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AsiaCrackdown in Burma
December 6, 2007
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GlobalCluster Munitions: A Weapon Out of Control
February 16, 2007
Cops Arrest Sex Workers for Carrying Condoms
Police in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and San Francisco are confiscating condoms from sex workers and transgender women, undermining health department campaigns to reduce HIV. Human Rights Watch reports from Jackson Heights, Queens.
Child Migrants Detained in Malta
The government of Malta has a policy of automatically detaining migrant children who make the journey from Africa to Europe alone. These children are held in detention centers along with adults, in violation of international law. Human Rights Watch's Alice Farmer reports.
Syria's Torture Centers Revealed
Former detainees and defectors have identified the locations, agencies responsible, torture methods used, and, in many cases, the commanders in charge of 27 detention facilities run by Syrian intelligence agencies.
Libya: Abu Salim Prison Massacre Remembered
The sixteenth anniversary of the Abu Salim prison massacre on June 28 to 29, 2012, offers victims' families across Libya the first chance to commemorate the 1996 tragedy without fear of government repression.
Philippines: Abuses Go Unpunished
President Benigno Aquino III of the Philippines has not fulfilled his promises to hold accountable security forces responsible for serious abuses since taking office two years ago.
South Omo: Pastoralists Forced from their Land
The Ethiopian government is forcibly displacing indigenous pastoral communities in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo valley without adequate consultation or compensation to make way for state-run sugar plantations and the construction of Africa's highest dam, the Gibe III hydropower project.
Egypt: Elections and Human Rights
Human Rights Watch's researcher Heba Morayef on human rights in Egypt since the fall of the regime of Hosni Mubarak, as Egyptians are going to the polls to elect their new leader.
Palestinian Rockets Unlawfully Targeted Israeli Civilians
Palestinian armed groups in Gaza violated the laws of war during the November 2012 fighting by launching hundreds of rockets toward population centers in Israel.
Burma Release of Political Prisoners
Burma's government has finally heeded international calls to release political prisoners. Photographer James Mackay was at the Rangoon airport on January 13 to document the homecoming of some of the country's most prominent activists. Human Rights Watch's Elaine Pearson reports.
One Billion Forgotten
HIV prevention, testing, counseling and treatment should be accessible to all people with disabilities.