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January 10, 2022 News

Open Letter to the President of the Russian Federation by Russian and International Human Rights Organizations

Regarding abduction style detentions of relatives of persons who publicly criticized the governor of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov

January 7, 2022 Dear President Putin, In the last week of December 2021, dozens of relatives of five activists who have dared to criticize the leadership of the Chechen Republic were abducted in Russia, and the fate and whereabouts of many of…

June 8, 2021 News

Human Rights Watch Letter to the Heads of States and Governments ahead of the G7 Summit

Last week, in a public letter, Human Rights Watch called on the leaders of the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, and Japan to take concrete and decisive action facing the unprecedented challenges posed by the Covid-19…

Flags of the G7 Europe, Canada, Italy, Japan, Germany, England, USA and France in Paris, France on July 4th, 2019.

March 26, 2021 News

Joint Letter on Threats to Novaya Gazeta and Their Journalist Elena Milashina

26 March 2021 To: Frank Schwabe, Legal Affairs and Human Rights Rapporteur on human rights in the North Caucasus, PACE Teresa Ribeiro, Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE On behalf of Russian and international NGOs…

March 4, 2021 News

Joint Letter to Russia’s Prosecutor General on Unfounded Charges against Yulia Tsvetkova

Withdraw the Indictment and Drop All Charges against Women’s and LGBT Rights Activist

5 March 2021 Igor Viktorovich Krasnov Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Prosecutor General’s Office ul. B.Dmitrovka, d.15a 125993 Moscow GSP- 3 Russian Federation Dear Prosecutor General, We are writing…

Yulia Tsvetkova, talking about her youth theater project “Pink and Blue”.

December 3, 2018 News

Letter to the EU on Turkic Asylum Seekers

Suspend Deportations to China, Expedite Asylum Claims

Dear Ministers, We write regarding the status of ethnic Turkic refugees and asylum seekers from China in your country. Over the past year, Human Rights Watch has extensively documented gross human rights violations in…

Ethnically Turkic people are transported back to a detention facility in the town of Songkhla in southern Thailand, March 26, 2014.

August 31, 2018 News

Joint Letter to the Astana Working Group on Detentions and Abductions in the Syrian Conflict

To the Astana Working Group on Detentions and Abductions in the Syrian Conflict We write to you to express concern at the failure of the Syrian government to disclose more information about the deaths of arbitrarily detained and…

August 28, 2018 News

Open Letter to Google on Reported Plans to Launch a Censored Search Engine in China

Dear Mr Pichai (cc: Ben Gomes, Vice President of Search; Kent Walker, Senior Vice President of Global Affairs) Like many of Google’s own employees, we are extremely concerned by reports that Google is developing a new censored search…

September 13, 2017 News

Letter to the President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)

September 13, 2017Gianni Infantino President Fédération Internationale de Football Association FIFA-Strasse 20, P.O. Box 8044, Zurich, Switzerland Dear President Infantino, We value the dialogue that we have had…

July 24, 2017 News

Updated Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concerning Russia

This memorandum, submitted to the United Nations Committee on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (“the Committee”), ahead of its review on Russia, highlights areas of concern that Human Rights Watch hopes will inform the Committee’s consideration of…

June 24, 2017 News

Letter from HRW to Chinese President Xi Jinping re: North Korean Refugees

President Xi Jinping General Secretary Office Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Zhongnanhai Ximen, Fuyou Street Xicheng District, Beijing 100017 People’s Republic of China Fax: +86 10 6307 0900; +11…

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un (R) and Chinese Politburo standing committee member Liu Yunshan (L) wave from a balcony towards participants of a mass military parade at Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang on October 10, 2015

February 9, 2017 News

Submission on the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief

February 2017

Around the world, religious freedom is under a sustained attack. In the Asia-Pacific region, there are governments that restrict the freedom to choose and practice a religion, that discriminate in law and policy against certain religious groups, that…

December 21, 2016 News

Submission on Draft Revisions to the Police Law

December 22, 2016 Li Shishi – Chairman Legislative Affairs Commission No. 23, Xijiaominxiang Xicheng District, Beijing 100805 People's Republic of China Submission by Human…

December 15, 2016 News

Human Rights Watch letter to Facebook

Dear Mr. Kaplan, Thank you for your reply to our July 18, 2016 letter re: Facebook’s potential operations in China. We appreciate your engagement on human rights through initiatives such as the Global Network Initiative and directly with our…

July 18, 2016 News

Human Rights Watch letter to Facebook

Dear Mr. Zuckerberg: We write to express our concern about the significant risks associated with Facebook’s possible entry into China. Though Facebook remains blocked in the country, we understand that your firm has engaged local partners for…

September 9, 2015 News

Letter to President Obama

Re: Xi Jinping Visit

President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Obama, We write regarding the state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping…

April 6, 2012 News

Letter to Rosoboronexport on Syrian Weapons Supplies

Mr. Anatoly Isaikin General Director Rosoboronexport Moscow, Russia Re: Syria Weapons Supplies Risk Corporate Complicity in Grave Abuses Dear Mr. Isaikin, I am writing to you on behalf of Human Rights Watch to urge you to halt all weapons deliveries to…

June 3, 2011 News

Letter to Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and CEO of Facebook, Regarding Human Rights Considerations Before Entering China Market

May 10, 2011 Mr. Mark Zuckerberg Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Facebook Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, We are writing to express our concern about the human rights implications of Facebook's possible entry into the Chinese market, particularly in…

October 21, 2010 News

China: Joint Letter to Secretary Clinton, October 2010

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton US Department of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20220 Dear Secretary Clinton, In your July 2010 Krakow speech, you rightly said that behind every crackdown on civil society around the world, "there is…

June 19, 2009 News

Open Letter to Computer Makers Regarding Chinese Filtering Software Directive

Letter sent to Dell, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, and Lenovo Group, Ltd.

Dear Sir: I am writing to express concern over the Chinese government's directive of May 19, 2009, "Notification Regarding Requirements for Pre-Installing Green Filtering Software on Computers," and the human rights implications it may have for your…

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Open Letter to the President of the Russian Federation by Russian and International Human Rights Organizations

Human Rights Watch Letter to the Heads of States and Governments ahead of the G7 Summit

Joint Letter on Threats to Novaya Gazeta and Their Journalist Elena Milashina

Joint Letter to Russia’s Prosecutor General on Unfounded Charges against Yulia Tsvetkova

Letter to the EU on Turkic Asylum Seekers

Joint Letter to the Astana Working Group on Detentions and Abductions in the Syrian Conflict

Open Letter to Google on Reported Plans to Launch a Censored Search Engine in China

Letter to the President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)

Updated Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concerning Russia

Letter from HRW to Chinese President Xi Jinping re: North Korean Refugees

Submission on the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief

Submission on Draft Revisions to the Police Law

Human Rights Watch letter to Facebook

Human Rights Watch letter to Facebook

Letter to President Obama

Letter to Rosoboronexport on Syrian Weapons Supplies

Letter to Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and CEO of Facebook, Regarding Human Rights Considerations Before Entering China Market

China: Joint Letter to Secretary Clinton, October 2010

Open Letter to Computer Makers Regarding Chinese Filtering Software Directive

Letter to the European Heads of State Regarding the EU-Russia Summit

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