Human Rights

Bangladesh: Tanneries Harm Workers, Poison Communities

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Human Rights Watch interviewed 10 children, some as young as 11, working in tanneries. Many...

Bahrain: King Should Quash Convictions

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France: Respect Hollande’s Commitment on ID Checks

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Police officers perform an identity check and body pat-down of a young man in Paris,...

Nepal: Promotion of War Crimes Suspect Affront to Justice

The Nepali cabinet’s decision on October 4, 2012, to promote a colonel suspected of involvement in war crimes to the rank of brigadier general is a slap in the face for the victims of Nepal’s protracted civil war, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty...

INDIA: Betrayed and threatened, but success wrenched out

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Kyrgyzstan: Film Ban Violates Free Speech

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Kyrgyz law enforcement in the capital, Bishkek, prevent showing of the movie "I am Gay and Muslim," which was arbitrarily banned by...

OSCE media freedom representative, in Moscow, discusses co-operation, media freedom

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The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, during an official visit to Moscow, 3 October 2012.

Russia: Dangerous Climate for Human Rights Work

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Human Rights Watch, along with two of Russia's top human rights defenders,...

UAE: Investigate Attacks on Rights Defender

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Human rights activist and a member of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East advisory committee Ahmed Mansoor...

Gaza: Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, Unfair Trials

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The military court in northern Gaza City.