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Thailand: End Detention of Lao Hmong Refugees
The Thai government should immediately end the detention of 158 Lao Hmong refugees held in poor and abusive conditions for three years, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Human Rights Watch urged the government...
France: Inadequate Plan for Migrant Children at Airport
The French Immigration Minister's proposals to address the needs of unaccompanied migrant children held at transit zones, especially airports, falls short of bringing France into compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Human Rights...
Tags: Migrant children, HRW, Childrens rights, unaccompanied migrant, Human Rights Watch, unaccompanied children, children held, Refugee
On 20th anniversary, Convention on the Rights of the Child Embraced by World but Not the US
The United States should ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is supported by nearly every other nation in the world, Human Rights Watch said today. The United States and Somalia are the only countries that have failed to ratify the...
Indonesia: Release Papuan Flag-Raisers
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should exonerate three Papuan men convicted of rebellion on November 12, 2009, for raising a pro-independence flag, Human Rights Watch said today. Indonesian courts have long treated the raising of...
Tags: HRW, free expression, ICCPR
Afghanistan: Press Karzai to Sever Links with Warlords
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other foreign ministers attending the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan on November 19, 2009, should press for concrete action to sideline warlords, criminals and human rights abusers,...
Tags: HRW, Human Rights abuses
Cuba: Raúl Castro Imprisons Critics, Crushes Dissent
Raúl Castro's government has locked up scores of people for exercising their fundamental freedoms and allowed scores more political prisoners arrested during Fidel Castro's rule to languish in detention, Human Rights Watchsays in a report...
Tags: HRW, political prisoners
EU: Urge Russia to Protect Activists
- European leaders should use the upcoming EU-Russia summit to convey alarm over deteriorating human rights in Russia and to press for concrete improvements, Human Rights Watch said today. The summit is scheduled for November 18 and 19, 2009, in Stockholm....
Tags: EU, HRW, EU-Russia summit, International response to the Second Chechen War, Human rights in Russia, Human Rights Watch, Human rights, European Court of Human Rights, civic activists, EU-Russia
Morocco/Western Sahara: Reverse New Rule on Sahrawi Activists’ Contacts
Morocco is taking another regressive step on human rights by blocking "unauthorized" visits by foreigners to the homes of Sahrawi activists in Western Sahara, Human Rights Watch said today. Since October 19, 2009, police have interrupted five...
Tags: HRW
Uzbekistan: Free Human Rights Defender
Uzbek authorities should immediately release the human rights defender and farmers' rights activist Ganikhon Mamatkhanov, who is facing trial on politically motivated charges, Human Rights Watch said today. Mamatkhanov has regularly provided...
Tags: HRW, Human Rights defender
US: Reform Afghanistan Detention Policy as New Facility Opens, Prisoner Rights Still Lacking
The Obama administration should revise its detention policies in Afghanistan to make them consistent with international law, Amnesty International, Human Rights First, and Human Rights Watch said today. The United States military is hosting the media...
Tags: Amnesty, HRF, HRW, War Conflict, detention policy, Human rights abuses, detention practices, Counter-terrorism, Human rights in Afghanistan
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