Torture

"An Alleyway in Hell"

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:09:00 -0800

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"An Alleyway in Hell"

China's Abusive "Black Jails"

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"An Alleyway in Hell"

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:09:00 -0800

This 53-page report documents how government officials, security forces, and their agents routinely abduct people off the streets of Beijing and other Chinese cities, strip them of their possessions, and imprison them. These black jails are often located in state-owned hotels, nursing homes, and psychiatric hospitals.

China: Secret “Black Jails” Hide Severe Rights Abuses

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:30:46 -0800

(New York) - Since 2003, large numbers of Chinese citizens have been held incommunicado for days or months in secret, unlawful detention facilities known as "black jails" by state agents who violate detainees' rights with impunity, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.

Iran: Stop Covering Up Sexual Assaults in Prison

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:28:52 -0800

(New York) - Iran's judiciary should immediately investigate cases of sexual assaults in prison and prosecute those responsible, instead of covering up these crimes, Human Rights Watch said today.

Italy/US: Ruling Expected in Historic CIA Rendition Case

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:27:16 -0800

(Milan) - The verdict expected Wednesday in a landmark case may present a historic legal challenge to the US Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) rendition program, Human Rights Watch said today.

The trial in Milan of 26 Americans in absentia and seven Italians for the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian imam began in 2007.

Iran: Overturn Death Sentences, Other Unfair Convictions

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:04:53 -0700

(New York) - The Iranian Judiciary should immediately quash the convictions that have been handed down by the Revolutionary Court in Tehran since the end of September against defendants accused of inciting post-election unrest, Human Rights Watch said today. The convictions all stem from unfair trials in which the accused were denied access to lawyers.

Bangladesh: Bring Paramilitary Unit Torturers to Justice

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:31:31 -0700

(New York) - The Bangladeshi government should investigate and prosecute the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officers who on October 22, 2009, arrested and allegedly tortured F.M. Masum, a journalist at the New Age newspaper, Human Rights Watch said today.

The Way Forward

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:33:00 -0700

The Way Forward

Ending Human Rights Abuses and Repression across Sudan

I. Summary

II.

"Who Will Tell Me What Happened to My Son?"

Human Rights Watch — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:22:01 -0700

“Who Will Tell Me What Happened to My Son?”[*]

Russia’s Implementation of European Court of Human Rights Judgments on Chechnya

The Resistance of the Monks

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:19:00 -0700

This 99-page report written by longtime Burma watcher Bertil Lintner, describes the repression Burma's monks experienced after they led demonstrations against the government in September 2007. The report tells the stories of individual monks who were arrested, beaten and detained.