Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC)
Website: http://www.hrw.org/
May 17
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Cameroon: Letter to the Prosecutor General of the Central Appeals Court [document]
M. Jean-Claude Robert FOE Read more »
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Africa: African Groups Call for Justice At AU Summit [press release]
Civil society groups from more than 30 African countries called on African Union (AU) member countries to ensure that the AU promotes justice for grave international crimes, in a... Read more »
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Cameroon: Prosecution of Transgender Youth Based On Bias, Not Evidence [press release]
The Cameroonian authorities should drop the charges against two transgender youth rather than appealing their case to the Supreme Court, four human rights organizations said today. Read more »
May 16
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Africa: Letter to Foreign Ministers On International Justice in Africa in Advance of AU Summit [document]
Foreign Ministers Read more »
May 14
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Africa: Girls Forced to Marry Face Physical Health Problems - Report [press release]
Akech loved to study and dreamed of becoming a nurse. But when she was 14, the uncle who was raising her told her she was too old for school and forced her to marry a man she... Read more »
May 13
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Libya: Govt and the International Criminal Court
The ICC is considering challenges to the court’s jurisdiction to try ICC suspects Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s former ruler Muammar Gaddafi, and Abdullah... Read more »
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Tunisia: Revise the Draft Constitution - an Analysis of Human Rights Concerns [press release]
Tunisia's National Constituent Assembly (NCA) should modify articles in the new draft constitution that threaten human rights. Human Rights Watch analyzed the draft constitution to... Read more »
May 11
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Chad: Chadian Blogger Expelled for Criticizing Chad's Leaders [press release]
The Senegalese government's expulsion of the Chadian blogger and journalist Makaila Nguebla is a blow to freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said today. Read more »
May 10
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Chad: Alleged Coup Attempt No Excuse to Ignore Rights [press release]
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... Read more »
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Central African Republic: Abuses After Coup - Govt Should Restrain Former Rebels [press release]
Members of the Seleka rebel coalition, which ousted President François Bozizé of the Central African Republic on March 24, 2013, have committed grave violations... Read more »
May 9
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Congo-Kinshasa: Letter to DR Congo President Joseph Kabila On Ending Impunity for Grave Human Rights Abuses [press release]
His Excellency President Joseph Kabila Kabange Read more »
May 7
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Equatorial Guinea: Human Rights Concerns Ahead of Elections - Troubling Conditions Compromise May 26 Legislative Vote [press release]
Serious human rights violations and denial of fundamental freedoms in Equatorial Guinea are casting a shadow over campaigning ahead of the May 26, 2013 legislative elections,... Read more »
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Equatorial Guinea: Amnesty International, EG Justice, and Human Rights Watch Joint Statement On Concerns Ahead of the May 26 Vote in Equatorial Guinea [press release]
Equatorial Guineans will go to the polls on May 26, 2013, to elect members of a new parliament as well as local council members across the country. Voters will also elect, for the... Read more »
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Mali: All Sides Must Abide By Laws of War - Civilian Protection, Respect of Prisoners Crucial in Possible Kidal Operation [press release]
All warring parties in northern Mali are obligated to abide by the laws of war in the event of a Malian military offensive against opposition armed groups in the Kidal region,... Read more »
May 6
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Somalia: London Meeting Should Emphasize Rights - Donors Should Support Rule of Law, Women's Rights Efforts [press release]
International donors meeting in London to discuss the new Somali government's reform agenda should make accountability and women's rights a priority, Human Rights Watch said in a... Read more »
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Somalia: London Conference On Somalia - Placing Human Rights At the Center of Reform [press release]
Throughout Somalia's armed conflict, successive transitional governments and international actors have overlooked widespread human rights abuses by all parties. The failure to... Read more »
May 5
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Libya: Reject 'Political Isolation Law' - Provisions for Exclusion Too Vague, Sweeping [press release]
Libya's General National Congress (GNC) should vote down the latest draft of a new law to bar Gaddafi-era officials from holding public office. The proposed law's provisions and... Read more »
May 4
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South Sudan: Rights Groups Call for End to Harassment of Journalists [press release]
Security force harassment and unlawful detention of journalists is undermining freedom of expression in South Sudan, the Agency for Independent Media (AIM), Amnesty International,... Read more »
May 3
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Ethiopia: Free Eskinder Nega on World Press Freedom Day - Human Rights Watch
The Ethiopian government should mark World Press Freedom Day, on May 3, 2013, by immediately releasing all journalists jailed under the country's deeply flawed anti-terrorism law.... Read more »
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Sudan: Stepped-Up Assault On Media Freedom - Newspapers, Other Media Censored, Confiscated, Shut Down
Sudan should immediately stop censoring newspapers and end all forms of repression of media and journalists, on World Press Freedom Day. Read more »
May 1
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Nigeria: Satellite, Witness Accounts Raise Concerns of Cover-Up After Baga Raid
Satellite images reveal massive destruction of civilian property from a military raid on April 16 and 17, 2013, in the northern Nigerian town of Baga, undermining the military's... Read more »
April 29
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South Africa: South Africa - 'Secrecy Bill' Improved but Still Flawed - Parliament Should Refer Legislation to the Constitutional Court [press release]
South Africa's "secrecy bill," adopted by the National Assembly on April 25, 2013, lacks essential protections for whistleblowers, Human Rights Watch said today. Read more »
April 26
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Uganda: No Justice for April 2011 Killings - New Video Highlights Families' Hope for Prosecutions, Compensation [press release]
Police and prosecutors in Uganda have turned a blind eye to the killings of at least nine people by security forces during protests in April 2011. Human Rights Watch issued a video... Read more »
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Burundi: Concerns About New Media Law - Letter to President Pierre Nkurunziza [document]
His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza Read more »
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Chad: Arrest Sudan's Defence Minister, Govt Urged
The government of Chad should arrest Abdelraheem Mohammed Hussein, the defense minister of Sudan, Human Rights Watch said today. He is expected to attend a conference in Chad on... Read more »
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