• Mexico: Widespread Rights Abuses in ‘War on Drugs’
    Nov 9, 2011

    Mexico’s military and police have committed widespread human rights violations in efforts to combat organized crime, virtually none of which are being adequately investigated. The 212-page report “Neither Rights Nor Security: Killings, Torture, and Disappearances in Mexico’s ‘War on Drugs,’” examines the human rights consequences of President Felipe Calderón’s approach to confronting Mexico’s powerful drug cartels.

  • Venezuela: Supreme Court Disregards Rights in Election Case
    Oct 18, 2011
    The Venezuelan Supreme Court’s decision on October 17, 2011, to disregard a binding decision by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the case of an opposition politician is a blow to the rule of law.
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  • Mexico: Widespread Rights Abuses in ‘War on Drugs’
    Nov 9, 2011

    Mexico’s military and police have committed widespread human rights violations in efforts to combat organized crime, virtually none of which are being adequately investigated. The 212-page report “Neither Rights Nor Security: Killings, Torture, and Disappearances in Mexico’s ‘War on Drugs,’” examines the human rights consequences of President Felipe Calderón’s approach to confronting Mexico’s powerful drug cartels.

  • Venezuela: Supreme Court Disregards Rights in Election Case
    Oct 18, 2011
    The Venezuelan Supreme Court’s decision on October 17, 2011, to disregard a binding decision by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the case of an opposition politician is a blow to the rule of law.
  • Bolivia: Investigate Crackdown on Protesters
    Sep 29, 2011
    Bolivian authorities should ensure a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation of alleged abuses on September 25, 2011, by police against indigenous protesters outside of Yucumo, in Beni Department.
  • Cuba: Letter to US House Appropriations Committee
    Jun 22, 2011
    Human Rights Watch would like to reiterate its support for OFAC travel regulations that allow for “purposeful travel” to Cuba by academic, religious, and cultural groups, as well as for regulations that allow Cuban Americans to travel freely to Cuba and send remittances to their families on the island.
  • Iraq: Candidate Ban Jeopardizes Election
    Jan 26, 2010
    Iraq's process of excluding candidates from the country's national parliamentary elections on vague, arbitrary, and secret grounds violates the principles of a free and fair election.
  • HRW calls for Israeli investigation into death of Akram al-Ghoul, father of the organization's research consultant in Gaza
    Jan 9, 2009
    Letter to General Mandelblit requesting an official investigation into the deaths of Akram al-Ghoul and Mahmoud Salah Ahmad al-Ghoul
  • UN Security Council: Don't Protect President al-Bashir from Prosecution
    Sep 11, 2008
    We write in regard to the arrest warrant requested by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan.
  • Nepal: End Cycle of Impunity and Deliver Justice to Victims
    Sep 11, 2008
    The new Maoist-led government of Nepal should investigate and prosecute those responsible for thousands of extrajudicial killings, torture, and enforced disappearances during the country’s decade-long armed conflict, Human Rights Watch and Advocacy Forum said in a joint report released today.
  • South Africa's Human Rights Reputation Tarnished
    Sep 7, 2008
    As a member of the United Nations security council for two years, South Africa has had many opportunities to speak out forcefully for human rights - or to join those speaking out against them. Again and again, it has chosen the latter course.
  • India: All Sides Using Children in Chhattisgarh Conflict
    Sep 5, 2008
    Indian security forces and Naxalite rebels should immediately end the use of children in the conflict in Chhattisgarh state in central India. Using children under age 18 in armed operations places them at risk of injury and death and violates international law.
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