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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
President Yudhoyono Should Uphold Free Expression
Ambon :: Indonesia | 2 days ago
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President Yudhoyono has a chance to show Papuans before the December 1 anniversary that Indonesia is a rights-respecting country that upholds free expression...Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should exonerate three Papuan men convicted of...
Tags: Papuan Special Autonomy Law, Organisasi Papuan Merdeka, Indonesian, Human Rights Watch, West Papua, Papua People's Council, star flag, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, morning star, president yudhoyono, Indonesia, Ambon, Politics of Indonesia, Free Papua Movement, Flag of West Papua, Western New Guinea, Disputed territories, Provinces of Indonesia
Raul Castro maintains curbs on civil liberties
Havana :: Cuba | 4 days ago
Credibility Restrictions on civil liberties in Cuba are still harsh since President Raul Castro assumed power from his ailing brother, Fidel, three years ago, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. Authorities have jailed scores of dissidents, protesters and others,...
Tags: Same Cuba, Cuban American, Raúl Castro, Human Rights Watch, Fidel Castro, president raul, Raúl Castro, political prisoners, rights group, Cuba, Havana, Vaira Vￄﾫￄﾷe-Freiberga, Rhydian Roberts, Galician people, Democratic Party, Mauricio Claver-Carone, United States embargo against Cuba, Cuba ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Opposition to Fidel Castro, Politics, Human rights abuses, Human rights in Cuba, Castro, Elizardo Sanchez, Cuban law, Law Crime, Social Issues, Politics of Cuba, Yoani Sￃﾡnchez, Cuban exile, Cuban democracy movement
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
Azerbaijan: Outrage and Disappointment Follow Bloggers' Conviction
Baku :: Azerbaijan | 5 days ago
Credibility Many international and domestic observers worry that the recent convictions of two youth activist-bloggers in Azerbaijan are sounding the death knell for the democratization process in the South Caucasus country. Twenty-six-year-old Adnan Hajizade, a...
Tags: Azerbaijanis, Yeni Azerbaijan Party, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, eurasia insight, insight archive, Eurasia, European Union, Baku, Human Rights Watch, Thorbjørn Jagland, Azerbaijan, Adnan Hajizade, Bloggers, Emin Milli
Sudan human right activists lodge complaint against NISS
Paris :: France | 6 days ago
Credibility African Charter,” the three men said in a statement. “During their interrogations and torture the applicants were questioned about their work on human rights and the pursuit of justice and accountability in Sudan, in particular their support for the International...
Tags: NISS, Sudan People Liberation Movement, National Security Law, Mohamed Badawi, France, Paris, Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, National Congress, Human Rights Watch, Human rights, East Africa, Military dictatorship, North Africa, Politics, War Conflict, Social Issues, Law Crime
2nd Jordanian this week dies from police beating
Amman :: Jordan | 7 days ago
Credibility Jordan — A Jordanian citizen died after being beaten by police, the second time this week, a police spokesman said Sunday, casting a rare spotlight on the nation's U.S.-trained security forces, that may also have worked as proxy jailers for the CIA. The...
Tags: Jordanian, Human Rights Watch, police spokesman, Jordan, Amman, Western Asia, Fertile Crescent, Levant, War Conflict
Uzbekistan: Stop Harassing Activists
Uzbek authorities should immediately stop their new harassment campaign against political activists and human rights defenders, Human Rights Watch said today. Since November 7, 2009, local authorities in six locations have detained at least seven activists...
Tags: HRW, Holly Cartner, Human Rights Watch, Birdamlik Movement, Abdukadyr Sattarov
Israel 'personally attacking human rights group' after Gaza war criticism
Jerusalem :: Israel | 9 days ago
Credibility America's leading human rights organisation has accused Israel and its supporters of an "organised campaign" of false allegations and misinformation, including "extremely personal attacks" on its staff, in an attempt to discredit the group over its reports...
Tags: Israeli, Saudi Arabia, Iain Levine, Gaza, Robert Bernstein, Human Rights Watch, HRW, Richard Goldstone, accused hrw, personally attack, Israel, Jerusalem, Sarah Leah Whitson, NGO Monitor, Gaza War, Hamas, Human shield, Marc Garlasco, Criticism of Human Rights Watch, Politics
Activist: Rights, liberties waning in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | 9 days ago
Credibility An Ethiopian human rights activist who was jailed for 2 1/2 years said Friday that his country is less free today than it was during its disputed 2005 election. Daniel Bekele, 42, is crisscrossing the U.S. and Canada on a speaking tour after being honored...
Tags: Ethiopian, Human Rights Watch, Daniel Bekele, Meles Zenawi, Leslie Lefkow, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Mesfin Woldemariam, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Politics
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