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  • Uzbekistan: No Justice 7 Years after Andijan Massacre
    May 11, 2012
    The European Union and the United States should re-examine their relationships with the Uzbek government in light of its atrocious rights record.
  • US: Investigate New York Police Surveillance of Muslims
    Mar 20, 2012
    The US Justice Department should immediately investigate the New York City police for alleged religion-based discrimination in their surveillance of Muslim communities, and make its findings public.
  • New York: Investigate Police Surveillance of Muslims
    Feb 27, 2012
    New York authorities should fully investigate New York City police for violating religious freedom in their surveillance of Muslim “communities of interest.” The New York State Attorney General’s office announced on February 24, 2012, that it would not investigate the police surveillance of Muslim neighborhoods because of unexplained “legal and investigative obstacles.”
  • Saudi Arabia: Christians Arrested at Private Prayer
    Jan 30, 2012

    Thirty five Ethiopian Christians are awaiting deportation from Saudi Arabia for “illicit mingling,” after police arrested them when they raided a private prayer gathering in Jeddah in mid-December, 2011. Of those arrested, 29 were women. They were subjected to arbitrary body cavity searches in custody, three of the Ethiopians told Human Rights Watch.

  • Political Forces in Tunisia and the Balancing of Rights
    Nov 4, 2011

    The parties of both the minority and the majority must not forget that the revolution in Tunisia carried within it a desire for freedom, dignity, and justice.

  • Egypt: Don’t Cover Up Military Killing of Copt Protesters
    Oct 25, 2011
    The Egyptian military’s intention to control the investigation of the use of force against unarmed Coptic Christian demonstrators during a night of clashes on October 9, 2011, raises fears of a cover-up. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Egypt’s military rulers, should transfer the investigation from the military prosecution to a fully independent and impartial investigation into the killing of unarmed protesters by military forces. The violence left two dozen protesters and bystanders and at least one military officer dead.
  • Tunisia: Affirm Human Rights in New Constitution
    Oct 20, 2011
    Many parties competing in Tunisia’s election for a constituent assembly on October 23, 2011, believe that basic freedoms should be protected, but they disagree about circumstances under which freedoms could be limited, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper issued today. The paper was prepared to help voters make decisions based on the parties’ stances on basic human rights and freedoms.
  • Egypt: Investigate Violence Against Coptic Christians
    Oct 10, 2011
    The inquiry announced by Egypt’s military authorities into sectarian violence in Cairo on October 9, 2011 – that resulted in some two dozen dead –should be prompt, thorough, and impartial.
  • Iran: Christian Pastor Faces Execution for ‘Apostasy’
    Sep 30, 2011
    Iranianauthoritiesshouldimmediately free pastor Yousef Nadarkhani and drop all charges against him. Nadarkhani, who has been charged with apostasy and is in Rasht prison in northern Iran, faces possible execution.
  • UN: Expose Iran’s Appalling Rights Record
    Sep 21, 2011
    Member states of the United Nations should use President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s appearance before the UN General Assembly to highlight the Iranian government’s gross and systematic human rights violations against its own people. Member states should press the Iranian leader to allow the newly appointed UN special envoy on Iran and independent human rights organizations to visit the country. The Iranian president is scheduled to address the Assembly in New York on September 22, 2011.
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