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Cuba Cuba: Fidel Castro’s Abusive Machinery Remains Intact Major Obstacles Remain for Human Rights Despite Fidel Castro’s resignation today, Cuba’s abusive legal and institutional mechanisms continue to deprive Cubans of their basic rights, Human Rights Watch said today. The counterproductive US embargo policy continues to give the Cuban government a pretext for human rights violations. February 19, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version US: Uphold Treaty Against Racial Discrimination The United States has failed to comply with its obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Subjects detailed in the report include the failure of federal authorities to inform individual states of their obligations under the treaty, the discriminatory treatment of Haitian refugees by the US, and policies that have the effect of denying health care to many African-Americans with HIV/AIDS. In addition, the report presents new data collected by Human Rights Watch demonstrating that racial disparities in the sentencing of children to life in prison without possibility of parole are more pronounced than the US has acknowledged to date. February 7, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version NGO support letter to the Swedish Migration Board on the Adel Akim case A group of nongovernmental organizations write in support of the application of Adel Abdul Hakim for a residence permit on humanitarian grounds in Sweden. The organizations respectfully request that the Swedish Migration Board evaluate the totality of the circumstances surrounding Mr. Hakim’s claim for resettlement and consider that the rights of recognized refugees, the right to family reunification, and the prohibition against torture so clearly implicated in his case strongly favor a positive decision on his application. January 25, 2008 Letter Printer friendly version US: Presidential Order Affirms CIA Secret Detentions Allows Detention in Violation of Geneva Conventions President George W. Bush’s new executive order on the Central Intelligence Agency’s detention and interrogation program is contrary to the Geneva Conventions, Human Rights Watch said today. July 20, 2007 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Letter to President George W. Bush Human Rights Watch reiterated its call to President George W. Bush in a letter today to close immediately the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. Human Rights Watch said the continued detention of hundreds of men without charge has undermined US efforts to end terrorism. June 22, 2007 Letter Printer friendly version US: Close Guantanamo – Not Tomorrow, but Today No Need to Wait for Transfers or Creation of Military Commissions Human Rights Watch reiterated its call to President George W. Bush in a letter today to close immediately the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. Human Rights Watch said the continued detention of hundreds of men without charge has undermined US efforts to end terrorism. June 22, 2007 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version US/Australia: Refugee Deal Trades in Human Lives Agreement to Swap Refugees Flouts International Law A deal between the United States and Australia to trade refugees housed at Guantanamo Bay for those held on the island nation of Nauru upends international refugee standards, Human Rights Watch said today. April 18, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version US: Stop the Guantanamo Circus Hicks Pleads Guilty; New Detainee Arrives Two defense lawyers for Guantanamo detainee David Hicks were barred from representing their client yesterday, highlighting the failure of US military commissions to meet fair trial standards, Human Rights Watch said today. Hicks, the first person to be charged before the military commissions authorized by Congress in 2006, pleaded guilty to a single criminal charge. March 27, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version Restraint, not force, will bring change to Cuba By José Miguel Vivanco Published in Financial Times I met Fidel Castro in Havana in 1995 as part of a human rights delegation and, after six gruelling hours of negotiation, gained his commitment to release six political prisoners. We were hardly the first or last visitors to do so. Jesse Jackson convinced Mr Castro to release 26 political prisoners in 1984, Bill Richardson secured the release of three in 1996 and Jimmy Carter's 2002 visit prompted the release of one. The most successful, of course, was Pope John Paul II, who obtained the release of more than 70 jailed dissidents in 1998. December 22, 2006 Commentary Printer friendly version U.N.: Human Rights Council Must Expand Its Reach Civilians in Darfur, Sri Lanka Need Protection The new U.N. Human Rights Council must take urgent action to address crises from Darfur to Sri Lanka and expand its focus beyond the Middle East, Human Rights Watch said today. September 18, 2006 Press Release Printer friendly version Letter to Foreign Ministers Regarding the EU Call to Close Guantanamo Human Rights Watch commends the collective call by the European Union to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center that was made at the E.U.-U.S. summit last month. July 14, 2006 Letter Printer friendly version EU: Push U.S. To Close Guantanamo European governments should take concrete steps to help close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter sent to EU foreign ministers. sent to EU foreign ministers. July 14, 2006 Press Release Printer friendly version U.S.: Pentagon Applies Geneva Rules to Detainees Those in CIA Custody Must Also Be Covered The Bush administration’s belated decision to recognize the applicability of the Geneva Conventions to terrorism suspects in military custody is a step forward, Human Rights Watch said today. But because the Pentagon memorandum that codifies the change does not extend to detainees held by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), it represents only partial compliance with the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. July 11, 2006 Press Release Printer friendly version U.S.: Bush Should Close Guantanamo Now President George W. Bush should shut the Guantanamo Bay detention facility now and not wait for a Supreme Court ruling. May 9, 2006 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version U.S.: More Than 600 Implicated in Detainee Abuse Investigations Lag Two Years After Abu Ghraib Photos Two years after the Abu Ghraib scandal, new research shows that abuse of detainees in U.S. custody in Iraq, Afghanistan, and at Guantánamo Bay has been widespread, and that the United States has taken only limited steps to investigate and punish implicated personnel. April 26, 2006 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version New Council Opposed by Unusual Duo: U.S. and Cuba Published in MiamiHerald.com The U.S. stands with Cuba in opposition to the draft resolution establishing a new U.N. Human Rights Council. March 13, 2006 Commentary Printer friendly version Human Rights Watch World Report 2006 U.S. Policy of Abuse Undermines Rights Worldwide 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 2006  .January 18, 2006 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Travel regulations undermine family values By By Daniel Wilkinson, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch Published in The Miami Herald Among the many injustices Cubans endure today are restrictions on travel that prevent them from reuniting with family members abroad. These restrictions have torn young children away from their parents, destroyed marriages and kept exiles from visiting and caring for their aging or dying parents in Cuba. Cubans may expect such state control over their lives coming from a government that has systematically deprived them of the most basic freedoms for years. October 21, 2005 Commentary Printer friendly version U.S. and Cuban Policies Forcibly Separate Families Both Governments Impose Inhumane Travel Restrictions Both Cuba and the United States have imposed harsh travel restrictions that cause the forced separation of Cuban families, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. October 19, 2005 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Families Torn Apart The High Cost of U.S. and Cuban Travel Restrictions This 69-page report shows how the travel policies of both countries infringe upon the internationally recognized right to freedom of movement, which includes the right to leave and return to one’s own country. In the case of parents and children forced to reside in different countries, the policies also violate the international prohibition on the involuntary separation of families. HRW Index No.: B1705 October 19, 2005 Report Also available in
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