Human Rights Defenders

Syria: Disclose Fate of Detainees

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:01:00 -0700

(New York) - Syrian authorities should immediately make public the fate of all detainees at Sednaya prison, at least nine of whom are believed to have been killed when military police used lethal force during unrest in the prison last July, Human Rights Watch said today. Syria should also free those who have finished serving their sentences, Human Rights Watch said.

Guerrero: Protect Human Rights Defenders

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:48:33 -0700

Dear Mr. Gómez Robledo,

Liu Xiaobo and China's Future

Human Rights Watch — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:26:03 -0700

"He's an intellectual, a nerd. He only has a pen and a piece of paper."
--Liu Xia, the wife of arrested Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo

Obama's Chance to Shift Gears on Colombia

María McFarland, senior researcher, Americas Division — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:55:37 -0700

Published in The Huffington Post

Colombia: Obama Should Press Uribe on Rights

Kenneth Roth — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:23:04 -0700

President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear President Obama,

I am writing to offer some observations about human rights in Colombia in anticipation of your meeting with the President of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe, on June 29.

Colombia: Obama Should Press Uribe on Rights

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:47:37 -0700

(Washington, DC) - President Barack Obama should raise human rights concerns on June 29, 2009, during his first official meeting with President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia, Human Rights Watch said in a letter made public today.

Morocco: Narco-Traffic Whistleblower Unfairly Sentenced

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:37:16 -0700

(New York) - The sentencing today of the human rights activist Chekib el-Khayari to three years in prison is a stark reminder of Morocco's tenuous and uneven progress on human rights, Human Rights Watch said.

Syria: Reveal Fate of Hariri-Case Detainee

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:46:42 -0700

Iran: Halt the Crackdown

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:01:34 -0700

Russia: Let Civic Activity Flourish

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:16:37 -0700

Russia's laws and practices regulating nongovernmental organizations are stifling independent civic activism and need extensive reform, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.