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57 Palestinians Forced From Their Homes in One Week
- Israeli authorities in East Jerusalem should immediately stop demolishing Palestinian homes in violation of international law, Human Rights Watch said today. In the week beginning October 27, 2009, Jerusalem municipal authorities used bulldozers...
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Al-Bashir Should Not be Welcome at Istanbul Conference
Turkey should not allow President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, an accused war criminal, to attend a conference in Istanbul, and should arrest him if he sets foot in Turkey, Human Rights Watch said today. Recent news reports indicate that al-Bashir has...
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Sudan: Reform National Security Law
A report released on November 5, 2009 by the United Nations Panel of Experts on Sudan reveals continuing human rights violations in Darfur and underscores the urgent need to reform Sudan's repressive national security law, Human Rights Watch said today....
Diamond Monitoring Body’s Failure to Suspend Allows for Sale of “Blood Diamonds”
The credibility of the world's "blood diamond" monitoring group has been damaged after its failure this week to suspend Zimbabwe despite overwhelming evidence of serious human rights abuses and smuggling in the Marange diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe,...
Iranian security forces condemned after clampdown on protesters
Amnesty International has condemned the excessive use of force by Iranian security forces that saw scores of peaceful protesters beaten and detained on Wednesday.Security forces - including the paramilitary Basij militia - used batons and tear gas to...
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Franken Bill Would Reduce Backlog in Testing Rape Evidence for DNA Matches
The introduction in the Senate today of the Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Act of 2009 is a significant step toward eliminating the backlog of evidence in rape cases, Human Rights Watch said today. The bipartisan legislation,...
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Uganda: Bill Threatens Progress on HIV/AIDS
A proposed Ugandan law on HIV/AIDS promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to the AIDS epidemic and would violate human rights, a group of more than 50 Ugandan and international organizations and individuals said in a report released today. The...
Maoists and Government Forces Should Not Repeat Past Abuses : HRW
Government forces and anti-government Maoist fighters should ensure that civilians are protected during armed operations in central India and elsewhere, Human Rights Watch said today. "Government and Maoist claims to be acting on behalf of India's...
Veteran human rights lawyer faces up to 15 years in Syrian prison
The Syrian authorities must immediately release veteran human rights lawyer Haytham al-Maleh, and drop all charges against him, Amnesty International said, as he appeared before a military judge in Damascus on Tuesday.He was charged with "conveying false...
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Fighting a leading killer: How the German TÜV promotes health at the workplace and beyond
In industrialized countries, 30 to 35 people out of 100,000 are diagnosed with colorectal cancer every year, which makes this cancer one of the most frequent malignancies accounting for around 15 per cent of all cancer-related deaths. In Germany,...
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