• Узбекистан: Свободу политическим заключенным в День Конституции
    ديسمبر 7, 2012

    (Париж, 6 декабря, 2012) – В связи с двадцатой годовщиной принятия Конституции страны 8 декабря 2012 года правительство Узбекистана обязано дать свободу всем политическим заключенным, - заявили сегодня представители ведущих правозащитных групп.

  • Empire State Building Honors Human Rights Watch
    ديسمبر 7, 2012

    (New York) – The Empire State Building will turn a vivid blue in honor of Human Rights Watch on December 10, 2012, which marks the annual day to celebrate human rights. The Empire State Building decided to light the building to recognize Human Rights Watch’s 34 years of fighting to promote and protect human rights around the world.

  • Landmine Ban: Poland Final EU Member to Join
    ديسمبر 7, 2012

    (Geneva) – Poland’s announcement on December 5, 2012, that it is about to ratify the international treaty prohibiting landmines means that all 27 European Union countries have banned these unlawful weapons, Human Rights Watch said today.

  • Israël/Gaza: La frappe aérienne contre une maison à Gaza était illégale
    ديسمبر 7, 2012

    (New York, le 7 décembre 2012) – Une frappe aérienne menée par Israël et qui a tué 12 civils à Gaza – le plus grand nombre de pertes civiles causées par une seule frappe lors du récent conflit – a constitué une violation flagrante des lois de la guerre, a déclaré Human Rights Watch aujourd’hui, &a

  • الغارة الجوية الإسرائيلية على بيت في غزة غير مشروعة
    ديسمبر 7, 2012

    (نيويورك) ـ قالت هيومن رايتس ووتش اليوم، بعد إجراء تحقيق ميداني موسع،  إن الغارة الجوية الإسرائيلية التي قتلت 12 مدنياً ـ وهو أكبر عدد من المدنيين يقتل في غارة واحدة أثناء اشتباكات غزة في نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني ـ تمثل انتهاكاً واضحاً لقوانين الحرب.

  • Deadly Delays for Nigerian Children
    ديسمبر 7, 2012

    In June, two weeks after I returned from Nigeria, I got a message that another child had died from lead poisoning -the 11th in the same family. I could picture the scene: the child starts convulsing; his parents rush him two hours over barely passable terrain on the back of a motorbike to the nearest town for medical treatment.

  • Israel/Gaza: Israeli Airstrike on Home Unlawful
    ديسمبر 7, 2012

    (New York) – An Israeli airstrike that killed 12 civilians – the largest number of civilians killed in a single attack during the Gaza fighting in November – was a clear violation of the laws of war.

  • Hungary: Abide by Ruling on Homelessness
    ديسمبر 7, 2012

    (Budapest) –

    Back to the (Soviet) Future
    ديسمبر 6, 2012

    "So, let them put me in jail. I'm not afraid at all. I won't last more than a few days, and frankly at my age I'm likely to die before they manage to throw me behind the bars," 85-year-old Ludmilla Alexeeva told me nonchalantly in November.

  • Equatorial Guinea: Cease Politically Motivated Arrests
    ديسمبر 6, 2012

    (Washington, DC) – The most recent arbitrary detention of a leading opposition politician in Equatorial Guinea on December 4, 2012,raises concerns about human rights conditions in the lead-up to legislative elections in the first half of 2013. Since November 2011, the government has detained at least four high-profile members of the country’s beleaguered political opposition.