Human Rights Watch News

Vietnam's strategy of repressing critics big and small will only lead the country deeper into crisis.

Human Rights Watch called on the government of Sierra Leone to open a criminal investigation into an associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor .

It's hard to see the 'benefit' to Tibetans of thousands of political education sessions, partisan quasi-police force operations, and scrutiny of their political views.

Rights groups are criticizing a code of media ethics proposed by Sri Lanka's government, saying Wednesday that the code could have a chilling effect on free speech in the Indian Ocean island nation.

Yorm Bopha is behind bars because she opposed a crony deal to evict thousands of people from prime land in Phnom Penh.

A Saudi court sentenced two women to ten months in prison, along with a two-year travel ban, after they tried to help a Canadian woman who, with her three children, was denied adequate food and water and was subjected to violence by her Saudi husband.

Director Mark Finley talks about STREET THEATER tonight, June 18th, 7-8 PM, WBAI Radio, 99.5 FM.

Satellite images released on Tuesday by Human Rights Watch show widespread destruction in recent attacks carried out in central Darfur by the Sudanese government and allied militias, dpa reported.

The law approved today is filled with loopholes that will help shield military officers responsible for human rights violations from prosecution.

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission plays an absolutely crucial role in protecting the rights of all Afghans, and it needs to have the right leadership to continue its crucial work.

The Tanzanian government has committed on paper to reduce the stigma for at-risk groups, but that commitment is meaningless if the police regularly rape, assault, and arrest them.

The police assault on a peaceful crowd in Gezi Park and teargas use in confined spaces showed a dangerous disregard for the well-being - and indeed the lives - of protesters and bystanders.

This new round of executions indicates that Kuwait is moving in exactly the wrong direction regarding the death penalty.

Cryptogams and the NSA As an attorney at Human Rights Watch who had worked in Afghanistan and Pakistan, John Sifton knew he was on a short list for NSA surveillance.

It is shocking to see that Tunisia continues to prosecute and jail artists, journalists, and bloggers for peaceful but critical words, lyrics, or images The two-year prison sentence for a Tunisian rapper on June 13, 2013, for "insulting the police" in a song violates freedom of speech, Human Rights Watch said today.

There aren't just citizen journalists now, sending out YouTube clips to the world.

The punishment should fit the crime, certainly, but our system could brand a teen for 'sexting' almost as harshly as a rapist Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, were convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl while partying in August 2013.

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An immediate and thorough investigation is needed to look into these crimes and explain why government forces didn't intervene in a raging battle until dozens of people were dead.

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