(New York) – More prisoners have joined a hunger strike at the US-run detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, bringing the reported total to 93 out of 166 held at the facility, according to media reports.

(New York) – The collapse of an eight-story factory building near Dhaka shows the urgent need to improve Bangladesh’s protections for worker health and safety, Human Rights Watch said today.

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El Congreso mexicano debería rechazar un proyecto de reforma constitucional sobre el arraigo, señaló hoy Human Rights Watch. La reforma propuesta, que reduciría el período máximo de arraigo de 80 a 40 días, no se adecuaría a las normas internacionales de derechos humanos.