London Film Festival Benefit
January 23, 2013
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On Wednesday 13 March, our annual Film Festival Benefit marked the start of the 2013 Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London. The evening featured the London premiere of WAR WITCH and Q&A at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema and was followed by a reception at Dartmouth House. For more information about the annual Film Festival Benefit, please contact our Development and Outreach team at londonoutreach@hrw.org or on 020 7618 4720.
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Voices for Justice Annual Dinner

For more than 30 years, Human Rights Watch has been at the forefront of the international human rights movement, investigating human rights abuses and exposing the truth in order to bring about deep-rooted change. The Voices for Justice Annual Dinner celebrates human rights defenders from around the world who put their lives at risk to protect the rights and dignity of others.
Julie de Rivero
Taking a Stand on Racism
April 21, 2009
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Juliette De Rivero, Geneva Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch

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New Statesman Online

Racism has been a stain on human history, from slavery to the Holocaust to the genocide in Rwanda, yet it continues all over the world, from the silencing of religious minorities and indigenous peoples, to ethnic war, discrimination and xenophobia against migrants.

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Somalia: Kriegsverbrechen haben verheerende Auswirkungen auf Bevölkerung
Ausländische Akteure verschärfen Krise durch gescheiterte Politik
December 8, 2008
Ausländische Akteure verschärfen Krise durch gescheiterte Politik

(Nairobi, 8. Dezember 2008) – Alle an dem eskalierenden Konflikt in Somalia beteiligten Parteien haben während des letzten Jahres regelmäßig Kriegsverbrechen und andere schwerwiegende Menschenrechtsverletzungen begangen, die zu der humanitären Katastrophe in dem Land geführt haben, so Human Rights Watch in einem heute veröffentlichten Bericht.

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A new round of deportation of the Tamil minority group to Sri Lanka
September 27, 2012
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UK: Suspend Deportations of Tamils to Sri Lanka
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UK Director of Human Rights Watch, David Mepham, published a short article by in the Independent on the continuous problematic deportation of Tamils. Again, the UK government has deported a group of Tamils to Sri Lanka, despite vast documentation provided by Human Rights Watch and other organisations on the country’s record of ill-treatment of the minority Tamil community. Human Rights Watch has acquired a growing body of evidence that the failed Sri Lankan asylum seekers face serious risks of torture upon return in their home country.
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  • Peu après l'offensive finale du gouvernement sri lankais en mai 2009 contre le mouvement séparatiste des  Tigres tamouls, ces femmes tamoules - transférées tout comme des centaines de milliers d'autres Tamouls dans un camp pour personnes déplacées - s'inquiètent du sort de leurs proches qui ont été emmenés par des soldats à des centres dits de « réhabilitation ».

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Run for Rights – Royal Parks Half Marathon
September 13, 2012
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Run through four of London’s glorious Royal Parks, pass some of the capital’s most historic landmarks and raise money towards protecting human rights around the world - Join Team Human Rights Watch on 6 October 2013 in running the Royal Parks Half Marathon.

The registration fee to get a charity place is £50. The minimum sponsorship we ask runners to raise is £300.

If you are interested in joining team Run for Rights, please contact Nicole Vloeimans on vloeimn@hrw.org or 020 7618 4720.
  • Some of the Team HRW runners: (from left to right) Simon Clark, Volinka Augustenborg, Kim Thomond, Anne-Marie Corry, Caroline Greenhalgh, Laura Mosedale, Ben Ward, Clive Baldwin, Paddy Walker and Iain Levine
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London May Newsletter
June 25, 2012
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London Newsletter May 2012 with a UK advocacy update by David Mepham, UK Director, an article on Human Rights Watch's Women's Rights Division - Advocating for Women for More than 20 Years and an update from the London Network - Right Words Competition a Huge Success.
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London Committee May Newsletter

 

HRW Submission to the UK Foreign Affairs Select Committee
on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2011 Report: Human Rights and Democracy
May 24, 2012
on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2011 Report: Human Rights and Democracy

1.      Human Rights Watch welcomes the publication of the Foreign Office annual report on human rights and democracy. As in previous years, we note the clear language set out in the Foreign Secretary’s Foreword and in Section II on the FCO's Human Rights Priorities.

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Voices for Justice Annual dinner London - 7 November 2012
May 9, 2012
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The Voices for Justice Annual Dinner took place at the Guildhall in London on Wednesday 7 November 2012. The night was a huge success with our generous supporters raising a significant sum to enable the continued fantastic work of the Emergencies Division. Human Rights Watch awarded human rights defender Farai Maguwu from Zimbabwe with our highest tribute - the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism. For more information about the 2013 Annual Dinner or to reserve a table or tickets, please contact the Development and Outreach team on londonoutreach@hrw.org.
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