Today, on International Human Rights Day, Human Rights Watch, along with other rights organizations, urged the U.K. government to establish an independent and impartial inquiry into all the circumstances surrounding the murder of human rights defender Rosemary Nelson. 10 December 1999 Joint ...
Human Rights Watch said today that the European Union's decision to begin membership discussions with Turkey was a significant opportunity for genuine human rights reform. "All prospective E.U. members are required to meet some strict criteria on human rights," stated Holly Cartner, ...
National sovereignty is now a less important obstacle to curbing serious human rights crimes than it has been in previous years, Human Rights Watch said today in its annual global survey. "We will remember 1999 as the year in which sovereignty gave way in places where crimes against humanity ...
In an unprecedented move, the Michigan Legislature today passed a law declaring people detained in its jails, prisons and juvenile detention centers are not "persons" entitled to basic human rights protection. The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) has been repeatedly criticized ...
In an unprecedented move, the Michigan Legislature today passed a law declaring people detained in its jails, prisons and juvenile detention centers are not "persons" entitled to basic human rights protection. The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) has been repeatedly criticized ...
Human Rights Watch strongly condemned Russia's ultimatum to the inhabitants of Grozny, in which civilians have been told to abandon the city or be "exterminated" as "bandits." Tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped in Grozny, and Human Rights Watch warned that a ...
Human Rights Watch today strongly condemned Russia's ultimatum to the inhabitants of Grozny, in which civilians have been told to abandon the city or be "exterminated" as "bandits." Tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped in Grozny, and Human Rights Watch warned that ...
(New York)- Human Rights Watch today renewed its call on the government of South Africa to bring deposed Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam to justice for massive killings and torture during his rule. Mengistu, who has lived in Zimbabwe since 1991, arrived in South Africa in November for ...
Rebel attacks against civilians are spreading to the northern parts of Sierra Leone, Human Rights Watch warned today. The group said that government troops and ECOMOG, the West African peacekeeping forces, have so far been unwilling to intervene to protect civilians. The rebel attacks, which had ...
Civilians trapped in Grozny face death and possible starvation in the coming days, as Russian forces step up their attack on the city. Human Rights Watch has interviewed more than a dozen civilians who have fled the city in the past few days and crossed the border into Ingushetia. They report that ...
While war rages in Chechnya's lowlands, up to 20,000 civilians in mountainous Shatoi district are trapped under constant bombardment from Russia forces. There are no safe exit routes for the civilians to flee. "Russian forces have bombed Shatoi for weeks now, and the situation for ...
Civilians trapped in Grozny face death and possible starvation in the coming days, as Russian forces step up their attack on the city, Human Rights Watch said today. Following weeks of intensive bombing of the Chechen capital, which has resulted in an unknown number of civilian casualties, Russian ...
While war rages in Chechnya's lowlands, up to 20,000 civilians in mountainous Shatoi district are trapped under constant bombardment from Russia forces. There are no safe exit routes for the civilians to flee. "Russian forces have bombed Shatoi for weeks now, and the situation for ...
Human Rights Watch today called on Seattle Mayor Paul Schell and Washington State Governor Gary Locke to appoint an impartial, independent panel to investigate the response of law enforcement to this week's protests at the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference. The panel should investigate ...
Human Rights Watch condemned the Palestinian Authority for its illegal detention of eight public figures who criticized President Yasir Arafat's policies. "This is another nail in the coffin of free expression for Palestinians," said Hanny Megally, executive director of Human Rights ...
Human Rights Watch today condemned the Palestinian Authority for its illegal detention of eight public figures who criticized President Yasir Arafat's policies. The international human rights organization also condemned pressures to lift the immunity of Palestinian Legislative Council members ...
The panel should investigate allegations that the police used excessive force and city officials placed unwarranted restrictions on the rights to free expression and assembly of peaceful protesters in violation of constitutional and international standards. Human Rights Watch also condemned the ...
As freezing temperatures descend on the northern Caucasus, Chechen civilians who have fled to Ingushetia now face life-threatening situations. Administrators of the Sleptsovsk-North camp, which is run by displaced persons, told Human Rights Watch today that two children who had caught cold in ...
As freezing temperatures descend on the northern Caucasus, Chechen civilians who have fled to Ingushetia now face life-threatening situations, Human Rights Watch said today. Administrators of the Sleptsovsk-North camp, which is run by displaced persons, told Human Rights Watch today that two ...
Human Rights Watch is writing this open letter to express its condemnation of the five-year prison term handed down to Hojatoleslam Abdollah Nouri, publisher of Khordad newspaper, by a Special Court for the Clergy. Hojatoleslam Nouri, a former minister of interior and a close associate of President ...
