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Malaysia: ISA Detainees Beaten and Humiliated
Wednesday, 28 September 2005, 6:40 pm | Human Rights Watch
Malaysia’s Internal Security Act (ISA), which gives the government unchecked powers to detain individuals for long periods without charge, is a recipe for abuse, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
Turkey: Officials Try to Shut Down Rights Group
Wednesday, 28 September 2005, 6:38 pm | Human Rights Watch
The threat by Turkish officials to close down an organization defending lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people's rights violates basic freedoms of association and expression, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
Other Screams of Terror: anti-Sikh riots
Wednesday, 28 September 2005, 6:37 pm | Human Rights Watch
The screams of terror, the pervading stench of burning flesh, distant lights as shops and homes burn down, the triumphant shouts of looters. People who lived through 1984 in Delhi are unlikely to forget the horrors. After years of inquiries, commissions, ... More >>
U.N.: 'Disappearances' Treaty a Major Advance
Wednesday, 28 September 2005, 6:34 pm | Human Rights Watch
The adoption of an international treaty against forced disappearances at the United Nations is a great step forward in the fight against this crime, said Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists, the International Federation of Human Rights ... More >>
USA: Police abuse widespread in lesbian, gay
Monday, 26 September 2005, 9:00 pm | Human Rights Watch
New Amnesty International Study Finds LGBT People of Color and Youth Most Likely to Suffer; Calls on Police to Improve Training and Accountability More >>
New Accounts of Torture by U.S. Troops in Iraq
Monday, 26 September 2005, 8:49 pm | Human Rights Watch
U.S. Army troops subjected Iraqi detainees to severe beatings and other torture at a base in central Iraq from 2003 through 2004, often under orders or with the approval of superior officers, according to accounts from soldiers released by Human Rights ... More >>
New Orleans: Prisoners Abandoned to Floodwaters
Monday, 26 September 2005, 8:43 pm | Human Rights Watch
As Hurricane Katrina began pounding New Orleans, the sheriff's department abandoned hundreds of inmates imprisoned in the city’s jail, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
U.S.: Ecuador’s Labor Abuses Violate Trade Act
Tuesday, 20 September 2005, 7:06 pm | Human Rights Watch
The United States should suspend Ecuador’s trade benefits due to the country’s failure to comply with the labor rights requirements of the Andean Trade Preferences Act, Human Rights Watch said today in a petition filed with the U.S. Trade Representative. More >>
Uzbekistan: Massive Crackdown Documented
Tuesday, 20 September 2005, 7:02 pm | Human Rights Watch
The government of Uzbekistan is conducting a massive crackdown to conceal the truth about the killing of hundreds of civilian demonstrators in Andijan in May, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. More >>
Tibet: Monk Spirited Away by Security Forces
Monday, 19 September 2005, 9:08 pm | Human Rights Watch
Chinese security forces must immediately release Sonam, a monk from the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Human Rights Watch said. Sonam was taken from the Palace in what confidential sources describe as a politically ... More >>
Nigeria: Demonstrate Commitment to Justice
Thursday, 15 September 2005, 8:33 pm | Human Rights Watch
Nigeria should help bring justice to the countless victims of crimes committed during Sierra Leone’s civil war, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today in an open letter urging Nigeria’s president to surrender former Liberian President ... More >>
Human Rights Watch Diary: Afghanistan elections
Thursday, 15 September 2005, 8:31 pm | Human Rights Watch
Today I found myself face to face with Abdul Rabb al-Rasul Sayyaf , one of Afghanistan's most notorious warlords, and he was complaining about Human Rights Watch. More >>
Afghanistan blog: upcoming elections
Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 8:25 pm | Human Rights Watch
Everyone in Kabul is talking about one parliamentary candidate – “the woman in yellow.” Nobody knows what her views are on access to education or on land reform. But she is undoubtedly one of the best known parliamentary candidates in Kabul. Amongst the ... More >>
UN: Terrorism Resolution Opens Door to Repression
Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 8:23 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York, September 13, 2005) The British government has proposed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would give governments a pretext to suppress peaceful expression, Human Rights Watch said today. The Security Council is expected to vote tomorrow ... More >>
U.N. Reform: Key Human Rights Proposals Stymied
Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 8:21 pm | Human Rights Watch
U.N. Reform: Key Human Rights Proposals Stymied (New York, September 13, 2005)—Today’s compromise text deferring key decisions on a new Human Rights Council to the General Assembly would be an enormous missed opportunity not only for human rights but also ... More >>
Sleep Well when investing in Asia
Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 8:19 pm | Human Rights Watch
September 19, 2005 Nine steps that Asia investors can take for human rights--and for themselves. Doing good helps you to do well, or so the conventional wisdom says. But doing good, and well, in Asia's totalitarian, semiauthoritarian or recently democratic ... More >>
Nigeria: Demonstrate Commitment to Justice
Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 10:07 am | Human Rights Watch
Nigeria should help bring justice to the countless victims of crimes committed during Sierra Leone’s civil war, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today in an open letter urging Nigeria’s president to surrender former Liberian President ... More >>
Zimbabwe: Mass Evictions Lead to Massive Abuses
Monday, 12 September 2005, 8:58 pm | Human Rights Watch
In its policy of forced evictions and mass displacement, the Zimbabwean government has violated the human rights of hundreds of thousands of its citizens, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. More >>
Russia: HIV/AIDS Pioneer Fights for Vulnerable
Monday, 12 September 2005, 8:51 pm | Human Rights Watch
A ground-breaking HIV/AIDS organization, Humanitarian Action Fund, has shown that providing outreach and care to Russia’s most marginalized populations is the best way to stem the tide of HIV/AIDS, Human Rights Watch and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal ... More >>
Indonesia: Munir’s Killers Evade Justice
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 2:44 pm | Human Rights Watch
One year after a leading Indonesian human rights activist was murdered after boarding a flight from Jakarta to Europe, the Indonesian government has failed to properly investigate and prosecute those behind Munir Said Thalib’s death, Human Rights Watch ... More >>
