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    China: End Violence Against Sex Workers
    China’s punitive laws and policing practices against sex workers are leading to serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report published today.
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  • India: Protect Bangladesh War Crimes Trial Witness
    May 16, 2013
    The authorities in India and Bangladesh should take all necessary steps to protect Shukhoranjan Bali, a long-missing witness in the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch said today.
  • North Korea: Stop Crackdown on Economic ‘Crimes’
    May 15, 2013
    The North Korean government regularly arrests, abuses, tortures, and imprisons citizens for a variety of economic “crimes”.
  • Vietnam: Drop Charges for Leafleting
    May 15, 2013
    Vietnam should drop charges and free two activists arrested in October 2012 for “conducting propaganda against the state.
  • What’s ‘Development’ With Rights Abuses Along the Way?
    May 14, 2013

    A grandmother in Cambodia told me recently, “I just want you to know my story in case something happens and I am gone.” Police and government officials have threatened and harassed “Kunthea” for her protests against government agencies and appeals to the World Bank after she was forcibly evicted from her home by a private company.

  • Thailand: Rebels Target Children in Southern Conflict
    May 14, 2013
    Separatist insurgents in Thailand's southern border provinces are committing war crimes by targeting children and other civilians.
  • China: End Violence Against Sex Workers
    May 14, 2013
    China’s punitive laws and policing practices against sex workers are leading to serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report published today.
  • Burma: Cyclone Threatens Displaced Muslims
    May 14, 2013
    Burma’s government should take immediate action to evacuate to higher ground tens of thousands of Muslims displaced last year by ethnic cleansing in Arakan State in advance of a tropical cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, Human Rights Watch said today.
  • Burma: China-Led Oil, Gas Projects Spark Arrests
    May 11, 2013
    Authorities in Burma should drop charges against ethnic Arakanese activists who participated in peaceful protests against Chinese-led oil and gas projects, Human Rights Watch said today. Ten activists are scheduled to face criminal charges in court on May 13, 2013, for demonstrating and holding a peaceful march without a permit on April 18 on Maday Island in Burma’s western Arakan State.
  • Bangladesh: Independent Body Should Investigate Protest Deaths
    May 10, 2013
    The Bangladeshi authorities should immediately set up an independent commission to investigate the large numbers of deaths and injuries during the Hefazat-e-Islaam-led protests in Dhaka and elsewhere on May 5-6, 2013.
  • Vietnam: Stop Blocking ‘Human Rights Picnics’
    May 10, 2013
    The Vietnamese authorities should stop impeding and abusing people trying to hold “human rights picnics” in public spaces.
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