• محكمة يمنية تأمر بالتحقيق مع الرئيس السابق
    Apr 30, 2013

    (صنعاء) – قالت هيومن رايتس ووتش اليوم إن الأمر الذي أصدرته إحدى محاكم اليمن بالتحقيق مع الرئيس السابق علي عبد الله صالح و11 من معاونيه فيما يتعلق بمذبحة مارس/آذار 2011 التي راح ضحيتها متظاهرون مناهضون للحكومة يمثل خطوة في اتجاه العدالة.

  • Yemen: Court Orders Investigation of Ex-President
    Apr 30, 2013

    (Sanaa) – A Yemeni court order to investigate former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and 11 aides in connection with a March 2011 massacre of anti-government protesters is a step toward justice.

  • Iran: Government Trampling Workers’ Rights
    Apr 30, 2013

    (Beirut)– The Iranian government is increasingly  violating workers’ rights to peaceful assembly and association.

  • Canada: Safety of Indigenous Women Under UN Scrutiny
    Apr 30, 2013

    (Toronto) – The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted today the report on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Canada’s human rights record, which included a large set of questions, recommendations, and comments from countries across the world about violence against indigenous women and girls.

  • Iraq: Cancel Revocations of TV Station Licenses
    Apr 30, 2013

    (Baghdad) – Iraq’s media commission should immediately reverse the license suspensions for ten satellite television stations and allow them to continue broadcasting.

  • UAE/UK: Cameron Should Demand Torture Inquiry
    Apr 30, 2013

    (London) – Prime Minister David Cameron should demand a thorough and independent investigation by the UAE government into credible allegations of torture by three British nationals. The three were convicted on drug charges by an Emirati court on April 29, 2013, and sentenced to four years in prison.

  • لماذا يتوق كل هؤلاء السوريون إلى المطر؟
    Apr 30, 2013

     

    في الأسبوع الماضي تغيرت حياة "عزيزة"، البالغة من العمر 12 عاماً. كانت قد وصلت لتوها إلى شقة جدّيها في حلب مع أسرتها، عندما سمعت صوت طائرة تقترب ثم وقع انفجار رهيب.

  • ایران: دولت حقوق کارگران را پایمال می‏کند
    Apr 30, 2013

    (بیروت) – سازمان دیده‎بان حقوق بشر امروز اعلام كرد دولت ایران به طور فزاینده‎ای حقوق کارگران را در برگزاری تجمعات و تشکّل‎های صلح‌جویانه، نقض می‎كند. تعداد بیشماری از فعالان سنديكا‎های کارگری و اتحادیه‎های مستقل صنفی به دلیل دفاع علنی خود از کارگران، در زندان به سر می‎برند.

  • Russia: Security Forces Shut Down Protest at Sochi Olympic Site
    Apr 30, 2013

    (Moscow) – Police and private security forces forcibly dispersed a group of residents protesting construction at a proposed power plant site in the Hosta district of Sochi on April 29. The security forces injured some protestors while aggressively dragging some of them off of a temporary bridge being built to enable machinery access the site.

  • Pakistan: Ensure Election Security from Taliban Attacks
    Apr 29, 2013

    (Islamabad) – Pakistan’s interim government should take all necessary steps to ensure the safety of candidates and political party activists at risk of attack from the Taliban and other militant groups, Human Rights Watch said today. Nationwide parliamentary elections in Pakistan are scheduled for May 11, 2013.