Vietnam: Seeking Basic Rights Is No Picnic In The Park
By Parameswaran Ponnudurai Organizing picnics in one party communist state Vietnam is no walk in the park, as some human rights activists have painfully discovered. Last weekend, the blogger activists and their friends and...Read more...
HRW urges fair trial of Saudi cleric
Human Rights Watch has called on Saudi Arabia to hold a fair trial for a prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, who is an outspoken critic of the Al Saud regime. The rights organization issued a statement on Saturday...Read more...
Rights groups concerned about Turkmen journalist's fate
The human rights groups Amnesty International, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have released statements expressing concern over detained RFE/RL Turkmen correspondent Rovshen Yazmuhamedov, saying he...Read more...
Burma: China-Led Oil, Gas Projects Spark Arrests
Burma: China-Led Oil, Gas Projects Spark Arrests : Local Arakanese told Human Rights Watch that they were concerned they would bear the brunt of the gas project's negative impacts and reap none of the benefits – since the...Read more...
Zionist group tries to blackmail DC’s Newseum over memorial for Palestinian journalists killed by...
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 05/10/2013 – 17:58 ash_00_6.jpg Palestinian photographers gathered at al-Shifa Hospital on 20 November 2012 to protest the Israeli attack that killed their colleagues Hussam Salama and Mahmoud...Read more...
Claims of ‘genocide’ by Hefajat, others unfounded: HRW
'Serial bloodbaths may follow' Published : Sunday, 12 May 2013 Human Rights Watch (HRW), a New York-based rights group, said on Saturday the claims of "genocide" by Hefajat and other opposition parties are unfounded and have...Read more...
Chad: Alleged Coup Attempt No Excuse to Ignore Rights
HRW]Nairobi -The government of Chad should adhere to its international legal obligations and respect human rights law while it investigates an alleged plot against the government, Human Rights Watch said today. [...] Read More...Read more...
Mariela Castro, Cuba and human rights
By Joe Cardona - MiamiHerald.com In the wake of several Cuban dissidents’ enlightening visits to the United States — among them Yoani Sánchez, Rosa María Payá and Berta Soler — came last weekend’s arrival of Raúl Castro’s...Read more...
21 in prison for being gay, 16 more awaiting trial
Family members give moral support to Phil Mubiyana and James Mwape in their jail cell in rural Zambia. Worldwide, at least 21 people are currently in prison for violating laws that punish those who are born gay, lesbian or...Read more...
CAR's ex-rebels went on rampage -rights group
HRW researchers found evidence of scores of killings by Seleka fighters after the fall of Bangui, and received reports of other civilian deaths at the hands of the rebels elsewhere in the country World Bulletin/News Desk...Read more...
Burma: China-Led Oil, Gas Projects Spark Arrests
Authorities in Burma should drop charges against ethnic Arakanese activists who participated in peaceful protests against Chinese-led oil and gas projects, Human Rights Watch said today. Ten activists are scheduled to face...Read more...
Bangladesh Urged to Probe Islamist Deaths
Troubled by images of police violently attacking peaceful protesters, an international human rights body has urged the Bangladeshi government to set up an independent commission to investigate deaths and injuries to prevent...Read more...
Turkmenistan: Journalist Arrested
– Turkmen authorities should immediately free or credibly charge a journalist arrested on May 6, 2013, for unreported reasons. The journalist, Rovshen Yazmuhamedov, has been a local correspondent in Turkmenistan for United...Read more...
Pre-empting a new generation of killer robotic weapons
In his farewell address on January 17, 1961 - at the height of the Cold War - President Eisenhower, speaking with the combined experience of a US Army General and a two-term elected President of the most powerful country in the...Read more...
HRW urges Chad to arrest Sudan President Bashir
N’DJAMENA The President of the Republic of Sudan, Omer Al Bashir, arrived in N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, on Friday evening to take part in the African Great Green Wall Summit, which is scheduled to begin on Saturday. He was...Read more...
The rise of Europe's far-right
Has a shift on the fringes of politics to far-right and populist conservative parties in Europe been a recent phenomenon? Or is it more complicated than that? (Pic : The Guardian) Back in January, Human Rights Watch warned that...Read more...
Season of Cambodia in NYC Showcases Classical New Arts
NEW YORK -- Among some two million victims of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s were most of Cambodia’s artists. Much of their knowledge was lost with them, since Cambodian culture is still largely oral. But in the...Read more...
UAE: Unfair Mass Trial of 94 Dissidents
International Federation for Human Rights, UAE: Unfair Mass Trial of 94 Dissidents , 4 April 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/518ceeb816.html [accessed 10 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not...Read more...
'The Act of Killing,' HBO's 'Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer' Among Selections of New York's Human...
The 24th edition of The Human Rights Watch Film Festival will return to New York this summer from June 13-23 with a program of 20 films from across the globe calling for social change and fighting against injustice. The...Read more...
Chad: Alleged Coup Attempt No Excuse to Ignore Rights
HRW]Nairobi -The government of Chad should adhere to its international legal obligations and respect human rights law while it investigates an alleged plot against the government, Human Rights Watch said today.Read more...
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Senegal: Chadian Blogger Expelled Longtime Dakar Resident Had Criticized Chad’s Leaders (Nairobi, May 10, 2013) – The Senegalese government’s expulsion of the Chadian blogger and journalist Makaila Nguebla is a blow to freedom...Read more...
C. African Republic child soldier killed by mob
An angry mob stoned to death a 17-year-old soldier in Central African Republic who had been freed from a rebel group and moved to the capital for his own safety only to be re-recruited by armed fighters, the U.N. children's...Read more...
The Pain of Bangladesh: T-shirts Made with Blood and Tears by Ramzy Baroud
correspondent in their run-down room which they call home in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a man sobbed as his 12-year-old daughter sat close to him. His face, wrinkled before its time, was a picture of utter anguish. It could only be...Read more...
Is jail night club inmates’ latest perk?
— It is a surprising scene — a picnic-like atmosphere with children playing in the pool under the tropical sun. The adults are also in celebration mode. The crowd is listening to a couple of rappers and some people dance to the...Read more...
Saudi Arabia: Let All Girls Play Sports
Saudi Arabia should allow all girls in the kingdom, including public school students, to play sports in school. The government should formally clarify its position on sports for girls in government-funded schools and announce a...Read more...
Chipimo Questions Decision of Retiring Judges
National Restoration Party (NAREP) President Elias Chipimo says the judiciary is living in very interesting times. During an interview on the Radio Phoenix Radio talkshow “Let THE People Talk,” this morning Chipimo said it was...Read more...
CAR rebels went on rampage, body claims
Ex-rebel fighters loyal to the new leader of Central African Republic went on a rampage after toppling the former president, executing opponents, raping women and looting homes, Human Rights Watch says. [...] Read More This is...Read more...
HRC should renew Iran SR's mandate
International Federation for Human Rights, HRC should renew Iran SR's mandate, 10 March 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/518ceeae1f.html [accessed 10 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not...Read more...
Gruesome murder of policemen: wives protest for the second day
For the second time in two days, aggrieved wives of policemen killed by the Eggon traditional worshippers blocked the Akwanga-Abuja Federal Highway, leaving thousands of motorists stranded on both ends of the road. More than 70...Read more...
Rights group asks gov't to prosecute brain in Ortega's murder
Advance Options Attach image: No A UNITED States-based human rights group urged Friday the Philippine government to ensure that those who planned and financed the killing of an environmental activist in 2011 are arrested and...Read more...
