Human Rights
Burma: Telecoms Risk Complicity in Surveillance, Censorship
International telecommunications companies risk being linked to human rights abuses if they enter the Burmese market before adequate protections are in place, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released Sunday.
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Burma: New Doubts About Pace of Reforms
U.S. President Barack Obama sits alongside Myanmar's President Thein Sein in a US-Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali on November 18, 2011.
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Countries must repeal laws that discriminate against LGBT individuals – UN officials
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Briefing: Restive northern Kenya sees shifting power, risks
Keeping vigil: Residents in the north have taken up arms to protect themselves.
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Hungary: Rule of Law Under Threat
The systemic changes to Hungary’s legal framework introduced by the government since 2010 weaken legal checks on its authority, interfere with media freedom, and undermine human rights protections, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Thursday.
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India: Protect Bangladesh War Crimes Trial Witness
The authorities in India and Bangladesh should take all necessary steps to protect Shukhoranjan Bali, a long-missing witness in the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
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OSCE media freedom representative concerned about increasing pressure on media in Azerbaijan following online defamation provisions
File photo: Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, addresses the OSCE Permanent Council at the Hofburg in Vienna, 29 November 2012.
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The price of fear
Rowdy youth use slings to throw stones at a rival group in Kenya’s Kibera slums in violence that killed three people in January 2008.
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Independent UN expert stresses need to improve human rights situation in Eritrea
Children in the town of Embetyo, Eritrea.
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Thailand: Rebels Target Children in Southern Conflict
Separatist insurgents in Thailand's southern border provinces are committing war crimes by targeting children and other civilians, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
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