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Australia: Human Rights Watch Opens Sydney Office 26 Aug 2013 | 04:29 am
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Human Rights Watch is launching its first-ever office in Australia on August 28, 2013, with the aim to increase its engagement and advocacy with the Australian gove...
Burma: Revise or Reject Draft Association Law 26 Aug 2013 | 02:30 am
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Burma’s draft associations law fails to meet international human rights standards and should be significantly revised or discarded, Human Rights Watch said today. I...
Israel: Stop Unlawful West Bank Home Demolitions 25 Aug 2013 | 08:59 am
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Israeli forces should immediately end unlawful demolitions of Palestinian homes and other structures in Occupied Palestinian Territory. (Jerusalem) – Israeli force...
Ecuador: Rape Survivors Denied Safe and Legal Abortion 23 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Ecuador’s restrictive abortion laws put the health and even the lives of rape victims in danger, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. In late August ...
Olympics: Next IOC Leader Should Back Rights Reforms 23 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The next president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should ensure that future host countries comply with human rights in full accordance with the Olympi...
Pakistan: 10 Steps to Improve Human Rights 23 Aug 2013 | 01:52 pm
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Pakistan’s new government should urgently address serious human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif outlining “1...
Kazakhstan: Journalist Badly Beaten 23 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email A journalist in Kazakhstan who has criticized local government officials and written on other sensitive issues was seriously beaten by unidentified assailants on Au...
Liberia: Police Corruption Harms Rights, Progress 22 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Rampant police corruption denies Liberians equal and impartial justice and impedes the country’s postwar development, Human Rights Watch said in a report. The Liber...
Egypt: Mass Attacks on Churches 22 Aug 2013 | 08:59 am
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Egyptian authorities should take the necessary steps to protect churches and religious institutions against mob attacks. Since August 14, 2013, attackers have torch...
India: Stop Executions 22 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The Indian government should stop impending executions and renew its moratorium on the capital punishment, Human Rights Watch said today. On August 14, 2013, the I...
