• Police officers perform an identity check and body pat-down of a young man in Paris, France on June 6, 2011.
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    France: Abusive Identity Checks of Minority Youth
    French police are using overly broad powers to conduct unwarranted and abusive identity checks on black and Arab young men and boys.
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  • France: European Court of Human Rights Condemns Faulty Asylum Procedure
    Feb 2, 2012
    France should learn the lessons of the European Court of Human Rights decision today concerning a serious deficiency in its asylum procedure.
  • Ukraine: Stop Harassing Somali Asylum Seekers
    Feb 1, 2012
    The Ukrainian authorities should immediately stop police harassment and threats against Somali asylum seekers held at the Zhuravychi Migrant Accommodation Centre.
  • Ukraine: Open Letter regarding the Arbitrary Detention of Somali Asylum Seekers
    Jan 31, 2012
    We are writing to raise our concern about the arbitrary detention of some or all of a group of 125 Somali nationals detained at the Zhuravychi Migrant Accommodation Centre (MAC). Some of them are registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) or the Ukrainian authorities as asylum seekers. Around 80 have told UNHCR they want to apply for asylum in Ukraine, but have not been allowed to do so.
  • Greece's Epidemic of Racist Attacks
    Jan 26, 2012
    When I tell people in Athens, my hometown, that I am doing research on racist violence in Greece, I am met with disbelief. There’s no problem, they say, and even if things sometimes happen it’s a temporary blip linked to the economic crisis.
  • Europe’s Treatment of Minorities Endangers Our Core Values
    Jan 26, 2012
    To many friends of human rights in Europe, the Arab Spring has been the most thrilling period since the fall of the Berlin wall. Judging from their soaring rhetoric, European leaders share that enthusiasm. Europe has much to offer its friends in North Africa, the logic goes, when it comes to upholding rights for all.
  • Russia: Expert Testimony on the Situation for Human Rights Defenders
    Jan 26, 2012
    Expert Presentation by Tanya Lokshina, Russia Researcher for Human Rights Watch before the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
  • France: Abusive Identity Checks of Minority Youth
    Jan 26, 2012
    French police are using overly broad powers to conduct unwarranted and abusive identity checks on black and Arab young men and boys.
  • Kazakhstan: Opposition Activists Arrested
    Jan 24, 2012
    Kazakh national security agents in Almaty detained a leading opposition activist on January 23, 2012.
  • Russia Repeats Western Mistakes in Arab Spring
    Jan 23, 2012
    Russia is repeating the mistakes of Western governments during the Arab Spring by continuing to support a longstanding authoritarian ally whose people have clearly expressed the desire for democratic change, Human Rights Watch said in releasing its annual global survey at a Moscow news conference today.
  • World Report 2012: Strengthen Support for ‘Arab Spring’
    Jan 22, 2012
    Many democracies have allowed their ties with repressive allies to temper their support for human rights in the Arab Spring protests, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2012.
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