• Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron appears before the Commons Liason Committee at parliament in London December 11, 2012. Cameron on Tuesday defended plans for secret court hearings citing national security.
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    UK: Scrap Secret Courts Plan
    The British Parliament should reject proposals to expand the use of secret court hearings in civil cases. The House of Commons is scheduled to debate the measure, contained in the Justice and Security Bill, on December 18, 2012.
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  • Turkey: No Justice for Airstrike Victims
    Dec 27, 2012
    The Turkish government has yet to open an effective and transparent inquiry into a Turkish air force aerial bombardment a year ago that killed 34 Kurdish men and boys.
  • EU: Provide Protection for Syrian Refugees
    Dec 23, 2012
    The European Union and its member states should do more to help the thousands of Syrian asylum seekers trying to reach Europe as the Syrian crisis worsens and winter sets in.
  • Syria: Strong Coalition Message Against Targeting Civilians
    Dec 21, 2012

    The Syrian National Coalition (SNC) sent a clear signal that targeting civilians violates the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said today. The coalition’s statement on December 19, 2012, condemned attacks on civilians, regardless of their nationality. 

  • Russia: Reject Adoption Ban Bill
    Dec 21, 2012
    The upper chamber of Russia’s parliament should reject a draft law that would ban US citizens from adopting Russian children and introduce new restrictions on civil society.
  • Turkey: End Overly Broad Website Blocking
    Dec 21, 2012
    The Turkish government should promptly stop unlawfully blocking websites. On December 18, 2012, the European Court of Human Rights ruled, in the case of Ahmet Yıldırım v. Turkey, that blocking Google Sites in Turkey violated the right to freedom of expression. A Turkish court had ordered the complete blocking of Google Sites because of one person’s post. But the European Court found that Turkey’s legal framework was inadequate and did not prevent abuses and arbitrary application of blocking measures.
  • A Letter to the Italian Prime Minister about Palestine and the ICC
    Dec 21, 2012
    We write to express Human Rights Watch’s deep concern regarding your December 17 statement made during a meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, in which you call on the Palestinian Authority not to use Palestine's new non-member observer-state status at the United Nations to pursue the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
  • Russia: Environmental Activist Threatened with New Charges
    Dec 20, 2012
    Russian authorities should stop harassing environmental activists Suren Gazaryan and Evgeniy Vitishko.
  • UK secret court plans 'dangerous precedent'
    Dec 19, 2012
    The British government's proposal to expand the use of secret court hearings in civil cases came one step closer to becoming law yesterday, raising serious concerns for human rights and the principles of open justice.
  • Ukraine: Investigate Attacks on Peaceful Protest
    Dec 18, 2012
    The Ukrainian government should condemn homophobic speech and attacks on a peaceful protest in Kiev on December 8, 2012.
  • UK: Scrap Secret Courts Plan
    Dec 18, 2012
    The British Parliament should reject proposals to expand the use of secret court hearings in civil cases. The House of Commons is scheduled to debate the measure, contained in the Justice and Security Bill, on December 18, 2012.
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