• Beyond Breivik, Hate in Europe is on the Rise
    Commentary
    Apr 25, 2012
    With the eyes of the world on the Oslo district court, there are stark contrasts on display. The twisted and hate-filled logic of Anders Breivik contrasts with the calm, dignified and above all fair criminal process against him.
  • Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev’s Visit to Berlin
    Commentary
    Feb 10, 2012
    Take a map of Central Asia, and German diplomats and business people who know the region are likely to identify Kazakhstan as the most important and stable player in an otherwise troubled part of the world.
  • Kazakhstan/Germany: Make Rights Key to Good Relations
    Press release
    Feb 6, 2012
    German Chancellor Angela Merkel should raise urgent human rights concerns with the Kazakhstan government during talks with President Nursultan Nazarbaev on February 8, 2012.
  • EU: Rights Abuse at Home Ignored
    Press release
    Jan 22, 2012
    The European Union and member governments proved unwilling to tackle human rights abuse at home during 2011, even as they proclaimed the issue’s importance in inspiring the Arab Spring, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2012.
  • Letter to German Foreign Minister on Camp Ashraf in Iraq
    Letter
    Dec 16, 2011
    We are writing to you before the December 31 announced closure of Camp Ashraf (also known as Camp New Iraq) to urge the government of Germany to take proactive steps to help prevent the stand-off between the Iraqi government and the leadership of the Mohjahedin-e Khalq (MEK) from deteriorating further at a critical moment in Iraq’s precarious transition to democratic rule.
  • Germany: Police Training Key to Curbing Hate Violence
    Press release
    Dec 9, 2011
    German law enforcement authorities need better training to effectively identify, investigate, and prosecute racist, homophobic, and other hate violence.
  • The State Response to “Hate Crimes” in Germany
    Backgrounder Briefing
    Dec 9, 2011
    Racist and other hate violence is a problem in Germany—as it is in many European Union countries— with hundreds of violent attacks recorded by authorities and civil society groups each year.
  • Letter to the Editor Regarding German Foreign Minister Westerwelle's Visit to Turkmenistan
    Commentary
    Dec 1, 2011
    The Central Asian state has huge energy reserves that Germany would like to tap, and a strategic location neighbouring Afghanistan. It also has one of the worst human rights records in the world, with credible reports from the United Nations and elsewhere of widespread torture, forced disappearances and repression of all critical voices.
  • Germany: Human Rights Watch Submission to the United Nations Committee against Torture
    Backgrounder Briefing
    Oct 17, 2011
    We write in advance of the Committee against Torture’s upcoming review of Germany.
  • Germany/Saudi Arabia: Don’t Sell Out on Human Rights
    Press release
    Jul 8, 2011
    Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany should consider the political signals her government is sending to Saudi Arabia before approving a deal to sell 200 German-made tanks to the kingdom. Saudi Arabia has a dismal human rights record and has deployed forces to Bahrain to help suppress pro-democracy protests there.