Read the stories of people prosecuted for illegal entry or reentry, and their families, as told in "Turning Migrants Into Criminals."
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“They didn’t take a minute to look at her situation ... [to ask] why are we separating her from her family”
Founded in 1998, the Human Rights Watch Council is a global network of more than 600 volunteers in 32 cities who support the organization through fundraising, outreach, and advocacy. Council members are active ambassadors for Human Rights Watch in their communities, building our global defense of human rights and providing us with a strong presence in key cities and countries.
(Moscow) – The Boston Marathon bombings have pushed the turbulent history of Chechnya back to the top of the news agenda. Human Rights Watch has a long history of research in the region, generating a substantive body of research on Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia.
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Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al-Bahlul was tried by the military commissions and sentenced to life in prison on November 3, 2008, after a military jury found him guilty of 35 counts of conspiracy, solicitation to commit murder, and providing material support for terrorism. In January of 2013, however, the federal appeals court in Washington D.C.
In August 2008, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni who worked as a driver for Osama bin Laden, became the first Guantanamo detainee to go to trial before the military commissions.
Thank you to everyone who tweeted the launch of the World Report 2013. The 665-page report, the 23rd annual review of human rights practices around the globe, summarizes major issues in more than 90 countries.
A. Equal protection for all workers
The US immigration enforcement system has grown exponentially since the last major legalization program under President Ronald Reagan. Deportations have increased dramatically, from 30,039 in 1990 to over 400,000 in 2012, totaling over 4 million since 1990.
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