Thank You! Chicago Hosts Most Successful Voices for Justice Dinner Yet
November 18, 2011
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On November 8, 2011 more than 575 Chicagoans gathered to honor two human rights defenders who have worked selflessly to protect people from abuse. Anis Hidayah of Indonesia was honored for her work to protect women and children who migrate to other nations seeking employment, but only finding hardship. Farai Maguwu was honored for his work to expose atrocities at the Marange diamond fields in Zimbabwe, where he was imprisoned for his activism. Special thanks to this year's Honorary Chair, Marjorie Benton, and our Dinner Co-Chairs, Carolyn Grisko and Peg Duncan.
  • Anis Hidayah of Indonesia speaks about abuse of migrant women who enter into domestic work abroad.
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SAVE THE DATE FOR A SPECIAL SCREENING AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
THE PRICE OF SEX: A SPECIAL SCREENING
THE PRICE OF SEX, a film by Mimi Chakarova
Please join us for this free event at the Chicago Public Library. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Liesl Gerntholtz, Director of the HRW Women's Rights Division, and Mimi Chakarova, the film's director.
Stay on top events in the Middle East and North Africa
April 21, 2011
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Human Rights Watch's Chicago Committee has taken a special interest in events unfolding in the Middle East, especially following our trip to Washington DC to discuss issues of US foreign policy in the Middle East with members of Congress and the State Department in April. PHOTO: Mohamed Salim Awad, 45, an anesthetist technician at the Zawiyat el-Mahjoub medical clinic in Misrata, was wounded when a mortar hit the clinic on April 16. © 2011 André Liohn
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  • Mohamed Salim Awad, 45, an anesthetist technician at the Zawiyat el-Mahjoub medical clinic in Misrata, was wounded when a mortar hit the clinic on April 16.

    © 2011 André Liohn
Sabotaged schooling
November 19, 2010
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“Targets of Both Sides”
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In Chicago, we know that violence around schools has a serious impact on education - it increases drop out and absentee rates, and hurts student achievement and mental health. In a recent series by HRW's Children's Rights Division, researchers look at the impact of war on education. © 2010 David Hogsholt/Reportage by Getty Images
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WATCH THIS BRIEF SLIDESHOW ON VIOLENCE AGAINST THAI SCHOOLS

  • A Royal Thai Army soldier who is part of an armed teachers' escort plays with students at Pakaluesong Elementary School, Pattani. Since November 2006, either army or paramilitary soldiers have lived in a camp established in the school compound.

    © 2010 David Hogsholt/Reportage by Getty Images
Fair Sentencing for Illinois Youth?
August 23, 2010
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US: The Young Are Different, Justices Rule
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The Chicago Committee of Human Rights Watch is a member of the Illinois Coalition for the Fair Sentencing of Children, a project of the Northwestern Children and Family Justice Clinic. Learn more about how you can get involved to address mandatory life sentences for youth. The Supreme Court recently ruled that the young are indeed different, but what needs to be done at the state level to address the issue?
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JOIN THE FAIR SENTENCING COALITION

  • These photos are of youth who were sentenced to life in prison without parole. Each photo was taken within one year of the time of the crime. In the majority of the United States and under federal law, people are serving sentences of life without parole for crimes committed before their eighteenth birthday.

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Disability and deportation in the US
August 16, 2010
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Immigration is one of the hottest topics in the US these days - the source of controversy and politically heated argument. The HRW US Program released a report last week on deportation of people who are unable to represent themselves in the deportation process due to their disability. PHOTO: © 2010 Reuters
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  • An undocumented immigrant is escorted at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility before being deported in Phoenix on May 6, 2010.

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Keep up to date on developments at Guantanamo
August 13, 2010
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In 2010, the Chicago Committee of Human Rights Watch identified the military tribunals at Guantanamo as an area for local advocacy. All year we have hosted gatherings on the issue to build public awareness. HRW has observers in Guantanamo who will report on tribunals as they unfold - please check back at this link for more.
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Guantanamo Monitoring

  • The US Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay.

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Newsweek covers Illinois research on rape kit testing
July 29, 2010
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US: Most Rape Kits Never Tested in Illinois
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Illinois is the first state in the nation to pass such a sweeping new law, but will it be enough? 
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