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Don't let Libya off the hook
Tuesday, 31 January 2006, 3:23 pm | Human Rights Watch
By Kenneth Roth Tripoli, Libya - As the Libyan government seeks to transcend its international isolation, its greatest challenge may be the way it treats its own people. Slowly, the sources of tension between Tripoli and the West - Lockerbie, ... More >>
Saudi Arabia: End Juvenile Death Penalty
Tuesday, 31 January 2006, 3:21 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Cairo) – Saudi Arabia must publicly commit to ending the execution of juvenile offenders, as the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child recommended on Friday, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
A.U. Summit: Experts to Study Habré Case
Wednesday, 25 January 2006, 3:20 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Khartoum, Sudan) – The African Union today decided to create a group of legal experts to recommend where and how Hissène Habré, the exiled former dictator of Chad, should be tried. The expert group is to report back at the next AU Summit in June. More >>
Uzbekistan: Stop Harassment of Activists
Wednesday, 25 January 2006, 3:17 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – An independent human rights defender was badly beaten yesterday in Tashkent, Human Rights Watch said today. The beating appears to be the latest in a growing number of physical attacks on human rights defenders, and occurred on the eve of ... More >>
A.U. Summit: Sudan Unfit for A.U. Presidency
Wednesday, 25 January 2006, 3:14 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York)—African leaders rightly rejected Sudan’s bid for the African Union’s presidency this year, but should not reward Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with Africa’s leadership next year as long as the human rights disaster continues in Darfur, Human ... More >>
Fabricated Justice: Guantanamo Four Years Later
Wednesday, 25 January 2006, 3:11 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 11, 2006) I have reached Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, but I am as cut off from the men imprisoned here as if I were still in Washington, D.C. The Pentagon has allowed Human Rights Watch to observe military commission proceedings, ... More >>
African Union: Choose a Credible President
Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 2:55 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York)—African leaders meeting at the African Union summit next week must act to improve protection of civilians in Darfur and should not elect the Sudanese president as head of the African Union, Human Rights Watch said in two documents published ... More >>
U.S. Policy of Abuse Undermines Rights Worldwide
Friday, 20 January 2006, 1:34 pm | Human Rights Watch
New evidence demonstrated in 2005 that torture and mistreatment have been a deliberate part of the Bush administration’s counterterrorism strategy, undermining the global defense of human rights, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report ... More >>
Uzbekistan: Reveal Fate of Jailed Activist
Friday, 20 January 2006, 1:33 pm | Human Rights Watch
The Uzbek government must clarify the fate of an Uzbek human rights defender who was arrested after speaking out about the massacre of hundreds of unarmed protesters on May 13 in Andijan, Human Rights Watch said today. Saidjahon Zainabitdinov, chairman ... More >>
Abuses Go Unpunished in Asia: Human Rights Report
Thursday, 19 January 2006, 4:42 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Washington, D.C., January 18, 2005) – Respect for human rights has been seriously eroded over the past year in several Asian countries, in particular Nepal, Cambodia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and China, Human Rights Watch said today as it issued ... More >>
U.S.: New Jersey Suspends Death Penalty
Wednesday, 18 January 2006, 4:01 pm | Human Rights Watch
New Jersey’s governor tomorrow is scheduled to sign into law a temporary moratorium on the death penalty in the state. Governor Richard Codey and state legislators should now move forward to permanently abolish this arbitrary and inherently cruel punishment, ... More >>
Rwanda: High Court to Rule on Ex-Pres. Conviction
Wednesday, 18 January 2006, 3:55 pm | Human Rights Watch
The Rwandan Supreme Court must set a new standard for judicial independence and competence when on Tuesday it is expected to rule on an appeal by a convicted former president and seven others, Human Rights Watch said today in a briefing paper. More >>
Rwanda: Historic Ruling Expected for Former Pres.
Wednesday, 18 January 2006, 3:52 pm | Human Rights Watch
The Supreme Court of Rwanda is scheduled to rule January 17 on the bid by former president Pasteur Bizimungu and seven others to have their convictions on charges of having formed a criminal association quashed. Bizimungu and former Public Works ... More >>
Merkel in Russia: Emphasize Human Rights
Friday, 13 January 2006, 3:28 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Berlin, January 13, 2006)—German Chancellor Angela Merkel should use her January 16 summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin to signal a shift in Germany’s Russia policy that puts more emphasis on international human rights standards, Human Rights ... More >>
Kyrgyzstan: Don't Trade Refugees for Empty Promise
Thursday, 12 January 2006, 3:21 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York, January 12, 2006) – Kyrgyzstan should reject the Uzbekistan government’s proposal that the Kyrgyz return four refugees in exchange for Uzbek government assurances not to torture the men, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
India: Repeal Colonial-Era Sodomy Law
Wednesday, 11 January 2006, 3:35 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Delhi, January 11, 2006) – New arrests of gay men in Lucknow, India—the scene of a case in 2001 that drew worldwide protests—show that India’s colonial-era sodomy law continues to threaten human rights and encourage the spread of HIV, Human Rights ... More >>
U.S.: Protect Rights of Teen at Guantánamo
Wednesday, 11 January 2006, 3:32 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Guantánamo Bay, January 11, 2006) – The U.S. military commission hearing the case of a Canadian teenager due to start today at Guantánamo Bay should take into account that he was only 15 years old at the time of his alleged offense, Human Rights Watch ... More >>
The Disappeared - A New Treaty
Monday, 9 January 2006, 12:21 am | Human Rights Watch
Not for the first time, world justice is being tugged in two opposite directions. The latest developments in international law mean that the duty to prosecute those involved in forced disappearances – arbitrary arrest, frequently followed by torture ... More >>
U.K.: Highest Court Rules Out Torture Evidence
Friday, 9 December 2005, 1:36 pm | Human Rights Watch
The unanimous ruling by Britain’s highest court that torture evidence can never be used in court proceedings is an important milestone, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
African Union: Support Habré’s Extradition Belgium
Friday, 9 December 2005, 1:32 pm | Human Rights Watch
Creating Ad Hoc Tribunal to Try Ex-Dictator of Chad Would Be Too Costly, Slow More >>
