human Rights Watch said today. In particular, the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists ... More >>
On the Danish Cartoons: When Speech Offends
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 5:29 pm | Human Rights Watch
On September 30, 2005, the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published twelve cartoon depictions of the Prophet Mohammed that its editors said they solicited as part of an experiment to overcome what they perceived as self-censorship reflected in the ... More >>
Playing with the fire of sectarianism
Tuesday, 14 February 2006, 4:55 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Lahore) -- Last Thursday, Pakistan's simmering sectarian war came to the strategically important North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan. At least 31 people were killed and scores injured after a suicide bomber attacked a religious procession ... More >>
