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Indonesia: Rights Rollback for Religious Minorities, Women
Thursday, 23 January 2014, 2:48 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Jakarta) – Indonesian women and religious minorities faced heightened discrimination in 2013 from the government’s failure to enforce human rights protections, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2014. More >>
Rwanda: Investigate Anti-Corruption Campaigner’s Murder
Thursday, 23 January 2014, 10:27 am | Human Rights Watch
(Nairobi) – Official investigations into the murder of a Rwandan anti-corruption activist appear to have ground to a halt six months later. The case has received surprisingly little public attention, and the victim’s family is still awaiting ... More >>
Papua New Guinea: Address Police Brutality
Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 6:44 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Jakarta)– The failure of Papua New Guinea’s government to address longstanding police brutality led to further abuses against criminal suspects and others in 2013, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2014 . Domestic violence and other ... More >>
Australia: Refugee stance mars rights record
Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 6:01 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Jakarta) – Australia undermined its leadership role on human rights in the Asia-Pacific region by failing to uphold international refugee protections, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2014 . Successive Australian governments have engaged ... More >>
Somalia: Big Promises, Scant Change
Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 2:09 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Nairobi) – The Somali government during 2013 failed to address the human rights crisis in the capital, Mogadishu, and elsewhere in the country, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2014 . More >>
World Report 2014: War on Syria’s Civilians Unchecked
Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 10:23 am | Human Rights Watch
(Berlin) – The Syrian government’s policy of waging war by killing civilians, and increasing abuses by rebel groups, elicited horror in 2013 but not enough pressure from world leaders to end atrocities and hold perpetrators to account, Human Rights ... More >>
Syria: Justice Essential for Durable Peace
Tuesday, 21 January 2014, 11:49 am | Human Rights Watch
(Geneva) – Five human rights priorities should be central to the discussions between the Syrian government and opposition delegations ahead of the opening of the first direct negotiations between the warring parties in Syria . The priorities should ... More >>
Indonesia: EU Parliament Should Challenge Papua Abuses
Monday, 20 January 2014, 12:49 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Brussels) – The European Parliament’s hearing on human rights in Papua in Indonesia is an important opportunity to raise concerns and press for improvements in the area’s grave human rights situation, Human Rights Watch said today. The hearing of the European ... More >>
India: Stop Forced Evictions of Riot Victims
Friday, 17 January 2014, 5:18 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York, January 17, 2014) – Indian authorities in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh should immediately stop evicting people from camps who fled communal violence in September 2013, Human Rights Watch said today. State authorities should conclude ... More >>
US: President Should End Sweeping Surveillance
Friday, 17 January 2014, 2:49 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – The US government risks undermining important policy objectives unless it urgently reins in US electronic surveillance practices and stops violating the privacy rights of millions of people at home and abroad, Human Rights Watch said ... More >>
South Sudan: Ethnic Targeting, Widespread Killings
Friday, 17 January 2014, 9:58 am | Human Rights Watch
(Nairobi) – Witnesses to the violence in South Sudan since December 15, 2013, have described how targeted attacks against civilians on an ethnic basis have taken place in both government and opposition-controlled areas. South Sudan’s government ... More >>
Nigeria: Northern Bombing Highlights Toll on Residents
Thursday, 16 January 2014, 5:04 pm | Human Rights Watch
Latest in String of Attacks; In Response Security Forces Must Respect Rights January 16, 2014 More >>
Yemen: Publish Findings on Funeral Attack
Thursday, 16 January 2014, 4:11 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Sanaa) – The Yemeni authorities should make public their findings into an attack on December 27, 2013, on the funeral of a southern separatist activist and prosecute any wrongdoing. The Yemeni military claimed that it was targeting armed militants ... More >>
Bangladesh: Drop Charges, Stop Harassment of Odhikar
Thursday, 16 January 2014, 12:27 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Bangladeshi authorities should immediately drop criminal charges against two senior members of the leading human rights organization Odhikar, and end the surveillance and harassment of its workers both in Dhaka and around the country, ... More >>
Haiti: Three Years On, Duvalier Prosecution Stalled
Thursday, 16 January 2014, 10:31 am | Human Rights Watch
(London) – A lack of political will and unacceptable court delays are allowing Haiti’s former “president-for-life,” Jean-Claude Duvalier, to escape justice for human rights violations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
Russia: Silencing Sochi critics intensifies
Wednesday, 15 January 2014, 3:58 pm | Human Rights Watch
(Moscow) – Russian authorities have intensified blatant harassment and intimidation of environmental and civic activists in the final weeks before Russia hosts the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi . More >>
Nigeria: Anti-LGBT Law Threatens Basic Rights
Wednesday, 15 January 2014, 11:50 am | Human Rights Watch
(Abuja, January 15, 2014) – The Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill signed into law on January 7, 2014, by President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria is a sweeping and dangerous piece of legislation, Human Rights Watch said today. The law criminalizes ... More >>
Syria: Donors Should Demand Access, Increase Aid
Wednesday, 15 January 2014, 9:42 am | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Donors attending a pledging conference for Syria should push the Syrian government to eliminate obstacles to effective aid distribution, and increase their contributions. The conference will be held in Kuwait City on January 15, 2014. More >>
Repression Intensifies Ahead of Constitutional Referendum
Tuesday, 14 January 2014, 2:08 pm | Human Rights Watch
(New York) – At least seven peaceful activists from the Strong Egypt party face criminal charges, apparently for hanging posters calling for a “no” vote in the forthcoming constitutional referendum. During interrogations with prosecutors and ... More >>
Tunisia: Improve Guarantees for Judicial Independence
Tuesday, 14 January 2014, 9:56 am | Human Rights Watch
Ensure Judiciary Has Powers To Protect Human Rights January 13, 2014 (Tunis) – As Tunisia ’s National Constituent Assembly (NCA) is discussing the chapter on the judicial powers in a new constitution, Al Bawsala, Amnesty International, Human ... More >>
