Kyrgyzstan: Ensure Safety, Fair Trial for Rights Defender
On September 2, 2010, the trial against Azimjon Askarov and another seven defendants on charges connected to the June violence[…]
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Bahrain: Pursue Torture Allegations
Bahraini authorities should immediately look into allegations of torture by four opposition activists who had been held in incommunicado detention[…]
Read moreIran: Release Rights Activist; Guarantee a Fair Trial
Iran’s Judiciary should ensure that human rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari receives a fair trial, Human Rights Watch said today,[…]
Read moreCambodia: International Groups Condemn Sentencing of Local Rights Staffer
Four international human rights organizations urged the Cambodian government to immediately release Leang Sokchouen, staff person of the Cambodian League[…]
Read moreRussia: Stop Forced Dress Code for Women in Chechnya
Russia should put an end to local rules forcing women in Chechnya to observe an Islamic dress code, Human Rights[…]
Read moreLebanon: Critic of Nahr al-Bared Reconstruction Efforts Detained
The Lebanese authorities should immediately release Ismael Sheikh Hassan, an urban planner detained by Military Intelligence on August 18, 2010,[…]
Read moreIsrael: New Peak in Arbitrary Razing of Palestinian Homes
The Israeli government should immediately stop the arbitrary destruction of Palestinian homes and other property in the West Bank and[…]
Read moreCameroon: Decriminalize Same-Sex Acts
Cameroon should decriminalize consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex, Human Rights Watch and Alternatives-Cameroun said today. The[…]
Read moreAmerica’s Confused, Alone, and in Legal Limbo
People with mental disabilities, including US citizens, face a greater risk of erroneous deportation by United States Immigration and Customs[…]
Read moreCambodia: Tribunal’s First Step in Search for Justice
 Today’s guilty verdict by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge tribunal in the trial of the chief of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison[…]
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