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Documents on Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Asylum Seekers in Thailand: Stop Forced Returns of Karen Refugees to Burma Civilians Forced Back Into Conflict Zone, More Returns Threatened Thai security forces should immediately stop forcing Karen refugees and asylum seekers to return to Burma from refugee camps in Thailand, Human Rights Watch said today. July 18, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version India: End State Support for Vigilantes Prosecute Rights Violators and Protect Internally Displaced Communities The Indian central and Chhattisgarh state governments should hold accountable government security forces and state-backed vigilantes responsible for attacking, killing, and forcibly displacing tens of thousands of people in armed operations against Maoist rebels since mid-2005 in southern Chhattisgarh, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. July 14, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Thailand: End Mistreatment and Deportation of Lao Hmong Authorities Should Account for Missing Refugees Thai authorities should end intimidation and forced deportations of Lao Hmong refugees detained in a camp in Petchabun province, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch expressed concern for the well-being of some 1,300 Lao Hmong who escaped from the Huay Nam Khao camp and did not return following a mass protest two weeks ago. July 11, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Sri Lanka: End Internment of Displaced Persons Government Illegally Holding Civilians Fleeing Fighting in the North The Sri Lankan government should end the arbitrary detention of more than 400 civilians displaced by recent fighting at a newly established camp in northern Sri Lanka, Human Rights Watch said today. July 2, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Hope Vetoed By Brad Adams Published in Progress Online The Burmese military's moves to block international aid are no surprise June 4, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version Burma: Stop Forced Evictions Much of Devastated Irrawaddy Delta Remains Uninhabitable The Burmese government should immediately halt forcibly evicting people displaced by Cyclone Nargis from their temporary shelters, Human Rights Watch said today. The Burmese government should abide by its pledge to the United Nations and allow full humanitarian access to all cyclone victims. May 30, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Universal Periodic Review of Sri Lanka Human Rights Watch's Submission to the Human Rights Council Major hostilities between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) resumed in mid-2006 and in January 2008 the government formally withdrew from the ceasefire in place since 2002. Since then the fighting has claimed hundreds of civilians lives, and tens of thousands more have been displaced. Human Rights Watch has long documented serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law by both parties to the conflict. We are deeply concerned that with the ceasefire’s end, abuses will intensify. May 5, 2008 Written Statement Printer friendly version South Korea: Olympic Torch Spotlights China Rights Crisis President Lee Should Press Beijing to Stop Deporting North Korean Refugees South Korean President Lee Myung-bak should use the occasion of the Olympic torch’s passage in Seoul on April 27 to urge Beijing to stop arresting and repatriating North Korean refugees in China, Human Rights Watch said today. The torch relay, which up to now has been dogged by protests over China’s human rights abuses at home and in Tibet, will also pass through the North Korean capital Pyongyang on April 28, one place where protests are not expected. April 25, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Thailand: Stop Forced Returns to Laos Forced Repatriations of Hmong to Laos Should End The Thai government should stop forcibly returning Hmong asylum seekers to Laos without independent monitoring or refugee screening, Human Rights Watch said today. March 5, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Bhutan's ethnic cleansing By Bill Frelick Published in New Statesman Bill Frelick examines the plight of Bhutan's stateless ethnic Nepalese. February 1, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version Letter to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Human Rights Watch sent a letter to newly elected Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd regarding Australian foreign policy with regard to Burma, China, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea and Australian domestic policy on counter-terrorism, refugees, indigenous Australians, and same-sex relationships. December 17, 2007 Letter Printer friendly version Australia: Rudd Should Make Human Rights a Priority Newly elected Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd should make human rights a priority for the new government’s policies at home and abroad, Human Rights Watch said in a letter today. December 17, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version “No Safe Haven: Accountability for Human Rights Violators in the United States" Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law Human Rights Watch appreciates the invitation to submit a statement for the record on this important subject. On December 6, 2006, the US Department of Justice took an unprecedented step to ensure accountability for human rights violators who are in or come to the United States. The department brought the first-ever criminal charges for torture committed abroad. The charges are against Charles “Chuckie” Taylor, Jr., the son of the former Liberian president Charles Taylor and also a US citizen, who entered the United States in March 2006. The charges relate to Taylor, Jr.’s role in committing torture as head of a security unit under his father’s presidency in Liberia. November 14, 2007 Testimony Printer friendly version Thailand: Protect Hmong Refugees More Than 8,000 Lao Hmong at Risk of Forced Repatriation The Thai government should not forcibly repatriate thousands of Lao Hmong refugees currently detained in Thailand to likely persecution in Laos, Human Rights Watch said today. The Thai-Lao border committee will meet from September 2-4 to decide the fate of Hmong refugees at a camp in Petchabun province. August 30, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version Korea needs to open its doors South Korea has shirked one of the vital responsibilities that comes with its new status: admitting refugees and asylum seekers Published in JoongAng Daily While many Koreans do not realize it, South Korea also has become a beacon to many pro-democracy and human rights activists around the world. Within a generation, South Koreans shed a dictatorship for a functioning democracy, an achievement that many others hope to emulate. August 21, 2007 Commentary Also available in
Printer friendly version Bhutanese Refugees: The Right of Return, the Chance for Resettlement By Bill Frelick Published in The Huffington Post Bhutan may profit from evocative tourist images of an isolated cloud kingdom whose people live in serenity and colorful traditional dress, but for many Bhutanese it's far from idyllic. It's a place where citizens can't get a government job, buy or sell land, or open a business without a police-issued card attesting that the bearer is not "anti-national." But it's still home - or at least it should be - for the more than 100,000 Bhutanese citizens expelled in the early 1990s. June 20, 2007 Commentary Printer friendly version China: Tibetan Herders’ Livelihood in Jeopardy Government Must Halt Forced Resettlement of Herders, Provide Redress for Abuses The Chinese government is forcibly relocating Tibetan herders to urban areas and farmland, destroying their livelihoods and way of life, and denying them access to justice for violations of their rights, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. June 10, 2007 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Audio Commentary: China - Tibetan Herders Forcibly Relocated Sophie Richardson, the deputy director of the Asia division, discusses the new report about the Chinese government’s forcible relocation of Tibetan herders to more urban areas. (Run time: 3:18) June 8, 2007 Audio Clip Printer friendly version Nepal: Bhutanese Refugee Tensions Erupt Into Violence Nepali Police Need to Protect Refugees’ Freedom of Expression Violent clashes this week resulting in two deaths in Nepal’s Bhutanese refugee camps underscore the need for the Nepali police to protect refugees from mob violence and ensure their right to peaceful expression, Human Rights Watch said today. May 31, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version Last Hope The Need for Durable Solutions for Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal and India This 86-page report discusses the possible solutions to this protracted refugee situation and the choices the refugees now face. It describes conditions of the ethnic Nepali refugees who have languished in exile in Nepal and India, and also documents continuing discrimination against the ethnic Nepalis still living in Bhutan, who live in fear that they too could be stripped of their citizenship and expelled from the country. HRW Index No.: C1907 May 17, 2007 Report Download PDF, 363 KB, 88 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release |
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