Events

Cities Feature

  • Honouring those who speak out where there is silence
    Please join us on 6 November 2013 at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London for our Voices for Justice Annual Dinner. This year we will honour Abbé Benoît Kinalegu, with our highest tribute - the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism - in recognition of his unwavering, fearless commitment to human rights. To reserve a table or tickets, please contact the Development and Outreach team on londonoutreach@hrw.org.
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In the News

  • Run for Rights – Royal Parks Half Marathon
    Run through four of London’s glorious Royal Parks, pass some of the capital’s most historic landmarks and raise money towards protecting human rights around the world - Join Team Human Rights Watch on 6 October 2013 in running the Royal Parks Half Marathon. The registration fee to get a charity place is £50. The minimum sponsorship we ask runners to raise is £300. If you are interested in joining team Run for Rights, please contact Nicole Vloeimans on vloeimn@hrw.org or 020 7618 4720.
    July 1, 2013
  • A new round of deportation of the Tamil minority group to Sri Lanka
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    UK: Suspend Deportations of Tamils to Sri Lanka
    UK Director of Human Rights Watch, David Mepham, published a short article by in the Independent on the continuous problematic deportation of Tamils. Again, the UK government has deported a group of Tamils to Sri Lanka, despite vast documentation provided by Human Rights Watch and other organisations on the country’s record of ill-treatment of the minority Tamil community. Human Rights Watch has acquired a growing body of evidence that the failed Sri Lankan asylum seekers face serious risks of torture upon return in their home country.
    September 27, 2012
  • London May Newsletter
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    London Newsletter May 2012 with a UK advocacy update by David Mepham, UK Director, an article on Human Rights Watch's Women's Rights Division - Advocating for Women for More than 20 Years and an update from the London Network - Right Words Competition a Huge Success.
    June 25, 2012