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  • Organisation of the Islamic Conference: Improve and Strengthen the 1999 OIC Convention on Combating International Terrorism
    Mar 11, 2008

    Human Rights Watch writes to urge Dr. Ihsanoglu to use his position as Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to support measures at the upcoming Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Conference in Dakar, Senegal on March 13-14 that would improve and strengthen the 1999 OIC Convention on Combating International Terrorism. In particular, the OIC should consider two amendments to the Convention to narrow its overbroad definition of terrorism and make absolutely clear that there is no sanction in Islam for deliberately attacking civilians, whatever the circumstances or justifications.

  • Letter to the Minister of Justice of Cameroon Regarding 11 Men Detained on Suspicion of Homosexual Activity
    Nov 30, 2005

    Human Rights Watch writes to Minister of Justice Amadou Ali urging the immediate protection from abuse and release from jail of eleven men who have been detained apparently on suspicion of consensual homosexual activity. These men have already experienced the abuse of fundamental human rights and now face the prospect of additional and compounded violations. Human Rights Watch has repeatedly documented the application and impact of the practice of forced forensic physical examinations of men which are designed to "prove" they have engaged in homosexual conduct.

  • Policy Paralysis
    A Call for Action on HIV/AIDS-Related Human Rights Abuses Against Women and Girls in Africa
    Dec 1, 2003
  • Bush Trip to Africa
    Jul 2, 2003

    U.S. President George W. Bush will be traveling to Africa from July 7-12, visiting Senegal, South Africa, Botswana, Uganda, and Nigeria. This packet from Human Rights Watch includes material for each stop along the way.

  • Borderline Slavery
    Child Trafficking In Togo
    Apr 1, 2003
  • West Africa: Stop Trafficking in Child Labor
    Apr 1, 2003

    West African governments are failing to address a rampant traffic in child labor that could worsen with the region’s growing AIDS crisis.

  • Protectors or Pretenders
    Government Human Rights Commissions in Africa
    Jan 1, 2001
  • Rights Group Calls on Cameroonian President to Respect Freedom of Press
    Jun 2, 1998

    In a letter sent to the president of Cameroon today, Human Rights Watch welcomed his call to resolve the case of a wrongfully-imprisoned journalist.

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