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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…
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Joint HRW and AI Letter to Anatoly Matios

On Secret Detention

To:                  Chief Military Prosecutor, Anatoly Matios Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, Riznitska St, 13/15, Kyiv, Ukraine Cc:                  Chief of SBU, President’s Office, Ombudsperson for Ukraine From…
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Dispatches: A Big Win for Online Speech in India

“It cannot be over-emphasized that when it comes to democracy, liberty of thought and expression is a cardinal value that is of paramount significance.” With these words, India’s Supreme Court, in a landmark judgment on March 24, struck down Section 66A…
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Letter to Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk

Ensure Delivery of Medical Supplies to Civilians in Rebel-Held Areas

9 March 2015 Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) 01034, Kyiv-34, Volodymyrska St., 35 (044) 279-30-40pressinfo@ssu.gov.ua Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 01008, Kyiv, Grushevskogo str., 12/2press@yatsenyuk.org.ua Ministry of…
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Ukraine: Letter to Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

October 2, 2012 His Excellency Volodymyr Mykhailovych Lytvyn, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Vul. M. Hrusthevskoho 5 Kiev, 01008 Ukraine Dear Mr. Lytvyn, We are writing to you on behalf of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch,…
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India: Confirm Policy Ending Mandatory HIV Tests

Letter to India’s External Affairs Minister

Hon. S.M. Krishna, External Affairs Minister Ministry of External Affairs No. 163, South Block, 2260 New Delhi - 110011 India   Dear Hon. Minister Krishna…
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Upholding the Right to Health

Preventing needless suffering of the terminally ill in India

In January, years of joint advocacy by Human Rights Watch and Indian palliative care groups culminated in the Medical Council of India recognizing palliative care as a specialization of medicine and approving an MD Palliative Care program. Over time, this…
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Letter to the President of Ukraine Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych

On Police Harassment of Drug Dependence Patients, Providers, and Organizations

Dear President Yanukovych, We write to express our deep concern regarding ongoing harassment by state prosecutors and law enforcement targeting substance abuse treatment patients, care providers, and HIV organizations throughout Ukraine.  We urge you…
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Letter to the National AIDS Control Organization of India

Sujata Rao Assistant Secretary and Director General National AIDS Control Organization Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India   Dear Ms. Sujata Rao:   Thank you for meeting with Human Rights Watch in July to…
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Ukraine: Drug Law Reforms Would Threaten HIV/AIDS Fight

Letter to President Yushchenko Opposing Proposed Drug Reclassification

Dear President Yushchenko: We write to express our deep concern about proposed amendments to Ukraine's drug classification tables, which would revise the standards for criminal possession of illicit drugs to criminalize the possession of very small…
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Ukraine: Banning methadone would jeopardize HIV/AIDS fight

Letter to Prime Minister Timoshenko opposing anti-methadone proposal

We write to express our deep concern about recent reports that the Cabinet of Ministers has proposed amending the list of scheduled drugs to reclassify methadone as a prohibited narcotic substance, thus barring its use for therapeutic purposes. This…
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Opportunity for Reform: Human Rights Agenda for Ukraine

Letter to President Yushchenko

Human Rights Watch believes that your election and the formation of a new government mark an important opportunity to break with past shortcomings in Ukraine’s respect for human rights. We urge you to seize this opportunity, and embark on legislative and…
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Two Steps Closer to Free Expression in Ukraine

Human Rights Watch published a report on censorship in Ukraine in March 2003, "Negotiating The News: Informal State Censorship of Ukrainian Television." The following month, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma took steps towards guaranteeing freedom of…
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Attacks on HIV/AIDS Workers in India

Widespread police harassment of HIV/AIDS outreach workers in India, especially those working with women in prostitution and men who have sex with men, is undermining efforts to contain one of the worst epidemics in the…

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