• Hu Jia, a prominent China dissident, wears a shirt in support of blind Chinese lawyer Chen Guangcheng, in this undated handout.
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    China: Protect Chen Guangcheng From Extrajudicial Violence

    The Chinese government should immediately guarantee blind human rights defender Chen Guangcheng’s safety, end its persecution of him and his family, and ensure that he is not returned to any form of detention or subject to any restrictions on his rights. 

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  • Burma: Ban Should Press for Lasting Reforms
    Apr 28, 2012
    United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should emphasize the need for genuine reforms to address Burma’s still dire human rights situation, Human Rights Watch said today. Ban will visit Burma for several days beginning April 29, 2012 to discuss with Burmese officials a range of issues including political reform, development and humanitarian needs, and refugee issues.
  • China: Protect Chen Guangcheng From Extrajudicial Violence
    Apr 27, 2012

    The Chinese government should immediately guarantee blind human rights defender Chen Guangcheng’s safety, end its persecution of him and his family, and ensure that he is not returned to any form of detention or subject to any restrictions on his rights. 

  • Bangladesh: Alarming Rise in ‘Disappearances’
    Apr 26, 2012

    The Bangladesh government should immediately order an independent and impartial investigation into the growing number of cases where opposition members and political activists have vanished without trace.

  • India: UN Secretary-General Should Stress Rights Concerns
    Apr 25, 2012
  • Australia: Urge Human Rights Improvements in Vietnam
    Apr 25, 2012
    Australia should urge Vietnam to release all political prisoners and to end restrictions on the freedoms of expression, association, peaceful assembly, belief, and religion when the two sides meet for their annual bilateral human rights dialogue in Hanoi on April 26-27, 2012.
  • Joint Letter to President Barack Obama Regarding Sanctions on Burma
    Apr 24, 2012

    Our organizations would like to express our concern regarding the Administration’s plans for relaxation of the investment ban and other sanctions on Burma that were announced by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on April 4, 2012.  

  • Australia–Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue
    Apr 24, 2012
    During the year 2011 and the first quarter of 2012, there were many violations of human rights in Vietnam including a steady stream of political trials and arrests.
  • Some things don’t mix
    Apr 24, 2012
    Some valuable truths underlie Oplan Bayanihan, the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ 16-month-old internal peace and security plan. Chief among them are that the various insurgent groups in the Philippines are unlikely to be beaten by force alone, that better standards of living can curb the roots of the rebellions, and that the military could do more to “win the sentiment” of the general population. But in translating these truths into practice, something seems to have gotten warped along the way. The AFP’s practice of mixing soldiers with schools amply illustrates this misguidedness.
  • Thailand: Internet Provider Faces Lese Majeste Conviction
    Apr 23, 2012

    The trial of an internet service provider on lese majeste charges puts Thailand’s web moderators at risk of long prison terms.

  • Nepal: Reject Amnesty for Serious Crimes
    Apr 23, 2012

    Nepalese political leaders should not grant an amnesty for international crimes. 

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