Introduction This memorandum provides an overview of Human Rights Watch's concerns and recommendations regarding the poor availability of adequate treatment for people who suffer from severe pain due to cancer, HIV/AIDS or other health…

Introduction This memorandum provides an overview of Human Rights Watch's concerns and recommendations regarding the poor availability of adequate treatment for people who suffer from severe pain due to cancer, HIV/AIDS or other health conditions in…

Dutch Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk has granted special asylum rights to lesbian and gay Iranians. According to the ministry’s October 18 statement, the decision was motivated by Human Rights Watch’s forthcoming report on serious and systematic abuse…

Citing Human Rights Watch’s work, Dutch members of parliament successfully pressured Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk not to deport lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) asylum-seekers back to Iran, where they face the threat of torture, ill-…

An August 16 front-page news article in the New York Times gave prominence to Human Rights Watch's longstanding concerns about the pattern of violent attacks against religious minorities in Georgia, arguing that the "wave…