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Burundi: Stop Deporting Rwandan Asylum Seekers
1 Dec 2009, 11:00 pm |
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Afghanistan: No Shortcuts to Security
1 Dec 2009, 9:00 pm |
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Thailand: Prosecute Rights Violators in the South
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South Korea: Raise Human Rights in Talks with North Korea
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Cambodia: UN Review Should Insist on Respect for Rights
1 Dec 2009, 12:50 am |
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Human Rights Watch There is no magic number of US troops that will bring Afghanistan security. What matters is what the troops do, and how they can enhance a long-term strategy to improve Afghans’ human rights.
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(Washington, DC) - US President Barack Obama's newAfghanistan plan needs to strengthen civilian protection through ending the impunity and warlordism that have fuelled the insurgency, Human Rights Watch said today.
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World AIDS Day: Punitive Drug Laws, Policing Practices Impede HIV/AIDS Response | Human Rights Watch
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(London) - Governments worldwide should take urgent action to reform punitive drug laws, disproportionate penalties, and harsh and discriminatory law enforcement practices as part of their efforts to address HIV among people who use drugs, Human Rights
Human Rights Watch Widespread corruption in Indonesia’s forest industry is the dirty secret no one wants to talk about. Between ’03 and ‘06, illegal logging cost Indonesia US$2 billion. The lack of oversight and conflicts of interest need to be taken seriously.
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(Jakarta) - Corruption in Indonesia's lucrative forestry industry costs the government US$2 billion annually, detracting from the resources available to meet its obligations on economic and social rights, Human Rights Watch said in a report released
Human Rights Watch The latest Rights Watch podcast is about why rights matter in the fight against HIV/AIDS. A conversation with HRW's Joe Amon and Scott Long on World AIDS Day.
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Human Rights Watch Last month, Anthony Sowell, a convicted rapist, was arrested after the decomposed bodies of 6 women were found at his home. That number has risen to 11.
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Human Rights Watch The Stupak amendment directly contradicts the goal of health care reform. This amendment would limit women's rights and endanger their health.
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A tremendous human rights project is under way in the US Congress. The health care reform effort has the potential to expand access to critical services to uninsured Americans across the country.
Human Rights Watch World AIDS Day approaches … a good time to note that, for HIV to be effectively prevented, punitive laws targeting people vulnerable to HIV need to go.
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(New York) - HIV prevention efforts - and the promise of antiretroviral therapy as prevention - are being undermined by punitive laws targeting those infected with and at risk of HIV, Human Rights Watch said today on the eve of World AIDS Day.
Human Rights Watch Witchcraft and sorcery cases are on the rise in Saudi Arabia – and those convicted could face death.
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(Kuwait City) - The cassation court in Mecca should overturn the death sentence imposed on Ali Sabat by a lower court in Medina on November 9 for practicing witchcraft, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on the Saudi government to
Human Rights Watch British intelligence and law enforcement turned a blind eye to -- and even colluded with -- the use of torture on terrorism suspects in Pakistan.
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(London) - The UK government should immediately order an independent judicial inquiry into the role and complicity of British security services in the torture of terrorism suspects in Pakistan, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Human Rights Watch You can play a part in pressuring the US government to join the international treaty banning landmines. Click the link below and tell Obama you're for the Mine Ban Treaty.
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Landmines claim thousands of casualties every year and inhibit socio-economic development in countries recovering from conflict. As Commander in Chief, President Obama has an opportunity to get US landmine ...
Human Rights Watch The government cancelled a gay pride parade that had been scheduled for September 20, 2009, in Belgrade, saying it could not ensure the participants' safety.
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(New York) - Serbia's government should quickly take visible steps to end a spate of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Human Rights Watch said in a letter sent November 16, 2009, to President Boris Tadic. Human
Human Rights Watch Dodging bullets and bandits, Ahmed fled with his mother across Somalia's southern border to Hagadera, one of three refugee camps in the deserts of Dadaab, in northeast Kenya.
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(Hagadera Refugee Camp, Kenya) For months, 18-year-old Ahmed Abdullahi had dodged the mortar shells that whizz daily through Mogadishu, the war-ravaged capital of Somalia. The one that finally drove him from Somalia tore though his family's house and
Human Rights Watch The United States has long held Morocco, a pro-Western ally, as a model for other countries in North Africa and the Middle East. More recently Morocco's advances have been eroded or reversed.
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How should the United States relate to a solid ally whose human rights record is better than the norm in its region and better than its own record of 20 years ago - but is now heading in the wrong direction?
