Côte d’Ivoire: 2 Years in, Uneven Progress
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Côte d’Ivoire’s government has made little progress in addressing root causes of the country’s decade of politico-military violence in the two years since President Alassane Ouattara’s...Read more...
Afghanistan Sees Sharp Rise in Women Imprisoned for Moral Crimes
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost 12 years ago. Running away from home, usually from abuse and forced marriage, and alleged adultery, which often involves rape,...Read more...
US: Prosecuting Migrants is Hurting Families
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The skyrocketing criminal prosecutions of migrants for illegally entering or reentering the United States carry huge human and financial costs, Human Rights Watch said in a report released...Read more...
Boko Haram attacks hit school attendance in Borno State
Human Rights Watch, Boko Haram attacks hit school attendance in Borno State, 14 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519b29a64.html [accessed 21 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not...Read more...
Afghan womens rights in peril group says
Afghan women's rights in peril, group says General Sources Tuesday 21st May, 2013 The number of women and girls jailed for 'moral crimes' is up 50%, Human Rights Watch notes. It says they are often victims of violence or forced...Read more...
Afghan womens rights in peril group says
Afghan women's rights in peril, group says General Sources Tuesday 21st May, 2013 The number of women and girls jailed for 'moral crimes' is up 50%, Human Rights Watch notes. It says they are often victims of violence or forced...Read more...
Burma: New Doubts About Pace of Reforms
Human Rights Watch, Burma: New Doubts About Pace of Reforms, 18 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519b4ac74.html [accessed 21 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does...Read more...
Free Men Charged for Being Homosexual – Human Rights Watch
HRW]Nairobi -Zambian authorities should dismiss all charges and release two men arrested for engaging in homosexual acts, Human Rights Watch said. The police should immediately cease forensic anal examinations, which are...Read more...
Time to Speak Truth on Myanmar
For the first time since hosting Burmese dictator Ne Win nearly 50 years ago, the United States will host another head of state from Myanmar. The historic visit from President Thein Sein on Monday will, no doubt, lead to much...Read more...
Nigerian Military: More Than 200 Boko Haram Captured
Nearly a week after Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan announced the deployment of thousands of troops to the country’s war-torn north, officials say they now hold more than 200 suspected Boko Haram militants. Nigerian...Read more...
Sri Lanka: No Progress 4 Years On
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). (Colombo) – Respect for basic rights...Read more...
China trying to manage exposure of corruption online
Reuters © Liu Tienan, then head of the National Energy Administration and deputy chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), attends a news conference about Spring Festival transport in Beijing in...Read more...
“Reign of terror” against Christians in Central African Republic
Christians in the Central African Republic (CAR) are being targeted by Islamist militants who seized control of the country in March; they are being tied up, beaten and forced to hand over money to save their lives. A pastor in...Read more...
Cynthia Brown: Human rights activist
Cynthia Brown, who died of cancer in New York on 12 May at the age of 60, was one of the guiding forces of the international advocacy group Human Rights Watch. She started with Human Rights Watch as a researcher in 1982,...Read more...
CIVIC Georgia After Dropping Cluster Bombs Russia Has Responsibility to Help Civilians
Georgia: After Dropping Cluster Bombs, Russia Has Responsibility to Help Civilians WASHINGTON - August 15 - Human Rights Watch reported today that on August 12 Russian forces used cluster bombs in two separate attacks on...Read more...
Turkmenistan-EU Rights Talks Neglect Detained Journalist
A human rights dialogue between Ashgabat and Brussels has failed to clarify why journalist Rovshen Yazmuhamedov was detained two weeks ago. Yazmuhamedov, 30, a correspondent with Radio Free Europe’s Turkmen Service (Azatlyk...Read more...
Uganda Police Shut Newspapers Radio Stations Over Political Controversy
Nairobi - The Ugandan government should immediately end politically motivated police intimidation of newspapers and radio stations and ensure that the media can operate freely, Human Rights Watch said today. Recent raids on two...Read more...
Who Are the World's Worst Anti-Gay Bigots?
To mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released its annual LGBT rights "Hall of Shame," highlighting those who are "undermining human rights by actively promoting...Read more...
Nigeria State of Emergency - Air Raids Kill 30 Boko Haram Militants
At least 30 militants have been killed during air raids on their training camps in north-eastern Nigeria, officials say. An army spokesman said jets and helicopter gunships had been used to attack several camps. He told the BBC...Read more...
Bahrain demonstrator jailed for insulting national flag
A 62-year-old Bahraini protester has been sentenced to three months in prison for hanging a national flag from his truck during a 2011 rally. The case comes after tougher penalties were introduced for insults to the Gulf...Read more...
Mobiles offer financial lifeline to Asian migrants study
Asia's mobile revolution is set to transform the region's financial services industry, offering a cheap way for millions of migrant workers to send money home to their families, a report said on Monday.Nearly 60 million migrant...Read more...
Rights group criticizes Sri Lanka's rights record
By Bharatha Mallawarachi, Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - An international human rights group said Monday that respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government...Read more...
Global Push to Improve Labor Conditions for Cleaners, Maids, and Nannies
May 17, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment Domestic workers balance a complex set of relationships, whether they’re employed in the US or elsewhere. Nisha Varia , a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch, talks with anchor Marco Werman...Read more...
Advocates Begin To Tackle India’s Child Rape Problem
Sexual violence is not a new problem in India, but the awareness and social movement surrounding it is a recent development. The December attack that left a young woman dead outraged the public, and political classes are now...Read more...
"Journalist not found": Newseum has expunged Palestinians murdered by Israel from its website
Electronic Intifada - After caving in to intense Israel lobby pressure , Washington's Newseum has removed the names of two Palestinian journalists extrajudicially executed by Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip last...Read more...
A Real Life Hunger Games
Human Rights Watch, we’ve been documenting abuses of unaccompanied migrant children for more than 10 years, and I’ve personally interviewed hundreds of these children. The kids I met with are sent abroad in a last ditch effort...Read more...
Ukraine lawmakers demand ban on Kiev gay pride
62 Ukrainian parliamentarians signed a petition demanded from Kiev's mayor to ban a planned gay pride parade later this month Sixty-one lawmakers signed a petition urging Ukraine’s capital city’s mayor to ban a gay-pride parade...Read more...
Bangladesh’s other workplace catastrophes
By Richard Pearshouse, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Richard Pearshouse is a senior health and human rights researcher at Human Rights Watch and author of Toxic Tanneries: The Health Repercussions of Bangladesh’s Hazaribagh...Read more...
Morocco: Human Rights in the Occupied Western Sahara
SPS]On 30 April, the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) - which has been tasked since 1991 with maintaining a ceasefire and monitoring Africa's longest territorial dispute...Read more...
No progress in Sri Lanka, four years on: claims HRW
Colombo Gazette: Respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the Government defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today. This week marks...Read more...
