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Governments Should Improve Access to Pain Treatment
Millions Worldwide Suffer Unnecessarily
Governments around the world, including those in low and middle income countries, should take urgent action to stop the unnecessary suffering of millions of people from severe but treatable pain, Human Rights Watch said today, ahead of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day on October 11.
October 10, 2008 Press Release
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Libya Frees Political Prisoner
Idris Boufayed Is Promised Travel for Medical Treatment
Libya freed Dr. Idris Boufayed from detention on October 8, almost 20 months after security agents arrested him for planning a peaceful demonstration, Human Rights Watch said today. Boufayed, who suffers from advanced lung cancer, was released from detention in a hospital and promised that he would be allowed to travel abroad for medical care.
October 10, 2008 Press Release
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Uzbekistan: Journalist Sentenced to 10 Years
With Repression Continuing, EU Should Not Drop Sanctions
Uzbek authorities should immediately and unconditionally release an independent journalist sentenced on October 10 on politically motivated charges, Human Rights Watch said today. Solijon Abdurakhmanov, a journalist known for his critical reporting, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling drugs, an offense he did not commit.
October 10, 2008 Press Release
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Jordan: Torture in Prisons Routine and Widespread
Reforms Fail to Tackle Abuse, Impunity Persists
Jordan should end routine and widespread torture in its prisons, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. Human Rights Watch called on the government to overhaul mechanisms for investigating, disciplining and prosecuting abusers, and in particular to transfer prosecutor’s investigations into prison abuse from police to civilian prosecutors.
October 8, 2008 Press Release
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UK: Rights for Terror Suspects
Follow UN Recommendations, and Reject Longer Pre-Charge Detention
The United Kingdom should heed calls in a critical UN report to drop proposals to detain terrorism suspects for 42 days without charge, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the home and foreign secretaries. The government should bring its counterterrorism policies into line with the recommendations from the UN Human Rights Committee.
October 7, 2008 Press Release
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Bangladesh: Stop Denying Killings and Torture
Address Rights Abuses and Hold Security Forces to Account
The Bangladesh interim government should use its last months in office to seriously address persistent rights abuses rather than deny that they are happening, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the government. Human Rights Watch remains deeply concerned about continuing reports of torture and extrajudicial killings by state security forces and the government’s failure to hold those responsible to account.
October 6, 2008 Press Release
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Kyrgyzstan: Protect Lesbians and Transgender Men From Abuse
European Institutions Should Help End the Violence
Lesbian and bisexual women and transgender men face violent abuse, including rape, in Kyrgyzstan, both in family settings and from strangers on the street, Human Rights Watch said in a report issued today. The report calls on the Kyrgyz government to acknowledge the problem and protect the victims, and on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and other European institutions to step up their response to violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
October 6, 2008 Press Release
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Uzbekistan: On Media Freedom, Talk Is Cheap
As the EU prepares to reconsider its sanctions against Uzbekistan, a "media freedom" seminar in Tashkent should not be considered evidence of any improvement in the country's 17-year policy of suppressing free speech.
October 6, 2008 Written Statement
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US: Parole Uighur Detainees Into the United States
Uighurs Still Held at Guantanamo Despite Being Cleared of ‘Enemy Combatant’ Status
A day after this press release was issued, a US federal judge ordered that the 17 Chinese Uighurs being held at Guantanamo Bay be released into the United States on Friday, October 10. However, on Wednesday, October 8, a federal appellate court temporarily blocked the release of the Uighurs into the United States in order to give the government time to appeal the lower court’s release order.
A group of Chinese Uighurs who have been cleared of the “enemy combatant” designation should be freed from Guantanamo and given parole status in the United States. Their case will be heard by a federal judge in the District of Columbia on Tuesday, October 7.
October 6, 2008 Press Release
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Vietnam: End Crackdown on Catholics
Peaceful Protesters Beaten, Arrested, and Harassed
The Vietnamese government should immediately release Roman Catholics arrested for holding peaceful prayer vigils in Hanoi and hold accountable police and others responsible for attacking Catholic parishioners, Human Rights Watch said today. The protesters have been calling for the return of church properties confiscated by the government.
October 4, 2008 Press Release
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United States: Bush Signs Law on Child Soldiers
Measure to Prosecute Recruiters Abroad Puts Commanders on Notice
Under a new law signed today by US President George W. Bush, leaders of military forces and armed groups who have recruited child soldiers may be arrested and prosecuted in the United States, Human Rights Watch said today. The law could apply to leaders of dozens of forces that have recruited and used child soldiers in over 20 armed conflicts.
October 3, 2008 Press Release
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Saudi Arabia: Free Political Prisoners
Many Criminals Granted Amnesty, but Activists Remain in Prison
The Saudi government should free unlawfully detained political activists, including Professor Matrook al-Faleh, one of Saudi Arabia’s leading advocates of reform, Human Rights Watch said today. Although Saudi prison officials said that they had amnestied 1,000 convicted criminals during Ramadan in September, dozens of political activists remain behind bars or are subject to arbitrary travel bans.
October 3, 2008 Press Release
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More Blowback from the War on Terror
The U.S.-backed Ethiopian military has secreted away scores of "suspects" – including pregnant women and children – and fueled anti-American rancor in Africa.
By Jennifer Daskal, senior counterterrorism counsel
Published in Salon
Ishmael is a victim of a 2007 rendition program in the Horn of Africa, involving Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and the United States. There are at least 90 more victims like him. Most have since been sent home. A few – including a Canadian and nine who assert Kenyan nationality – remain in detention even now. The whereabouts of 22 others – including several Somalis, Ethiopian Ogadenis, and Eritreans--remain unknown.
October 1, 2008 Commentary
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Ethiopia/Kenya: Account for Missing Rendition Victims
Secret Detainees Interrogated by US Officials Are Still in Custody
Two days after this report was issued, eight of the ten rendition victims known to be in Ethiopian jails were released to Kenya. The whereabouts of 22 others remains unknown.
At least 10 victims of the 2007 Horn of Africa rendition program still languish in Ethiopian jails and the whereabouts of several others is unknown. Several of the detained men were interrogated by US officials in Addis Ababa soon after they were secretly transferred from Kenya to Somalia, and then to Ethiopia in early 2007.
October 1, 2008 Press Release
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China: Release Jailed Rights Activist Hu Jia
Exonerate or Grant Medical Parole to Olympics Dissident
The Chinese government should immediately exonerate or grant medical parole to imprisoned human rights activist Hu Jia, Human Rights Watch said just ahead of the sixth-month anniversary of his flawed conviction. Human Rights Watch also called on the government to cease the harassment and surveillance of Hu’s wife Zeng Jinyan and infant daughter Qianci.
October 1, 2008 Press Release
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A month after the war
By Tanya Lokshina, deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Moscow office.
Published in Open Democracy
The houses of Georgian villagers in South Ossetia are still burning, their aged inhabitants suffering. The Russian army and emergency services should mobilise to protect them, says Tanya Lokshina in a vivid report.
September 29, 2008 Commentary
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Is the U.S. putting mentally incompetent terror suspects on trial?
At Guantánamo, bizarre proceedings with the 9/11 suspects raise questions about a prisoner's psychiatric evaluation and the murky role of the CIA.
By Joanne Mariner, terrorism and counterterrorism director
Published in Salon
It was the second day of a round of pretrial hearings in the 9/11 case, and Ramzi Binalshibh, one of five accused al-Qaida operatives, was in an angry mood. He didn't seem upset about facing the death penalty; in a previous round of hearings he had declared that he would embrace martyrdom. What bothered him were his lawyers' efforts to save his life.
September 29, 2008 Commentary
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Africa and the Oslo Process to Ban Cluster Munitions
Cluster Munition Coalition Fact Sheet Prepared by Human Rights Watch
In Africa, nine countries are contaminated to some degree with cluster munition remnants. Nearly one-third of the locations where cluster munitions have been used globally are in Africa, and the majority of this use has occurred in the past 10 to 15 years. Two countries in Africa—Egypt and South Africa—have produced and exported cluster munitions. At least 14 countries from the region stockpile cluster munitions, and 13 countries have imported the weapon. A total of 34 countries from Africa agreed to adopt the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in Dublin on May 30, 2008.
September 26, 2008 Campaign Document
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Burma: One Year After Violent Crackdown, Repression Continues
UN Should Press Military Leaders to Keep Their Promises
The international community should demand accountability from the Burmese military government for the brutal crackdown in September 2007 on monks, activists, and other civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. Repression in Burma has increased and the military government has failed to deliver on promises it made a year ago, despite international efforts at mediation.
September 25, 2008 Press Release
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DR Congo: Humanitarian Crisis Deepens as Peace Process Falters
Renewed Fighting Displaces 100,000 More Civilians in Eastern Congo
Renewed combat in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has caused a drastic deterioration in the humanitarian situation and immense suffering for civilians, the Congo Advocacy Coalition, a group of 83 aid agencies and human rights groups, said today. The coalition called for urgent action to improve protection of civilians and an immediate increase in assistance to vulnerable populations.
September 24, 2008 Press Release
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