The Rwandan army and its Congolese allies have massacred and raped civilians in eastern Congo, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Their opponents, Hutu and Mai Mai armed groups, are also committing atrocities against the civilian population. The rebel Rassemblement congolais pour ...
Human Rights Watch called today for a tightening of the United Nations arms embargo on Sierra Leonean rebels, and highlighted reports of weapons shipments to the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels over the past year. In a briefing paper released ...
the Acting Council of the Palestinian Bar Association removed at least nine human rights lawyers associated with human rights organizations in the Palestinian Autonomous Areas from its list of practicing lawyers. On 10 May 2000, the Acting Council of the Palestinian Bar Association removed at least ...
Human Rights Watch welcomed the start of a new round of talks in Geneva between Indonesian government officials and Acehnese rebel leaders, amid reports that the two sides would sign a cease-fire agreement later today. It urged, however, that the cease-fire agreement be followed by a peace process ...
Dr. César Gaviria Secretary General Organization of American States 17th and Constitution Avenue, Office 6 Washington, DC 20006 Dear Ambassador Gaviria, I write to express Human Rights Watch's grave concern at the failure of the government of President Alberto Fujimori to take the steps ...
Human Rights Watch today called for new, augmented forces to replace UNAMSIL, the United Nations operation in Sierra Leone, in order to make a coordinated effort to defend Sierra Leonean civilians. In an open letter to Kofi Annan released today, it urged the U.N. Secretary-General to ensure that ...
Dear Mr. Secretary-General, The current crisis in Sierra Leone, in which Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels have clashed with U.N. peacekeepers, taking hundreds hostage, suggests that the fragile Lomé peace accord of July 1999, so often violated by the RUF, has now fully unraveled. Although ...
(Dakar, Senegal)- On the eve of a key court hearing in the prosecution of the former dictator of Chad, Hissein Habre, human rights organizations stressed Senegal's legal obligation to bring Habre to justice. On Thursday, May 11, Dakar's three-judge Indicting Chamber will hear a request ...
Human Rights Watch today called on the chief of United Nations peacekeeping to strengthen the resolve and capacity of troops under U.N. command to fully protect civilians in Sierra Leone. The U.N. official, Bernard Miyet, is expected to arrive in Freetown today. Miyet is concerned about the safety ...
Human Rights Watch does not take a position on trade agreements per se, and does not endorse any particular trade agreement, including the one signed by the U.S. and China last November. However, we believe that the WTO process should be used to push for human rights improvements. Broader trade ...
Libertés en Tunisie (CNLT), a human rights monitoring group founded in late 1998 which continues ...
Human Rights Watch today called for increased protection of Burmese refugees in Thailand. As the annual Asian Development Bank meetings begin in Chiang Mai from May 6-8, the international human rights group expressed concern over a worrisome shift in the implementation of Thai refugee policy. ...
Human Rights Watch deplored the accelerating war on civilians and civilian infrastructure as Hizballah guerrillas and the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) turn from fighting each other to attacking private homes, power stations, and other civilian facilities. Israeli air strikes on Wednesday and ...
Human Rights Watch today condemned the recent killings and hostage-taking of United Nations peacekeepers in Sierra Leone, while noting that civilians had been enduring similar abuses by the rebels for several years. A peace agreement signed in July 1999 was supposed to end the nine year civil ...
The new president of Turkey is well-positioned to make progress on human rights and should take immediate steps to expand freedom of expression in Turkey. Ahmet Necdet Sezer was elected president of Turkey today in a vote of 330 out of 550 in the Turkish parliament. President-elect Sezer, a former ...
Human Rights Watch said today that Vietnam's human rights performance continues to fall far short of international standards, despite economic and social changes since the late 1980's. In a new 34-page report, "Vietnam: Silencing of Dissent," Human Rights Watch details how the ...
Human Rights Watch condemned the April 30 arrest of six prominent Iranian activists for participating in a conference on the future of Iran. The detainees, all prominent Iranian intellectuals, included Mehrangiz Kar, a women's rights advocate; Shahla ...
(New York)- The Rwandan government is using the pretext of security to cover human rights abuses against Rwandan citizens, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The report details cases of assassination, murder, arbitrary detention, torture and other abuses perpetrated chiefly by ...
Human Rights Watch expressed its grave concern for the well-being of a detained Iranian journalist, Akbar Ganji, and called on the Iranian authorities to take all necessary measures to ensure his security. Mr. Ganji has been moved from the relative security of an area of Evin Prison under the ...
the 70-year-old treasurer of the Conseil National pour les Libertés en Tunisie (CNLT), National Council for Civil ...
