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Russia: Annul Guilty Verdict Against Aleftina Khorinyak and Lidia Tabarintseva

Human Rights Watch writes to the prosecutor general of Russia to express its concerns about the May 20, 2013 conviction of Aleftina Khorinyak and Lidia Tabarintseva on charges of illegal trafficking of potent substances (article 234 part 3of the Russian Criminal Code) and forgery of documents (article 327 part 2) for helping a terminally ill man, Mr. Viktor Sechin, who was in constant severe pain, obtain opioid pain medicines.

June 28, 2013
Letter to Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanović

Croatia’s accession to the EU includes assuming the obligation to respect the principles of human dignity, democracy, and human rights as enshrined in the EU Treaty and further outlined in the legally binding Charter of Fundamental Rights. The government should use the formal accession as an opportunity to further strengthen the protection of human rights in several areas of concern and implement necessary measures to improve legislation and practices.

June 28, 2013
UK: Raise Rights During Kazakhstan Visit

Consistent with the UK’s stated commitment to make human rights a central focus of its foreign policy, it is essential to convey to the government of Kazakhstan your deep concern about serious and continuing rights violations there and the need for the government to take decisive action to address them.

June 27, 2013
Letter on Hungary to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Ahead of next week’s Assembly debate on the request to open a monitoring procedure in respect of Hungary, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch urge PACE to support the Monitoring Committee’s recommendation to place Hungary under the Assembly’s monitoring procedure.

June 24, 2013
Council of Europe: Joint NGO Statement on Protocol 15 to the ECHR

On the occasion of the opening of Protocol 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights for signature by the Council of Europe member states, a coalition of 10 international NGOs stresses that the amendments to the Convention foreseen by this Protocol must not be allowed to result in a weakening of the Convention system and human rights protection in Europe.

June 24, 2013
Letter to President Correa on Refugee Rights

June 20, 2013
Letter to the Director General of the International Olympic Committee on Discrimination of LGBT People in Russia in Relation to 2014 Winter Olympics

In this letter I would like to raise Human Rights Watch’s concerns about the homophobic draft law that is expected to pass in the Russian parliament’s upper chamber in the coming weeks. This draft law is clearly incompatible with the Olympic Charter’s promotion of “human dignity,” as well as a blatant violation of Russia’s international legal obligations to guarantee non-discrimination and respect for freedom of expression.

June 20, 2013
Letter to US Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Uzbekistan

We write today in support of the U.S. Department of State’s decision to place Uzbekistan in Tier 3 in the 2013 Global Trafficking in Persons Report.

June 19, 2013
Letter from Human Rights Watch Urging Governments to Financially or Technically Assist Countries with Artisanal Gold Mining

June 19, 2013
Letter from Human Rights Watch to Governments in Countries with Artisanal Gold Mining

June 19, 2013