(Washington) The U.S. State Department's designation today of countries that deny religious freedom once again failed to single out some of the world's most egregious violators, Human Rights Watch said today. The State Department named six countries, Burma, China, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, ...
(New York) The government of Uganda should drop treason charges against two boys formerly abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Human Rights Watch said today. The boys, ages 14 and 16, were charged with treason in late 2002. One will next appear in court on March 6, 2003 in Moyo while ...
(Nairobi)- Women throughout Kenya lose their homes, land, and other property due to discriminatory laws and customs, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. Human Rights Watch said property rights abuses in sub-Saharan Africa perpetuate ...
the state of Mississippi should spare Ronald Chris Foster, scheduled to be executed on January 8 for a murder he committed at age 17. If Foster's death sentence is carried out, he will be the first juvenile offender put to death in Mississippi since 1950 "Returning to an outdated, ...
One measure of America's importance is the frequency with which countries do outrageous things when they think Americans aren't watching. Saddam Hussein used to do his worst when official Washington was on vacation — his offensive into Iraqi Kurdistan during the final days of August 1996, ...
One measure of America's importance is the frequency with which countries do outrageous things when they think Americans aren't watching. Saddam Hussein used to do his worst when official Washington was on vacation? his offensive into Iraqi Kurdistan during the final days of August 1996, ...
(New York, February 28, 2003)- Militia and vigilante violence continues to pose a real threat to security in Nigeria, especially in the period leading up to elections in April 2003, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. One of the more notorious groups is the O'odua People& ...
(New York)- One year after the beginning of communal violence in Gujarat that claimed over 2,000 lives, there have been no convictions of those responsible and little in the way of promised relief for victims, Human Rights Watch said today. Although the Indian government initially boasted of ...
As the world deliberates a U.S.-led war in Iraq and braces for more terrorist attacks, the international community has turned a blind eye to the killing of thousands of Muslims in India in the name of fighting terrorism. A year ago today, a Muslim mob set fire to a train carrying Hindu activists in ...
(New York)- Indonesia must hand over indicted Indonesian officials to the joint U.N.-East Timor court responsible for prosecuting organizers of the atrocities committed in 1999, Human Rights Watch said today. The international community should call on Jakarta to extradite all indicted Indonesian ...
Algerian security forces made "disappear" at least 7,000 persons, more than the number recorded in any other country during the past decade except wartime Bosnia, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. To date, the Algerian authorities have utterly failed to investigate ...
(New York, February 25, 2003)- The indictment of five Chilean secret agents allegedly responsible for the assassination of former army commander Gen. Carlos Prats and his wife Sofía Cuthbert in Buenos Aires almost thirty years ago is an important victory for justice, Human Rights Watch said today. ...
Uzbek authorities should immediately release a dissident who was beaten by police and is now seriously ill, Human Rights Watch said today. The arrest was the latest in a series of police actions intended to chill public criticism of the government. Police arrested Ergash Bobojanov, a member of the ...
The Egyptian government's abrupt renewal of the country's repressive Emergency Law on February 23 is designed to quash the growing campaign for the abolition of the law, Human Rights Watch said today. The government introduced the bill to extend the law in the People's Assembly ...
Clare Short, the Secretary of State for International Development, is due to chair the annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), to be held in the central Asian republic of Uzbekistan in May. Uzbekistan is distinguished by human rights abuses on an epic scale. ...
Dictatorships should not be rewarded. A simple enough lesson, you might think. It is, however, a lesson that Britain and other European governments seem reluctant to take on board. Clare Short, the Secretary of State for International Development, is due to chair the annual meeting of the European ...
As the U.N. Security Council weighs the option of military action against Iraq to force compliance with Resolution 1441, Human Rights Watch calls on all U.N. member states to ensure that the protection of Iraq's civilians is at the forefront of its deliberations and response to this ...
If a resolution authorizing war against Iraq is passed by the United Nations Security Council, it must include clear and concrete protections for civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. The United States and United Kingdom are slated to introduce a new resolution today authorizing military action ...
BRUSSELS-- Israel has reacted angrily to a ruling by Belgium's Supreme Court that leaves the way open for an investigation into the alleged role of Ariel Sharon in a 1982 massacre. Yet Belgium is doing what all countries are supposed to do- enforcing the most basic norms of humanity. Belgian ...
The use of human shields in Iraq would dramatically increase the danger to civilians and the level of care the United States and its allies must take to protect them in the event of any attack, Human Rights Watch said today. In releasing a new fourteen-page briefing paper, International ...
