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Sudan: Detainees Suffer Arbitrary Arrest Execution
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 2:41 pm | Human Rights Watch
The Sudanese government has executed prisoners who were minors at the time of their arrest, Human Rights Watch said today. Despite the human rights commitments the government has made in the peace process with southern-based rebels, death penalty defendants ... More >>
Uzbekistan: Dissident put in Psychiatric Detention
Monday, 5 September 2005, 7:54 pm | Human Rights Watch
In a return to a Soviet-era tactic of repression, the Uzbek authorities have ordered human rights defender Elena Urlaeva to be detained in a psychiatric institution. Human Rights Watch called on the Uzbekistan government to release Urlaeva immediately. More >>
Egypt: Election Offers Debate, Not Free Choice
Monday, 5 September 2005, 7:49 pm | Human Rights Watch
Egypt’s first-ever multi-party presidential election on September 7 has helped to open up public debate in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. But the main features of decades-long authoritarian rule remain in place, making a truly free ... More >>
U.S.: Military Commissions Changes Are ‘Cosmetic’
Thursday, 1 September 2005, 6:40 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Washington, August 31, 2005) -- The Pentagon’s new changes in the rules governing military commissions at Guantánamo Bay still fail to ensure fair trials, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
PNG: Epidemic of Police Brutality Against Children
Thursday, 1 September 2005, 6:37 pm | Human Rights Watch
Papua New Guinea: Epidemic of Police Brutality Against Children Torture, Gang Rapes Common in Law Enforcement More >>
Russia: Support UN Human Rights Counci
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 8:38 pm | Human Rights Watch
Russia should support efforts to reform the United Nations human rights machinery at the upcoming United Nations Summit, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
Chad: Govt seeks Justice for ex-Dictator's Victims
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 11:26 am | Human Rights Watch
The Chadian government has declared that it will remove all the accomplices of Chad’s former dictator, Hissène Habré (1982-1990), from government jobs in the central African country, Human Rights Watch said today. The Chadian government’s announcement was ... More >>
HRW: Justice at Risk for Algeria's Abuses
Friday, 24 June 2005, 11:23 am | Human Rights Watch
(Algiers, June 22, 2005) — The Algerian government’s proposal to a general amnesty for grave human rights abuses threatens the rights of victims to truth and justice and could undermine the authorities’ goal of national reconciliation, Human Rights ... More >>
HRW: Israel Fails To Probe Civilian Casualties
Friday, 24 June 2005, 11:20 am | Human Rights Watch
(Jerusalem, June 22, 2005) — The Israeli military has fostered a climate of impunity in its ranks by failing to thoroughly investigate whether soldiers have killed and injured Palestinian civilians unlawfully or failed to protect them from harm, Human ... More >>
Israel: Failure to Probe Civilian Casualties
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 10:00 am | Human Rights Watch
(Jerusalem, June 22, 2005) - The Israeli military has fostered a climate of impunity in its ranks by failing to thoroughly investigate whether soldiers have killed and injured Palestinian civilians unlawfully or failed to protect them from harm, Human ... More >>
Azerbaijan: Government Link” To Killing of Editor
Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 6:21 pm | Human Rights Watch
The International Federation of Journalists today condemned the “targeted and brutal” murder of a journalist in Azerbaijan and called for a full inquiry into reports that senior government officials may be linked to the killing. More >>
Azerbaijan: Government Link” To Killing of Editor
Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 6:17 pm | Human Rights Watch
The International Federation of Journalists today condemned the “targeted and brutal” murder of a journalist in Azerbaijan and called for a full inquiry into reports that senior government officials may be linked to the killing. More >>
IFJ Says Women’s Rights in Media Under Fire
Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 6:14 pm | Human Rights Watch
IFJ Says Women’s Rights in Media Under Fire: “Time for Equality in Pay, Jobs and Opportunities” More >>
US needs to front up over all media deaths in Iraq
Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 6:06 pm | Human Rights Watch
The International Federation of Journalists today demanded that the United States “come clean” over its record of unexplained killings of journalists and media staff in Iraq following the tragedy surrounding the release of kidnapped Italian reporter ... More >>
Pakistan: FBI linked to US Citizens' disappearance
Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 6:03 pm | Human Rights Watch
The Pakistani government must immediately charge or release Zain Afzal and Kashan Afzal, U.S. citizens of Pakistani origin who were abducted from their home in Karachi in August and have since been “disappeared,” allegedly by Pakistani intelligence ... More >>
Darfur: Leader Says Sudan Govt Backed Attacks
Thursday, 3 March 2005, 8:57 pm | Human Rights Watch
A top militia leader says the Sudan government backed and directed Janjaweed activities in northern Darfur, according to a videotape released by Human Rights Watch today. Widely regarded as the top Janjaweed leader in Darfur, Musa Hilal was interviewed ... More >>
Dafur War Monger Speaks
Thursday, 3 March 2005, 8:54 pm | Human Rights Watch
Voiceover: In late September 2004, a Human Rights Watch delegation interviewed Musa Hilal, a tribal leader from North Darfur who has allegedly organized Janjaweed militia to attack non-Arab tribes. Hilal was named on a U.S. State Department list of human ... More >>
US Silences UN on Needle Exchange
Thursday, 3 March 2005, 8:47 pm | Human Rights Watch
U.S. efforts to force the United Nations to withdraw support for needle exchange programs endanger global efforts to prevent the spread of HIV, a group of AIDS organizations, human rights groups, scientific researchers and policy analysts from 56 countries ... More >>
Afghan Women: The Struggle for Rights
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 6:21 pm | Human Rights Watch
Images of long lines of Afghan women patiently waiting to cast their votes in last October’s presidential election, and the candidacy of a female doctor for president, seem vividly to symbolise the progress of women since the fall of the Taliban just ... More >>
Iraq: US Plans Dangerous New Landmines
Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 9:10 pm | Human Rights Watch
The U.S. Army plans to deploy a new system of remote-controlled antipersonnel mines in Iraq by May, but the Pentagon has failed to answer crucial questions about the potential harm these mines could pose to innocent civilians, Human Rights Watch said ... More >>
