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2 Jul 2008, 3:04 am
[JURIST] A proposed Ethiopian law regulating non-governmental organizations, which it terms Civil Society Organizations (CSO), would severely undermine human rights efforts in the country, according to two separate reports issued Tuesday by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) [PDF texts; joint press release]. [read post]
12 Sep 2008, 1:52 am
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] urged [HRW press release] the Maoist-led Nepalese government Thursday to 'vigorously' investigate and prosecute those responsible for the grave human rights violations allegedly committed during the country's civil war. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 3:21 am
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch [advocacy website] released a new report [text, PDF; report materials] on Thursday stating that Germany's bans on religious clothing and symbols, particularly those focused on the headscarves [JURIST news archive] worn by Muslim women, are discriminatory and violate international human rights standards. [read post]
13 Oct 2008, 2:54 am
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday encouraged the Ethiopian parliament to reject the draft Charities and Societies Proclamation [text, in Amharic], which HRW officials concluded in a report [text, PDF; press release] would severely undermine human rights efforts in the country if passed. [read post]
15 Aug 2007, 1:54 am
[JURIST] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) [official website] should deploy observers to monitor the status of human rights in Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] urged in a briefing paper [PDF text] released Tuesday. [read post]
13 Feb 2013, 7:45 am
However, as noted in our letter and discussed at length in Growing Up Locked Down, which was published jointly by the ACLU and Human Rights Watch, New York continues to engage in this harmful practice. [read post]
27 Mar 2021, 11:05 am
Dozens of human rights associations including Amnesty International, Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and Human Rights Watch have released a letter strongly resisting the adoption of a proposed EU Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online (the Proposed Regulation). [read post]
13 Jul 2023, 7:10 am
The number of migrants climbed to 500, according to Human Rights Watch, after it was discovered that some of them were stranded without access to food or water. [read post]
23 Apr 2018, 2:00 pm
Here is the blurb from the DipNote blog:"The Human Rights Reports document the status of human rights and worker rights in nearly 200 countries and territories. [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 9:53 am
And Human Rights". [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 7:24 am
The groups, Amnesty International (AI), Human Rights Watch, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, L'Association pour la Defense des Droits des Homosexuel(le)s and Alternatives Cameroun [advocacy websites], demanded the end of detentions, torture, arrests and harassment based on citizens' perceived... [read post]
23 Mar 2023, 1:29 pm
According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), women in El Salvador have been convicted and imprisoned under these sanctions with evidence of only miscarriage or stillbirth. [read post]
30 Apr 2021, 4:10 am
She later worked as the associate director for sustainable security and peace-building at the Center for American Progress and deputy Washington director of Human Rights Watch. [read post]
10 Mar 2010, 11:24 am
[JURIST] The Afghan government should retract a law granting amnesty [press release] for war crimes and human rights abuses committed prior to December 2001, Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] said Wednesday. [read post]
18 Feb 2007, 7:18 am
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] said Saturday in a new report on Saudi Arabia [JURIST news archive] that respect for human rights in the Kingdom seemed to be improving but violations and abuses persisted. [read post]
20 Mar 2010, 12:22 pm
HRW called for Spain to comply with the 2008 recommendation [press release] from the UN Human Rights Committee [ [read post]
21 Sep 2009, 6:55 am
[JURIST] Italy systematically forces migrants to return to Libya where they face human rights abuses without screening them for possible asylum claims, according to a report [text, PDF; press release] released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website]. [read post]
13 Jul 2005, 2:13 am
[JURIST] Human rights groups including the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network [advocacy website press release] and Human Rights Watch [advocacy website press release] have urged UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to support a UN panel's recommendation for an international tribunal [JURIST report; UN panel report summary] to investigate atrocities committed after East Timorese voted for [read post]
12 Nov 2009, 1:44 am
[JURIST] Chinese citizens are being abducted by state agents and illegally detained in "black jails" where they are subjected to a host of human rights violations, according to a report [text, PDF] released Thursday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website]. [read post]
5 May 2024, 3:43 am
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday issued a statement urging French President Emmanuel Macron to speak out against the Chinese government’s alleged crimes against humanity and increasing human rights repression during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Paris, which is scheduled to take place between May 6-7. [read post]
