Uganda: Kenyan Rights Defender to Be Tried for Kampala Bombings

Case Raises Concern That Prosecution Is Politically Motivated

Kazakhstan: Continued Scrutiny of Rights Progress Needed

Disappointing Record on Reforms During OSCE Chairmanship

US: Nobel Laureates Urge Obama to Ban Landmines

Letter Signed by 15 Peace Prize Recipients

Jordan: Gravely Ill Woman Detained, Not Treated

Authorities Ordered Detention on Minor Charge, Failed to Treat Pain

Senegal: Law Promotes Violence Against Homosexuals

Decriminalize Consensual Sexual Conduct; Punish Attackers

Guinea: Witnesses Describe Security Force Excesses

New President Needs to Rein in Security Personnel, Ensure Political Neutrality

US: Senate Should Pass the DREAM Act

Letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), cc all members of the US Senate

Human Rights Watch Submission to the National Assembly Law Commission

US: Drug Plan Deserves Support

Statement on Areas of Concern, Mine Ban Treaty Tenth Meeting of States Parties

Delivered by Steve Goose, Director

Egypt: Elections Marred as Opposition Barred from Polls

Violence, Arrests, and Fraud Allegations Widespread

China's Growing Intolerance of Peaceful Dissent Must Be Challenged

Supporters in China of the Nobel peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo have been harassed, interrogated or detained

Israel: Soldiers’ Punishment for Using Boy as ‘Human Shield’ Inadequate

Two Sergeants Demoted and Given Suspended Sentences

Western Sahara: Beatings, Abuse by Moroccan Security Forces

Investigate Violent Response to Disturbances