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Netherlands: Discrimination in the Name of Integration Overseas Integration Test Infringes on Rights of Migrants The Netherlands should abolish the overseas “integration test” that discriminatorily targets only migrants of certain nationalities trying to join their families, while citizens from other, “western” countries are exempt, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today. People of Moroccan and Turkish origin – two of the three largest “non-western” migrant communities in the Netherlands – have been especially affected. May 15, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version The Netherlands: Discrimination in the Name of Integration Migrants’ Rights under the Integration Abroad Act In the past years, the authorities in the Netherlands have introduced a series of measures with the stated aim of better integrating its migrant population. One of these measures is the integration test administered to would-be family migrants from some countries before they can join spouses or family members in the Netherlands. This report documents how the overseas integration test is discriminatory, in that citizens from certain countries are exempt altogether, and the test, coupled with increased financial requirements, targets primarily would-be family migrants from two of the three largest “non- western” migrant communities in the Netherlands – Moroccans and Turks. May 15, 2008 Background Briefing Uzbek Human Rights Activist Honored Human Rights Watch today announced that Mutabar Tojibaeva, an Uzbek human rights defender, has been selected to receive the prestigious Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders in 2008. Tojibaeva is currently serving an eight-year prison sentence for her outspoken criticism of the Uzbek government following the 2005 massacre in Andijan. May 14, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Kyrgyzstan: Do Not Return Asylum Seeker to Uzbekistan Kyrgyz authorities should not forcibly return an Uzbek asylum seeker to Uzbekistan, Human Rights Watch said today. May 13, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Russia: Halt “Incitement” Prosecution of Human Rights Defender Yuri Samodurov prosecuted for hosting controversial art exhibition The Russian authorities should stop the criminal prosecution of Yuri Samodurov for hosting a controversial art exhibition, Human Rights Watch said today. May 13, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Uzbekistan: Repression Linked to 2005 Massacre Rife EU, US Should Press for Justice, Protection for Andijan Refugees The Uzbek government continues to persecute people it believes have any connection with the May 2005 unrest in Andijan, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. May 12, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version “Saving its Secrets” Government Repression in Andijan
HRW Index No.: 1-56432-318-8 May 12, 2008 Report Also available in
Download PDF, 236 KB, 49 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release UK: Missed Chance to Charge Sri Lankan Rights Abuser Karuna Case Could Have Been Landmark for International Justice The British government’s failure to file criminal charges against a former Tamil Tiger leader for grave human rights abuses in Sri Lanka is a tragic missed opportunity to bring a notorious rights abuser to justice, Human Rights Watch said today. May 9, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Russia: Minister Steinmeier should raise human rights concerns during his trip to Russia Human Rights Watch would like to take the opportunity of your upcoming visit to Russia to urge you to raise two priority human rights concerns: Russia’s implementation of European Court of Human Rights judgments on abuses in Chechnya and Russian government curbs on independent civil society activism. May 8, 2008 Letter Also available in
Printer friendly version EU-Russia Human Rights Consultations Human Rights Watch Recommendations - March 2008 As Russia prepares to enter a new political cycle, the EU should take full stock of Russia’s deteriorating human rights record and commit to making human rights a core aspect of its partnership with the Russian government. The EU should ensure that the human rights situation in Russia is raised at all levels, including at the upcoming EU-Russia Summit in June. May 8, 2008 Memorandum Germany: Press for Human Rights Reform in Russia Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier should press Russia to immediately end impunity for human rights violations in Chechnya and cease harassment of and restrictions on civil society in Russia, Human Rights Watch said today. Steinmeier will travel to Russia on May 12 to meet with government and nongovernmental organization representatives. May 8, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Letter to the Spanish government regarding the extradition of Murat Ajmedovich Gasayev In a May 7, 2008 letter to the Spanish government, Human Rights Watch expressed its deep concern that the government of Spain is considering the extradition to Russia of Murat Ajmedovich Gasayev, in reliance on diplomatic assurances against torture and ill-treatment proffered by the Russian authorities. Murat Gasayev, an ethnic Chechen, was arrested and detained in August 2004 by the Federal Security Service (FSB) in Ingushetia and claims that during his interrogation he was tortured and ill-treated, before being released without charge. Human Rights Watch has reason to believe that, if extradited to Russia, Gasayev would again face a real risk of torture and ill-treatment, as well as the denial of a fair trial due to the potential use of evidence extracted from other detainees under torture, and respectfully requests that the Spanish government reject as unreliable and insufficient Russia’s diplomatic assurances in the Gasayev case, halt its efforts to extradite him, and refuse to seek such assurances in any future case where there is a real risk of torture or ill-treatment on return. May 8, 2008 Letter Also available in
Letter to Kazakh Government against Extradition of Asylum Seeker I am writing to urge that the government of Kazakhstan refrain from extraditing to Uzbekistan Rafik Rakhmonov, an Uzbek asylum seeker. Extraditing Rakhmonov to Uzbekistan would violate Kazakhstan’s international obligations as a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1984 United Nations Convention against Torture. May 7, 2008 Letter Also available in
Printer friendly version Universal Periodic Review of Switzerland Human Rights Watch's Submission to the Human Rights Council Human Rights Watch is concerned about a number of practices which in Switzerland have led to serious instances of human rights violations that erode the implementation of international standards of human rights protection in the country. Human Rights Watch is particularly concerned about the use of “diplomatic assurances” against torture and ill-treatment and the recently adopted Law on Asylum. May 5, 2008 Written Statement Printer friendly version Universal Periodic Review of France Human Rights Watch's Submission to the Human Rights Council Over the past five years, France has forcibly removed dozens of foreign residents accused of links to terrorism and extremism. Available government figures indicate that 71 individuals described as “Islamic fundamentalists” were forcibly removed from France between September 2001 and September 2006. Fifteen of these were described as imams. Though not a new policy, national security removals now form an integral part of France’s national strategy to counter violent radicalization and recruitment to terrorism. May 5, 2008 Written Statement Printer friendly version Universal Periodic Review of Romania Human Rights Watch's Submission to the Human Rights Council This submission will focus only on Human Rights Watch’s key concerns regarding Romania’s compliance with international human rights law in its treatment of children and youth living with HIV. It draws on research and recommendations presented in greater detail in our August 2006 report, Life Doesn’t Wait: Romania’s Failure to Protect and Support Children and Youth Living with HIV May 5, 2008 Written Statement Printer friendly version Universal Periodic Review of Ukraine Human Rights Watch's Submission to the Human Rights Council This submission summarizes Human Rights Watch’s key concerns with Ukraine’s compliance with its international obligations in the context of four areas that have been the focus of Human Rights Watch’s work in recent years – human rights abuses fueling the HIV/AIDS epidemic, as well as discrimination against women in employment, media freedoms, and the treatment of migrants. May 5, 2008 Written Statement Printer friendly version Kosovo/Albania: Investigate Postwar Abductions, Transfers to Albania Official Dismissals Premature Additional information has emerged that bolsters allegations of abductions and cross-border transfers from Kosovo to Albania after the 1998-1999 Kosovo war, Human Rights Watch said today. The Kosovar and Albanian governments should open independent and transparent investigations to help resolve the fate of approximately 400 Serbs who went missing after the war. May 5, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version DR Congo: Suspected War Criminal Wanted International Court Unseals Arrest Warrant Against Bosco Ntaganda Congolese officials and UN peacekeepers should take swift action to enforce the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant against a rebel leader accused of forcibly conscripting child soldiers and of other abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. April 29, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version EU: Tie Serbia’s Membership to Mladic’s Arrest EU Members Should Not Backtrack on Their Commitment to Justice The European Union’s (EU) signing of the Stabilization Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia today despite Belgrade’s failure to arrest accused war criminal Ratko Mladic is a setback to those seeking justice for genocide in Srebrenica, Human Rights Watch said today. EU member states should refuse to allow Serbia to take additional steps toward EU membership without full cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), including the surrender of Mladic. April 29, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version |
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