12.06.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Syrian Arab Republic
Northern Syria: Insufficient level of humanitarian assistance to opposition-held areas [ID 249940]
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Open Document
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Appeal or news release: Syria: Agencies Should Send Aid Where Most Needed |
09.06.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
China
15 anti-corruption activists arrested in Beijing and Jiangxi province between late March and late May 2013 for participating in or organising protests; charges against all of them include illegal assembly, inciting subversion of state power, disturbing social order and extortion [ID 249927]
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Open Document
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Appeal or news release: China: Crackdown on Anticorruption Activists Escalates |
09.06.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Sri Lanka
According to member of parliament, Arundika Fernando, Prageeth Ekneligoda, cartoonist and government critic who disappeared in January 2010, is hiding in France; government says verification of this information is not feasible [ID 249930]
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Open Document
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Appeal or news release: Sri Lanka: Reveal Fate of ‘Disappeared’ Cartoonist |
08.06.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Kyrgyzstan
Arbitrary arrests, ill-treatment and courtroom violence throughout investigation of ethnic violence in Southern Kyrgyzstan in June 2010 [ID 249954]
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Open Document
Russian |
Appeal or news release: Kyrgyzstan: 3 Years After Violence, a Mockery of Justice |
07.06.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
India, Mauritania
Women of Dalit caste continue to be threatened by discrimination and violence, including rape, forced prostitution and slavery; Mauritanian women of the Haratine group find themselves in a similar situation [ID 249925]
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Open Document
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Appeal or news release: Take Action to Improve Conditions for Dalit Women |
06.06.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Syrian Arab Republic
Report on attacks against students and schools (political interrogations and corporal punishment; assaults on student demonstrations; raids and arrests in schools; ground and air attacks against schools; use of schools by military and armed groups) [ID 249932]
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Report
Press Release Press Release |
Special or analytical report: Safe No More; Students and Schools under Attack in Syria |
05.06.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Egypt
Cairo: Criminal Court convicts of 43 NGO workers on charges of operating unlawfully in the country and receiving foreign funding without permission; 5 of them sentenced to 2 years in prison, 11 others to a one-year suspended sentence; 27 defendants sentenced in absentia to 5 years in prison [ID 249399]
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Open Document
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Appeal or news release: Egypt: Unjust Verdict in Rights Workers’ Trial |
04.06.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Syrian Arab Republic
Aleppo: At least 147 people whose bodies were found in the city’s river between January and March 2013 had probably been executed in government-controlled areas [ID 249398]
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Open Document
Open Document Spanish |
Appeal or news release: Syria: A Stream of Bodies in Aleppo’s River |
04.06.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Vietnam
More than 50 activists and bloggers convicted in political trials in first 5 months of 2013 [ID 249395]
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Open Document
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Appeal or news release: Vietnam: Rights Abuses in the Spotlight |
04.06.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Russian Federation
Government has filed administrative complaints against at least 6 NGOs, ordered at least 15 to register or face charges and warned 28 to register as "foreign agents" [ID 249952]
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Open Document
Russian |
Appeal or news release: Russia/EU: Focus on Rights at Summit |
03.06.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Tunisia
Tunis: One person killed and at least 3 others severely injured as police opened fire during violent clashes with protesters; those shot were apparently bystanders [ID 249397]
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Open Document
Open Document |
Appeal or news release: Tunisia: Bystanders Shot in Clash with Police |
01.06.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Syrian Arab Republic
Al-Qusayr: Some 8,000 civilians who remain in the city after a government offensive began in April 2013 are in urgent need of assistance, opposition activists say; convoy of civilians seeking to flee the city was reportedly attacked by alleged government forces on 31 May 2013 [ID 249396]
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Open Document
Open Document |
Appeal or news release: Syria: Allow Civilians to Flee from al-Qusayr |
31.05.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Ukraine
Kyiv: Threats against participants during LGBT Pride Equality March on 25 May 2013; 21 counter-demonstrators arrested; 12 of them charged with hooliganism, the others received warnings; one march participant attacked; online calls for violence against participants and organisers of the event [ID 249946]
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Open Document
Russian |
Appeal or news release: Ukraine: Investigate Violence Against LGBT Activists |
29.05.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Tunisia
In May 2013, at least 8 people were charged under the 2003 counterterrorism law that contains a broad and vague definition of terrorism [ID 248551]
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Open Document
Open Document |
Appeal or news release: Tunisia: Amend Counterterrorism Law |
28.05.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Myanmar
Arakan state, Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships: Local authorities have reaffirmed implementation of a 2005 regulation under which Rohingya couples are forbidden to have more than 2 children, state authorities say [ID 248414]
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Open Document
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Appeal or news release: Burma: Revoke ‘Two-Child Policy’ For Rohingya |
28.05.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Lebanon
Tripoli: At least 28 people killed and over 200 wounded in inter-communal violence between armed groups [ID 248550]
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Open Document
Open Document |
Appeal or news release: Lebanon: Take New Approach to Protect Tripoli |
27.05.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Azerbaijan
Frequent practice of drug charges against political activists critical of government; 3 out of 4 recently documented cases report ill-treatment in police custody [ID 249942]
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Open Document
Open Document Russian |
Appeal or news release: Azerbaijan: Bogus Drug Charges to Silence Critics |
24.05.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Iran
Article on restrictions on activities of journalists, bloggers and activists supporting the reformist movement in the run-up to presidential and local elections on 14 June 2013 [ID 248201]
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Open Document
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Appeal or news release: Iran: Threats to Free, Fair Elections |
23.05.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Mozambique
Report on displacement and resettlement of farming communities due to coal mining (coal mining in Tete province; poverty; interference with right to food; delays in providing promised farmland in Cateme; loss of income and livestock; female-headed households; education; health care; protests in Cateme) [ID 248188]
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Open Document
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Special or analytical report: “What is a House without Food?”; Mozambique’s Coal Mining Boom and Resettlements |
23.05.2013 -
Human Rights Watch
Kenya
Kisumu: 5 people killed and at least 24 injured as police fired on protesters on 30 March 2013; victims describe subsequent hospital arrests, authorities' attempts to conceal evidence and intimidation [ID 248937]
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Open Document
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Appeal or news release: Kenya: Witnesses Describe Kisumu Killings by Police |
