April 20, 2012
How Obama Became a Civil Libertarian‘s Nightmare Obama has expanded and fortified many of the Bush administration’s worst policies. April 18, 2012 | LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. When Barack Obama took office, he was the civil liberties communities’ [...]
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April 19, 2012
Edric Kennedy-Macfoy’s complaint is the 10th case involving alleged racism known to have been referred to the police watchdog in three weeks. Photograph: Casey Moore Metropolitan police accused of racism against off-duty firefighter Edric Kennedy-Macfoy says he was abused, assaulted and shot with a stun gun when he tried to help officers Paul Lewis guardian.co.uk, Thursday [...]
Tags: Independent Police Complaints Commission, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, London, Metropolitan Police Service, Police officer, Racism, Scotland Yard
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April 19, 2012
Asia/Middle East: Increase Protections for Migrant Workers Labor Ministers From 19 Countries Meet for Second ‘Abu Dhabi Dialogue’ A RELATED MATERIALS: Asia: Governments Should Jointly Protect Migrant Workers The draft framework contains many positive elements that could help reduce recruitment-related exploitation and workplace abuse of contractual migrant workers. But it [...]
Tags: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Dialogue, Asia, Employment, Human Rights Watch, Manila, middle east, Migrant Forum, Migrant worker, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates
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April 18, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2012 5:20 PM CONTACT: MADRE Diana Duarte, Media Coordinator Phone: +1 212 627 0444 Email: media@madre.org A Women’s Human Rights Agenda for the G8 WASHINGTON – April 18 – On May 18, leaders of the world’s eight largest economies (the G8) will gather at Camp David, a walled-off retreat reserved for the [...]
Tags: Africa, Asia, Balkans, Camp David, Caribbean, Human rights, middle east, United States
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February 27, 2012
A case before the U.S. Supreme Court may deny victims abroad recourse against corporate-sanctioned abuse. by Ka Hsaw Wa Among the thousands of interviews I’ve conducted as a human rights investigator over the last 24 years, one of the most difficult was in 1996, outside a refugee camp along the Thai-Burma border. I was no [...]
Tags: Alien Tort Statute, Burma, Human rights, Jane Doe, Royal Dutch Shell, Shell, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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January 27, 2012
Kenneth Roth, executive director Follow on twitter @kenroth © 2010 Sarah Shatz World Report 2012 By Kenneth RothThe sad truth is that the dominant Western policy toward the Arab people traditionally has been one of containment. Today many applaud as the people of the region take to the streets to claim their [...]
Tags: Arab, Arab people, Arab Spring, Fathi Terbil, Kenneth Roth, Libya, Mohamed Bouazizi, Tunisia
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January 27, 2012
Download The World Report 2012 [PDF, 4 MB] This 22nd annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2011. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watchstaff has undertaken during the year, often in close partnership with domestic human rights activists.The introductory essay examines the [...]
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December 14, 2011
Uzbekistan has become a major supply route to NATO forces in Afghanistan Continue reading the main story Related Stories Country profile: Uzbekistan Pressure on Uzbekistan to end child cotton labour Western governments are ignoring human rights abuses in Uzbekistan as they seek closer ties with the country, Human Rights Watch [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, BBC, Central Asia, European Union, Human Rights Watch, NATO, United States, Uzbekistan
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December 9, 2011
Three young brides 11, 12, and 13, are married to three brothers during a combined ceremony in the rural areas outside Hajjah. © 2011 Stephanie Sinclair/VII http://www.hrw.org/node/103414 Nearly half of all women in Yemen are married as children. Even in the midst of the country’s political upheaval, human rights defenders are pushing for legislation that [...]
Tags: Child marriage, Human Rights Watch, Marriage, MENA, middle east, Nadya Khalife, Nobel Peace Prize, womens rights, Yemen, Yemeni
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December 8, 2011
‘Price Tag’ Attack: West Bank Mosque Set on Fire Fire Only Damaged Entrance, Locals Say by Jason Ditz, December 07, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Israeli police are reporting a new “price tag” attack in [...]
Tags: Ariel, December 7th, December 7th 2011, Israeli government, Saleh, Tripoli, Warfare and Conflict, West Bank
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December 6, 2011
Dear George, This Saturday, December 10, we join the international community in celebrating Human Rights Day. Looking back on the year, Human Rights Watch accomplished so much, thanks to supporters like you. Here are the ways you helped us hold tyrants accountable and ensure the rule of law. Middle East & North Africa During the [...]
Tags: Africa, Barrick Gold, Burma, Human rights, Human Rights Watch, Joseph Kony, Lord's Resistance Army, New York City
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November 11, 2011
Mexican Army and municipal police officers conduct a joint raid in Ciudad Juárez searching street vendors for drugs and weapons, March 2009. © 2009 Eros Hoagland/Redux Mexico: Widespread Rights Abuses in ‘War on Drugs’ Impunity for Torture, ‘Disappearances,’ Killings Undermines Security NOVEMBER 9, 2011 RELATED MATERIALS: Neither Rights Nor Security RELATED VIDEOS: Instead of reducing [...]
Tags: Ciudad Juárez, Executive director, Felipe Calderón, Human rights, Human Rights Watch, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Mexico, War on Drugs
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October 30, 2011
Sir Malcolm Rifkind said the Commonwealth’s indifference to improving human rights put its relevance in question. Photograph: Rex Features/Ray Tang Heads of government slammed as disgraceful and the summit labelled a failure over indifference to recommendations reddit this Nicholas Watt in Perth guardian.co.uk, Saturday 29 October 2011 11.33 BST Article history Commonwealth leaders have been [...]
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October 16, 2011
Occupy movement goes global – in pictures Occupy Wall Street protests are linking up with other Occupy movements around the world An Occupy Wall Street protester, with a US flag stuck over her mouth, holds up a placard in Zuccotti Park, near Wall Street in New YorkPhotograph: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters Related articles Even the [...]
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August 25, 2011
American authors of legal memos justifying torture, such as John Yoo, have escaped prosecution [GALLO/GETTY] Since September 11th, the United States and the Arab world have traveled a treacherous road together. Where they have arrived after ten years sets them apart. In the US, the embrace of human rights as a defining value and ideal [...]
Tags: Abu Ghraib, Al Azhar University, Arab people, Arab world, Dick Cheney, John Yoo, middle east, United State
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August 15, 2011
A Somali government spokesperson denied HRW’s accusations that all parties are guilty in the Somalia conflict Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said all the parties in Somalia’s conflict have violated the rules of war and are guilty of causing civilian casualties in the fight for territorial control that is contributing to the humanitarian catastrophe there. The New York-based group said al-Shabab, [...]
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August 7, 2011
A Wall Street sign in front of the New York stock exchange. Recent events have changed the US as an unassailable economic superpower. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters When India joined China in criticising America’s chaotic handling of its hefty debts this weekend, describing the challenges facing the White House as “grave”, it was the clearest indicator yet [...]
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August 6, 2011
Lucy Flores, whose husband spent four years in Pelican Bay, at a rally in support of inmates on hunger strike [REUTERS] “People walked by and asked: ‘How are you doing?’ I answered: ‘How am I supposed to be doing? That’s the craziest question I ever heard.’ The mental health people asked: ‘Are you having any [...]
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July 31, 2011
Barack Obama has not slept for a week because of worries over the US budget. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images ( Seems life for a warmonger gets tougher by the minute, perhaps he should play with the dog. Even war criminals feel the heat and need a rest, forget about the countless numbers that have suffered [...]
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July 30, 2011
Supporting Atrocities in Colombia John Glaser, July 28, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum Human Rights Watch recently drew our attention to a recent spate of killings by armed groups in Colombia, gone virtually unreported here. On July 2, members of the Marxist guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) murdered [...]
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July 26, 2011
Under Cover of “Crisis” Obama‘s Ambush on Entitlements By MICHAEL HUDSON You know that the debt face-off is as staged as melodramatically as a World Wrestling Federation exhibition when Obama makes the blatantly empty threat that if Congress does not “tackle the tough challenges of entitlement and tax reform,” there won’t be money to pay [...]
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July 26, 2011
Fatah says party members blocked from leaving Gaza Published today 20:28 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Fatah on Tuesday said Hamas officials refused to allow Fatah revolutionary council member Amal Hamad to leave the coastal enclave for a PLO central council meeting in the West Bank. However Hamas did allow 18 PLO central committee members [...]
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July 26, 2011
PALESTINE, ISRAEL, GERMANY- THE BOUNDARIES OF OPEN DISCUSSION MONDAY, JULY 25, 2011 AT 1:46PM GILAD ATZMON This is a very important conference!!! http://paltagefreiburg2011.blogspot.com/ September 10-11, 2011 Freiburg, Germany Freedom of speech and expression are recognised by many as primary human rights. However, when it comes to discussion on topics concerning Palestine, Israel and Germany we often face rigid [...]
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July 26, 2011
Rupert Murdoch: Intellectual terrorism by PAUL J. BALLES on JULY 25, 2011 The past week’s news has been dominated by reports of scandals in Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. As journalist Ted Newcomen points out, there’s more to the story: The latest revelations in the UK about phone hacking, bribing the police, and frightening political leaders are just [...]
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July 25, 2011
Pentagon: New Iraq Troop Deal Needed ASAP Insists More Time Needed to Extend ‘Support Contracts’ by Jason Ditz, July 24, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Though on many occasions the Iraqi government has appeared to be on the verge of grudgingly acquiescing to the repeated demands, so far they have not approved [...]
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July 18, 2011
Israeli Parliament Moves Forward With ‘Inquest’ Into Human Rights Groups PM Opposes New Measure, Sparking Anger Among Allies by Jason Ditz, July 17, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opposition to efforts to launch of formal inquest into Israeli human rights groups seen as antagonistic to the [...]
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July 15, 2011
Classified document about U.S. detention criteria inadvertently given to ACLU By Peter Finn and Julie Tate The U.S. government said it accidentally turned over a classified document about how it determines who are the most dangerous detainees in Afghanistan to the American Civil Liberties Union, and wants a federal judge to order the group to return it [...]
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July 15, 2011
United States: Investigate Bush, Other Top Officials for Torture Inquiry Into 2 Deaths in CIA Custody Insufficient JULY 11, 2011 George Bush © 2004 AP Images Donald Rumsfeld © 2004 AP Images Dick Cheney © 2006 AP Images George Tenet © 2004 Reuters RELATED MATERIALS: Getting Away with Torture MORE COVERAGE: Guardian UK: George W [...]
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July 13, 2011
Phyllis Bennis is director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. She is also a fellow of the Transnational What follows is in the form of a letter by Phyllis Bennis the author of the article beside this one on this page. It summarises thoughts, actions, initiatives and the continuing [...]
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July 12, 2011
Obama’s Bush-League World Is the Obama National Security Team a Pilotless Drone? By Tom Engelhardt George W. who? I mean, the guy is so over. He turned the big six-five the other day and it was barely a footnote in the news. And Dick Cheney, tick-tick-tick. Condoleezza Rice? She’s already onto her next memoir, and yet it’s as [...]
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July 11, 2011
President Barack Obama and a bipartisan group of congressional leaders will meet on Monday to continue working on a deal to avert a looming US debt default. Obama and Republican and Democratic leaders met for roughly an hour and a half on Sunday in a bid to break an impasse on deficit reduction talks to [...]
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July 8, 2011
Why should international boats not be allowed to travel to Gaza? By Stuart Reigeluth There is no lack of creativity, viciousness and connivance in Israeli and European attempts to dissuade and discourage the “Freedom Flotilla II” from leaving Greece for Gaza. The list is long, too long to enumerate here, of blatant Israeli instances of [...]
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July 7, 2011
For anyone interested in the militarisation of police forces the following article should be of interest. It is a fact of life that police forces around the world have become increasingly military in appearance and effect as opposed to what should be a citizen assisting role in maintaining the orderly conduct of citizens in society. [...]
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July 7, 2011
3 New Deaths in Crackdown Brings Total to At Least 21 Since June 17 JULY 2, 2011 © 2011 Human Rights Watch RELATED MATERIALS: “We’ve Never Seen Such Horror” MORE COVERAGE: More Human Rights Watch reporting on Syria President Bashar al-Asad‘s promises of new laws allowing more political participation ring hollow when security forces are [...]
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July 6, 2011
Tens of thousands of people have taken to Portugal‘s streets to protest against austerity measures [AFP] Portugal’s credit standing has been cut to junk by Moody’s Investors Service in the first such move by a credit ratings agency. Moody’s also warned on Tuesday that the country may well need a second round of rescue funds before it can [...]
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July 5, 2011
The damaged units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photograph: AIR PHOTO SERVICE / HO/EPA How did the thinking go? Well he does seems to have been anti-nuclear, with good reason BUT why the change in opinion and then this? The answer is quite simple, at least for me, but trust me that [...]
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July 5, 2011
Editor’s Note: Australian participant on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza Michael Coleman has been arrested by Greek Police for attempting to block their pursuit of the Canadian boat the “Tahrir” as it left port. Michael and Soha, another Canadian Flotilla team member, were in two kayaks beside the “Tahrir”. As soon as the boat’s [...]
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July 4, 2011
India‘s economy has been growing quickly, but activists say democracy is suffering because prosperity is being hoarded by a small group of corrupt elites [EPA] 2010 was the year of scams in India – the 2G telecom swindle, Commonwealth Games, Adarsh and plenty of others. 2011 has emerged as the year of the fight against corruption – [...]
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July 3, 2011
Asian markets search for a new model consumer after the American economy tanked, which has yet to recover [Getty] Asia needs a new model consumer. A post-crisis generation of “zombie consumers” in the United States is likely to hobble growth in global consumption for years to come. And that means that export-led developing Asia now [...]
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July 3, 2011
U.S. turns to other routes to supply Afghan war as relations with Pakistan fray By Craig Whitlock, Sunday, July 3, 9:54 AM The U.S. military is rapidly expanding its aerial and Central Asian supply routes to the war in Afghanistan, fearing that Pakistan could cut off the main means of providing American and NATO forces with fuel, food and equipment. Although Pakistan [...]
Tags: Craig Whitlock, Northern Distribution Network, Osama BinLaden, Pakistan, Pakistan – United States relations, Pentagon, United State, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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June 30, 2011
US: Press Allies to End Use of Child Soldiers Report Lists Repeat Offenders, but Military Aid Continues JUNE 27, 2011 Preface: Australians should remember that in this country we had a system once that was called “Boy Conscription” a brief description of which is as follows,” Boyhood conscription The government of prime minister Alfred Deakin and other [...]
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June 30, 2011
King George III Won: Happy Fourth of July! By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/node/58333 Preface: It has always been a matter of concern that the US has for so long lived in an deluded state that it had gained its independence from the harsh and odious British rule to replace that with a Grand Dream of Republicanism. In this way the future [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Daniel Ellsberg, David Swanson, George III of the United Kingdom, George W. Bush, History, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Pentagon Papers, Richard Nixon, United State, United States Congress, United States Declaration of Independence, War Powers Resolution
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June 30, 2011
Syria‘s president Bashar al-Assad has mentioned proposed changes in public, but some fear he is trying to buy time and brush up his image. Photograph: AP The US is promoting a “roadmap” for political reforms in Syria which would transform the regime of Bashar al-Assad but leave him in place for now – despite demands for [...]
Tags: Ba'ath Party, Bashar-al Assad, Demographics of Syria, Farouk al-Sharaa, Joshua Landis, middle east, Syria, United State, United States, United States Department of State
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June 29, 2011
Fukushima Spews, Los Alamos Burns, Vermont Rages & We’ve Almost Lost Nebraska By Harvey Wasserman http://warisacrime.org/node/58321 Humankind is now threatened by the simultaneous implosion, explosion, incineration, courtroom contempt and drowning of its most lethal industry. We know only two things for certain: worse is yet to come, and those in charge are lying about [...]
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June 28, 2011
The British always claim to have something in reserve. But what happens when the pedal goes to the metal and there’s nothing there? Perhaps a new election would help the unelected form a proper government perhaps that’s not possible in the capital project where its one for one and all for one. The next [...]
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June 27, 2011
An elderly Chinese man walks in front of dilapidated homes next to railroad tracks in Lanzhou, Gansu province, China. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA We live in a time of unprecedented inequality. A new report from Unicef notes that global income inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient, is 64% higher than it was 200 years ago. The report [...]
Tags: Duncan Green, Economic inequality, Frances Stewart, Gini coefficient, Inequality, Lanzhou, Unicef, World Development Report
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June 27, 2011
Arab activists say liberalisation of trade, investment and deregulation advocated by the US and the EU as part of their aid packages had contributed to the unrest in the first place. Photograph: KeystoneUSA-Zuma/Rex Features Arab activists warned on Monday that conditions attached to western aidthreatened to undercut the goals of economic and social justice at the [...]
Tags: African Development Bank, egypt, European Investment Bank, Hosni Mubarak, International Monetary Fund, Non-governmental organization, United States, World Bank
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June 27, 2011
Human trafficking: a child soldier in Sierra Leone in just one of the forms of enforced slavery around the world identified by the State Department How bad is human trafficking around the world? The US State Department has published a detailed examination of the issue, ranking every major country across the globe. For anyone who thought [...]
Tags: Debt bondage, humantrafficking, Sexual slavery, Sierra Leone, South Asia, Unfree labour, United States, United States Department of State, William Wilberforce, womens rights
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June 27, 2011
A boy pours waste water into a heavily polluted stream running through Masiphumele in Cape Town, South Africa. Around 2.6 billion people are without access to basic sanitation worldwide. Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA A key development goal to halve the number of people without access to basic sanitation by 2015 will be missed because donor countries have [...]
Tags: Africa, Developing country, Gross domestic product, John Garrett, Millennium Development Goal, Sub-Saharan Africa, WaterAid, World Bank
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June 27, 2011
Google reveals US government leads way in private data requests Google has received a record number of requests from 26 developed countries to reveal private information about internet users Share99 reddit this Josh Halliday guardian.co.uk, Monday 27 June 2011 19.16 BST Article history Google has released figures showing the number of requests for private [...]
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Been waiting a long time for this. But not surprised. Are you? Think first a Monbiot point of view
The damaged units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photograph: AIR PHOTO SERVICE / HO/EPA How did the thinking go? Well he does seems to have been anti-nuclear, with good reason BUT why the change in opinion and then this? The answer is quite simple, at least for me, but trust me that [...]
Tags: British government, Centre for Alternative Technology, Germany, Government of the United Kingdom, International Atomic Energy Agency, Japan, Nuclear, nuclearpower
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