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Documents on Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Asylum Seekers in Iraq: Between false refuge and the peril of return The UK's Iraqi asylum seekers are now being forced to return not only to the more stable northern region, but to central and southern Iraq. Whatever responsibility UK citizens might feel for them is clearly not shared by those taking these decisions. How then do they decide? June 17, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on US Compliance with the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict This submission by US Campaign to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers addresses US deployment of 17-year-olds to combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, recruitment practices, the detention of child soldiers in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the treatment of asylum seeking former child soldiers. June 6, 2008 Legal Submissions 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 Kyrgyzstan: Do Not Return Asylum Seeker to Uzbekistan Kyrgyz authorities should not forcibly return an Uzbek asylum seeker to Uzbekistan, Human Rights Watch said today. May 13, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Letter to Kazakh Government against Extradition of Asylum Seeker I am writing to urge that the government of Kazakhstan refrain from extraditing to Uzbekistan Rafik Rakhmonov, an Uzbek asylum seeker. Extraditing Rakhmonov to Uzbekistan would violate Kazakhstan’s international obligations as a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1984 United Nations Convention against Torture. May 7, 2008 Letter Also available in
Printer friendly version Universal Periodic Review of Switzerland Human Rights Watch's Submission to the Human Rights Council Human Rights Watch is concerned about a number of practices which in Switzerland have led to serious instances of human rights violations that erode the implementation of international standards of human rights protection in the country. Human Rights Watch is particularly concerned about the use of “diplomatic assurances” against torture and ill-treatment and the recently adopted Law on Asylum. May 5, 2008 Written Statement Printer friendly version Kosovo: Build New State on Rule of Law Protecting Minority Rights Key to Kosovo’s Future As Kosovo is poised to declare independence, the new government and its international partners should build a state based on democratic principles and the rule of law, Human Rights Watch said in a seven-point human rights agenda for Kosovo issued today. The European Union-led mission charged with stabilizing the breakaway province once it secedes from Serbia should take urgent steps to prevent human rights abuses, particularly against minorities and women. February 15, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Rot Here or Die There By Tom Porteous, London director Published in New Statesman Online Together with the US, the UK government should acknowledge its responsibility toward Iraqi refugees because of its military intervention in Iraq. But until now it has not even taken elementary steps to assist Iraq’s neighbours to deal with the crisis, nor to convince them to keep their doors open to refugees whose lives are in danger in Iraq. December 7, 2007 Commentary Printer friendly version Letter to UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband UK must do more to help Iraqi refugees Human Rights Watch joins with partner organizations in writing to UK Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband, urging the UK Government to do much more to protect Iraqi refugees. Human Rights Watch also called on the UK Government to provide more information in regards to assistance plans for its former employees in Iraq. November 14, 2007 Letter 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 UK: Act Fast on Iraqi Refugee Crisis in Middle East NGOs Welcome New Policy on Interpreters, but Call for UK Action on Wider Crisis The UK government’s decision to reconsider its refusal to grant special asylum arrangements for Iraqi interpreters serving with British forces in Iraq is welcome, but does not go far enough, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the UK’s Refugee Council said today. August 8, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version Letter to EU Foreign Ministers on EU-Libya Relations EU governments should make human rights a priority in this "new era" of EU-Libya relations. August 2, 2007 Letter Printer friendly version Spain: Migrant Children at Risk in Government Facilities Close Canary Islands Emergency Centers and Provide Adequate Care Hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children from Africa held in government facilities in the Canary Islands are at risk of violence and ill-treatment, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. July 26, 2007 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Czech Republic: Release Wrongfully Detained Uzbek Refugees Letter to the Czech Republic Calling for the Release of Two Andijan Refugees We write to express our profound concern about the detention by Czech authorities of Omonillo Maksudov and Zohid Mirzaev, both recognized refugees from Uzbekistan residing in Germany. We understand that Czech border police arrested Maksudov and Mirzaev pursuant to an Interpol warrant based on an extradition request posted by the Uzbek government, following their entry into the Czech Republic on July 2. July 25, 2007 Letter Printer friendly version Germany: End Efforts to Strip Iraqis of Refugee Status German Policy Fails to Account for Continuing Violence, Persecution in Iraq Germany should immediately stop revoking the refugee status of Iraqi refugees and should reconsider the cases of more than 18,000 Iraqis who have been stripped of their refugee status, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to German authorities. July 10, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Letter to the German Government Expressing Concern Over Policy of Revoking Refugee Status for Iraqi Refugees Herrn Dr. Albert Schmid Präsident des Bundesamtes für Migration und Flüchtlinge 90343 Nürnberg Dear Dr. Schmid: July 10, 2007 Letter Also available in
Printer friendly version Letter to the Bosnian Authorities on Forced Returns to Risk of Torture Amnesty International, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Human Rights Watch are writing to ask you to exercise your leadership to ensure that every person in Bosnia and Herzegovina subject to deportation, extradition or other removal is protected against return to countries where they would be at risk of serious human rights abuses, including torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (refoulement). May 10, 2007 Letter Also available in 
Printer friendly version Iraq: Neighbors Stem Flow of Iraqis Fleeing War US and UK Bear Special Duty to Aid Refugees Iraq’s neighbors are closing off escape routes to Iraqi asylum seekers, just as the international community has begun to respond to the 2 million refugees from the war, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today. April 17, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Bulgaria: Do Not Extradite Turkmen Dissident Bulgaria must deny Turkmenistan’s extradition request for Annadurdy Khajiev, a Turkmen dissident, and release him from detention immediately, Human Rights Watch said today. April 12, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version Plight of the Refugees Letter to the Editor Published in The Sunday Times The UK has studiously ignored nearly 2m refugees escaping violence and persecution, perhaps because recognising their existence would be an admission that the adventure in Iraq did not go as planned. March 25, 2007 Commentary Printer friendly version |
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