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Bahraini authorities should immediately look into allegations of torture by four opposition activists who had been held in incommunicado detention for more than two weeks, Human Rights Watch said today. In their formal interrogation sessions with prosecutors, the four contended that their captors had subjected them to torture and degrading treatment. Attorney General Ali Read More… Bahrain: Pursue Torture Allegations Iran’s Judiciary should ensure that human rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari receives a fair trial, Human Rights Watch said today, including full access to a lawyer, adequate time to prepare her defense, and the ability to challenge evidence presented against her. The Judiciary should also release her from pre-trial detention, where she is being Read More… Iran: Release Rights Activist; Guarantee a Fair Trial Four international human rights organizations urged the Cambodian government to immediately release Leang Sokchouen, staff person of the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), who was sentenced to prison on disinformation charges on August 30, 2010. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Read More… Cambodia: International Groups Condemn Sentencing of Local Rights Staffer  Leave a comment  162, 2010, Human Rights Watch, Issues 160 - 169, Oct 2010, Social & Civil Issues  Cambodia, conviction, disinformation, FIDH, human rights, international law, Leang Sokchouen, LICADHO, OMCT, procedural flaws, sentenced, unfounded, violations of fair trial provisions in Cambodian and international law Russia should put an end to local rules forcing women in Chechnya to observe an Islamic dress code, Human Rights Watch said today. Since the start of Ramadan in mid-August, Human Rights Watch has received numerous reports from Chechnya about women being harassed in the streets of Grozny, the republic’s capital, for not covering Read More… Russia: Stop Forced Dress Code for Women in Chechnya The Lebanese authorities should immediately release Ismael Sheikh Hassan, an urban planner detained by Military Intelligence on August 18, 2010, or promptly charge him with a recognizable crime, Human Rights Watch said today. Two of Sheikh Hassan’s friends expressed concern to Human Rights Watch that his detention may stem from an article he published Read More… Lebanon: Critic of Nahr al-Bared Reconstruction Efforts Detained The Israeli government should immediately stop the arbitrary destruction of Palestinian homes and other property in the West Bank and compensate the people it has displaced, Human Rights Watch said today. Israeli authorities destroyed 141 Palestinian homes and other buildings in July 2010, the largest number in any month since at least 2005, and Read More… Israel: New Peak in Arbitrary Razing of Palestinian Homes Leave a comment 161, 2010, Human Rights Watch, Issues 160 - 169, Sep 2010, Social & Civil Issues Al Farisiye, demolitions, displaced, human rights, international law, Israel, Jordan Valley, OCHA, Palestinian, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Settlements, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, west bank Cameroon should decriminalize consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex, Human Rights Watch and Alternatives-Cameroun said today. The groups urged the government of Cameroon to put into effect immediately the recommendations of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, made public on July 29, 2010, to bring Cameroon’s law into conformity with the Read More… Cameroon: Decriminalize Same-Sex Acts People with mental disabilities, including US citizens, face a greater risk of erroneous deportation by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) because courts do not ensure fair hearings for those not able to represent themselves, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said in a joint report released today. The Today’s guilty verdict by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge tribunal in the trial of the chief of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison is an important step in the search for justice for the victims of the Khmer Rouge, Human Rights Watch said today. Kaing Gech Eav, 67, known as Duch, is the first of five former Read More… Cambodia: Tribunal’s First Step in Search for Justice July 15, 2010 - The United States’ long delay in ratifying the global women’s rights treaty undermines fulfillment of the US commitment to women’s rights at home and abroad, Human Rights Watch said today. Former President Jimmy Carter signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on July 17, |
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