The U.S. Supreme Court should overturn a lower court decision allowing the Justice Department to keep secret the names of over 1,000 people arrested in the United States following the September 11 attacks, Human Rights Watch said today. "The use of secret arrests is a matter of tremendous ...
Human Rights Watch urges you to exercise U.S. influence to prevent the violations of human rights and humanitarian law caused by Israel's construction of the West Bank separation barrier. Middle East/North Africa United States Israel/Palestine ...
(New York)- Colombian President Álvaro Uribe should reiterate his government's commitment to the International Criminal Court (ICC) when he addresses the U.N. General Assembly. President Uribe's speech, scheduled for Tuesday, will provide a key opportunity to highlight the ICC's ...
The Uzbek government has effectively blocked the Erk Democratic Party from holding its congress in Tashkent and has increased persecution of the opposition party’s members, Human Rights Watch said today. Government authorities failed to respond to the ...
Approximately one in five male inmates in the United States has faced forced or pressured sexual contact in custody, according to studies on the subject by researchers such as Cindy Struckman-Johnson at the University of South Dakota. One in 10 has been raped. For women, whose abusers are often ...
Approximately one in five male inmates in the United States has faced forced or pressured sexual contact in custody, according to studies on the subject by researchers such as Cindy Struckman-Johnson at the University of South Dakota. One in 10 has been raped. For women, whose abusers are often ...
Presidential elections in Chechnya will take place on the heels of President George W. Bush's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. For President Putin, the Oct. 5 elections are meant to symbolize the final stage of stabilization in the war-torn republic. President Bush shouldn't ...
Presidential elections in Chechnya will take place on the heels of President George W. Bush’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. For President Putin, the Oct. 5 elections are meant to symbolize the final stage of stabilization in the war-torn ...
An Uzbek court upheld the conviction of a human rights defender for homosexual conduct in violation of his basic rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Ruslan Sharipov, a journalist and human rights defender who had written widely about government ...
Ravaged by a civil war that has claimed more than 200,000 lives, Liberia had its moment in the spotlight this summer. President Bush, on his way to Africa, pledged that America would "help the people of Liberia find the path to peace." Two ...
(New York) Bhutanese refugee women in Nepal encounter gender-based violence and systematic discrimination in access to aid, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and governments meeting in Geneva next week must take ...
Overaggressive reactions by U.S. military forces in Iraq are putting journalists and other civilians in unnecessary danger, Human Rights Watch said today. On September 18, U.S. army troops opened fire on an Associated Press (AP) reporter and photographer in the town of Khaldiya, 50 miles west of ...
(New York)-- When U.S. President George W. Bush meets with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan on Tuesday, he should commit the United States to withdrawing financial support and arms deliveries to regional warlords and military commanders responsible for human rights violations, Human Rights ...
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The Bush administration should press publicly for free and fair elections in Azerbaijan, Human Rights Watch said today. Azerbaijan’s presidential elections are scheduled for October 15. In a letter to President George W. Bush, Human Rights Watch urged the ...
By Joanne Mariner, Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch's Americas Division Published in FindLaw.com September 29, 2003 When Paula Calderón was fourteen, her mother died. A few weeks after the funeral, Paula’s father brought her to a guerrilla outpost in the jungle. “He told me that he ...
Uzbekistan’s neighborhood committees violate fundamental human rights, carrying the government's repressive policies to the local level, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The 38-page report, " From House to House: Abuses by ...
Russia’s forces are committing abuses against displaced Chechens in Ingushetia as the brutality of the conflict in Chechnya spills over into this neighboring republic, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 28-page report, Spreading ...
New approaches to asylum being considered in the United Kingdom and the European Union threaten the fundamental rights of asylum seekers and migrants, Human Rights Watch said today. In a submission to the U.K. House of Lords Select Committee on European Union Affairs, the group raised concerns ...
(New York)-- Malaysia should charge or release nine detainees held under its harsh Internal Security Act (ISA) at the end of their two-year terms, Human Rights Watch said today. Extending the administrative detention, which is set to expire on September 23, will undermine possibilities for reform ...
