(London) – The arrest in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2013, of a Nepali army colonel suspected of torture sends a warning to those accused of serious crimes in Nepal and elsewhere that they cannot hide from the law forever, Human Rights Watch said today.
(Beirut)–Bahraini authorities should provisionally release a human rights activist who faces charges over his tweet reporting about a wounded demonstrator.The activist, Sayed Yusuf al-Muhafadha, has been charged with “willfully disseminatingfalse news”amounting to “incitement to viol
(بيروت) – ينبغي للسلطات البحرينية أن تفرج على ذمة القضية عن الناشط الحقوقي الذي يواجه اتهامات بسبب تغطيته لخبر إصابة متظاهر عبر موقع تويتر. الناشط – سيد يوسف المحافظة – اتُهم بـ "إذاعة أخبار كاذبة عمداً" ترقى إلى "التحريض على العنف".
(Washington, DC) – US President Barack Obama’s refusal to veto a defense spending bill restricting detainee transfers from Guantanamo undercuts his pledge to close the prison, Human Rights Watch said today.
If leaders of the M23 rebels are allowed to reintegrate into the Congolese army, the message will be clear: rape, pillage and murder will go unpunished.
