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  1. With Eurovision Comes Scrutiny of Azerbaijan’s Rights Record
    The New York Times Music logo The New York Times Music 1 hour ago
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    This week, the authorities detained several dozen demonstrators who participated in a downtown rally but quickly released them. On Monday, a senior official in the presidential administration, Ali Hasanov, lashed out at critics of Azerbaijan, including... Full Article at The New York Times Music

  2. Corruption in China 'as bad as ever'
    The Independent logo The Independent 2 hours ago

    The report by the New York-based Human Rights Watch catalogues alleged abuses by officers including beatings, property seizures and illegal detentions. The group interviewed 25 people who said they were "slapped, shoved, pushed to the ground, dragged,... Full Article at The Independent

  3. AP Photo logo AP Photo 17 hours ago
    Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch, speaks in Hong Kong Wednesday, May 23, 2012. A branch of city governments in China set up to monitor everything from unlicensed street vendors to unauthorized construction is rife with abuse of...

    Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch, speaks in Hong Kong Wednesday, May 23, 2012. A branch of city governments in China set up to monitor everything from unlicensed street vendors to unauthorized construction is rife with abuse of... View Photo »

  4. Forcing Human Rights Watch to cancel a news conference cannot obscure the gravity of political violence in Burundi ... Instead of trying to silence the messenger, the government should take the report’s content and recommendations to heart and take concrete steps to prevent political killings.
    SOURCE: Human Rights Watch 2 weeks ago
  5. Violent Chinese officials criticised
    Irish Times logo Irish Times 2 hours ago

    USE of violence by city workers known as chengguan — city inspectors, bailiffs and municipal enforcers whose job it is to apply city regulations – is stoking up widespread unrest in China, Human Rights Watch said in a report yesterday. The report, Beat... Full Article at Irish Times

  6. US: End Abortion Ban for Military Women
    Human Rights Watch logo Human Rights Watch 3 hours ago

    “It is outrageous that US servicewomen enduring sexual assault while serving their country are also kept from making decisions about their pregnancies,” said Meghan Rhoad, women’s rights researcher at Human Rights Watch. “The Senate has an opportunity... Full Article at Human Rights Watch

  7. India “reluctant'' to speak out on rights issues, says Amnesty
    The Hindu 4 hours ago

    However, Human Rights Watch (HRW) claims India is yet to introduce adequate laws and properly implement existing policies to protect marginalised communities, particularly Dalits, tribal groups, religious minorities, women, and children. It also feels... Full Article at The Hindu

  8. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 days ago
    A Congolese government army soldier displays a mortar round after his unit returned from the frontline of fighting against rebel forces, in Kinyamahura, Congo, on Thursday, May 17, 2012. A new rebel group believed to be led by former warlord Bosco...

    A Congolese government army soldier displays a mortar round after his unit returned from the frontline of fighting against rebel forces, in Kinyamahura, Congo, on Thursday, May 17, 2012. A new rebel group believed to be led by former warlord Bosco... View Photo »

  9. Human Rights Watch issued on Monday a compelling report that details testimony about abductions and rapes of girls and women by armed groups in northern Mali and the recruitment and use of children by armed groups
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 2 weeks ago
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  11. HRW warns against violence by China enforcers
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    A branch of city governments China set up to monitor everything from unlicensed street vendors to unauthorised construction is rife with abuse of power, stoking already high social tensions, a rights group said on Wednesday. The report by New York-based... Full Article at GulfToday.ae

  12. 'Social strains' from China's 'X-Men'
    Today Online logo Today Online 4 hours ago

    KONG - Unchecked abuses in cities by shadowy para-police units derided by many Chinese as "arbitrary and thuggish" are intensifying social strains and undermining stability, international advocacy group Human Rights Watch said in a report yesterday. The... Full Article at Today Online

  13. HRW: China para-police abuse power, overstep authority
    JURIST 6 hours ago

    China's chengguan, a para-police organization charged with enforcing non-criminal administrative regulations, is abusing its power, Human Rights Watch [advocacy website] released a reported [text, PDF; press release] Wednesday. The report indicated that... Full Article at JURIST

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  1. Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch, speaks in Hong Kong Wednesday, May 23, 2012. A branch of city governments in China set up to monitor everything from unlicensed street vendors to unauthorized construction is rife with abuse of power, stoking already high social...
  2. A Congolese government army soldier displays a mortar round after his unit returned from the frontline of fighting against rebel forces, in Kinyamahura, Congo, on Thursday, May 17, 2012. A new rebel group believed to be led by former warlord Bosco Ntaganda, who has been indicted by the...
  3. Congolese government army soldiers carry weapons and mortar equipment on the road to the border town of Bunagana, after their unit returned from the frontline of fighting against rebel forces, in Kinyamahura, Congo Thursday, May 17, 2012. A new rebel group believed to be led by former...
  4. In this image made from amateur video released by Ugarit News and accessed Saturday, May 5, 2012, a resident of the town of Taftanaz, Syria, right, points to what is claimed to be headstones marking a mass grave as he and others explain the scene to a U.N. observer. The international...
  5. In this image made from amateur video released by Ugarit News and accessed Saturday, May 5, 2012, a U.N. observer, right, inspects what residents of the town of Taftanaz, Syria, tell him is a mass grave. The international group Human Rights Watch has said regime soldiers raiding the...
  6. Kenya's Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere, speaks to journalists in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, May 4, 2012, about accusations of abuse including sexual assault, arbitrary detention, extortion, destruction of property, and various forms of physical mistreatment by Kenya's security forces. ...
  7. WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 03: Chinese dissident and president of ChinaAid Bob Fu testifies (L) as China Director of Human Rights Watch Sophie Richardson (R) looks on during a hearing before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China on the blind human rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng May...
  8. In this photo taken Friday, April 27, 2012, daughter Betty, 3, looks up at her mother Adye Sunday, 25, unseen, who was abducted when she was 13 by Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony and forced to be one of his dozens of "wives" and says he's also the father of her two...
  9. In this photo taken Friday, April 27, 2012, Adye Sunday, 25, who was abducted when she was 13 by Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony and forced to be one of his dozens of "wives" and says he's also the father of her two children, prepares food to sell at a center set up to...

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  1. Forcing Human Rights Watch to cancel a news conference cannot obscure the gravity of political violence in Burundi ... Instead of trying to silence the messenger, the government should take the report’s content and recommendations to heart and take concrete steps to prevent political killings.
    SOURCE: Human Rights Watch 2 weeks ago
  2. Human Rights Watch issued on Monday a compelling report that details testimony about abductions and rapes of girls and women by armed groups in northern Mali and the recruitment and use of children by armed groups
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 2 weeks ago
  3. In early 2005, Human Rights Watch released a report entitled ‘Blood, Sweat, and Fear: Workers’ Rights in U.S. Meat and Poultry Plants’ which concluded that the working conditions in America’s meat packing plants were so bad they violated basic human and worker rights. This was the first time the human r...
    SOURCE: The Daily Sundial 3 weeks ago
  4. Abuses include kidnapping, detention, and torture of security force members, government supporters, and people identified as members of pro-government militias, called shabeeha. Human Rights Watch has also received reports of executions by armed opposition groups of security force members and civilians.
    SOURCE: Wordpress.com: United Nation 3 weeks ago
  5. There is evidence for hundreds of lawsuits, which we will surrender to the International Criminal Court, and which we gather in cooperation with Human Rights Watch. The murderers must be judged by real courts, there are no summary executions in Syria of the government’s people. This is important to us
    SOURCE: The Daily Beast 3 weeks ago
  6. The concerns that are coming out in these rallies address the arrests of political opposition activists who are being charged with inciting social discord, [using] an over-broad and vague law that Human Rights Watch believes can be used to incriminate activity that is protected under international human...
    SOURCE: Washington Times 3 weeks ago
  7. According to the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, violence in 2005 around Dera Bugti district alone displaced around 6,000 people and killed scores. Over 2009 and 2010, Human Rights Watch detailed 45 cases of alleged forced disappearances
    SOURCE: Zee News 3 weeks ago
  8. The issues Human Rights Watch tackles are complex ... Sex trafficking, child soldiers, religious persecution, the plight of migrant and domestic workers. Cries From the Heart dramatizes these sometimes heart-wrenching but also inspirational and uplifting stories, and makes them accessible for our audien...
    SOURCE: Look to the Stars 3 weeks ago
  9. Recent research by Human Rights Watch found cashews and other goods being produced by forced labor in drug detention centers and then exported
    SOURCE: Human Rights Watch 4 weeks ago
  10. Your Royal Highness, many of us here in the United States have long been concerned about reports by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch that reveal a pattern of excessive, and often indiscriminate, use of lethal force by Israeli security forces in situations where Palestinian demonstrators were...
    SOURCE: Big Government 1 month ago
  11. Since rebel groups consolidated their control of the northern territory they call the Azawad, Human Rights Watch has documented several cases of rape and many others cases in which girls and women have been abducted from their homes, towns and villages, and very likely sexually abused.
    SOURCE: Inter Press Service News Agency 1 month ago
  12. I read a report in 1997 by Human Rights Watch about the abduction of children by a heavily armed Ugandan rebel group called the Lord's Resistance Army
    – Patrick Leahy SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 1 month ago
  13. How well do you think Amnesty Interntional (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) in Thailand have dealt with the cases of both political and lese majeste (LM) prisoners?
    SOURCE: Asian Correspondent 1 month ago
  14. He ignores the fact that both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have also spoken against Rajoana’s execution
    SOURCE: The Georgia Straight Blog 1 month ago
  15. 1994 Genocide against Tutsis was acknowledged by OAU, Human Rights Watch, ICTR, Belgian officials, UN and several other institutions, Genocide perpetuators still loiter all over the world and are still financed.
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 1 month ago
  16. When he made that public, he said: 'I invited Human Rights Watch to come have a press conference in Libya, which we would never have done ... in response to an invitation from Saif. But it fit in really well in his whole image of Libya is open now. VERY PRICKLY
    SOURCE: Times of India 1 month ago
  17. Human Rights Watch documented the involvement of Syrian forces and pro-government shabeeha militias in summary and extrajudicial executions in the governorates of Idlib and Homs
    SOURCE: Global Post 1 month ago
  18. Conditions for migrant workers on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi - the site of future branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums - have improved, but problems continue, Human Rights Watch said in a progress report issued on Wednesday.
    SOURCE: ArtsJournal 2 months ago
  19. Cases like the Human Rights Watch in Tel Aviv are becoming more widespread, and are being used by 'human rights' activists from the radical left.
    SOURCE: Arutz Sheva 2 months ago
  20. Other pro-abortion, anti-family groups listed on Notre Dame web site includes Human Rights Watch, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, National Women’s Law Center, Center for American Progress, and Think Progress — all pro-abortion
    SOURCE: Lifenews.com 2 months ago
  21. Human Rights Watch has repeatedly documented and condemned widespread violations by Syrian government security forces and officials
    SOURCE: Think Progress 2 months ago
  22. While the protest movement in Syria was overwhelmingly peaceful until September 2011, since then Human Rights Watch has documented apparent crimes and other abuses committed by armed opposition elements
    SOURCE: MSNBC 2 months ago
  23. Human Rights Watch reiterates that according to the European Court of Human Rights, an unauthorised peaceful protest does not justify an infringement on freedom of assembly, but requires a certain degree of tolerance on the part of the authorities
    SOURCE: Irish Times 2 months ago
  24. Human Rights Watch has also received reports of executions by armed opposition groups of security force members and civilians
    SOURCE: 10news.com San Diego 2 months ago
  25. Human Rights Watch calls on NATO to investigate cases in which Libyan civilians died from its attacks during last year’s campaign…. NATO took extensive measures to minimize civilian casualties and the number of victims is relatively low. But that does not lift the legal obligation to investigate questio...
    SOURCE: AntiWar.com 2 months ago

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