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imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/24/china-eu-commitments-demand-tough-response">China: EU Commitments Demand Tough Response</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 24, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">European Union (EU) High Representative Catherine Ashton should publicly raise concerns over ongoing and persistent human rights violations in China when she visits Beijing later this week, Human Rights Watch said today. Ashton’s visit to China will take place on April 25 and 26, and is the Head of the EU’s External Action Service’s first official visit since the new Chinese leadership assumed power.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_russia_civilsociety_presser.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/24/russia-worst-human-rights-climate-post-soviet-era">Russia: Worst Human Rights Climate in Post-Soviet Era</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 24, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Russian government has unleashed a crackdown on civil society in the year since Vladimir Putin’s return to the presidency that is unprecedented in the country’s post-Soviet history.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/23/indonesia-civilian-courts-should-try-abusive-soldiers">Indonesia: Civilian Courts Should Try Abusive Soldiers</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 23, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Indonesian government should urgently amend its laws so that military personnel accused of human rights abuses are tried in civilian courts.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_Kenya_map.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/23/kenya-new-leaders-should-put-rights-first">Kenya: New Leaders Should Put Rights First</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 23, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Kenya’s new administration should take urgent steps in four key areas to address longstanding human rights challenges, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The administration should ensure that abusive security forces are held to account, protect independent voices, accelerate key police and land reforms, and cooperate fully with the International Criminal Court (ICC).</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012ARMS_Global_KillerRobots.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/23/arms-new-campaign-stop-killer-robots">Arms: New Campaign to Stop Killer Robots</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 23, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Civil society will lead the way to press governments to ban fully autonomous weapons</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_Serbia%20Kosovo_Ashton%20Dacic%20Thaci.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/23/serbiakosovo-landmark-opportunity-human-rights">Serbia/Kosovo: Landmark Opportunity for Human Rights</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 23, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The April 19 agreement between Serbia and Kosovo offers a landmark opportunity to improve human rights protection in both countries.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/22/sudan-despite-pledge-many-political-prisoners-remain">Sudan: Despite Pledge, Many Political Prisoners Remain</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 22, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Sudan has released 24 civilian political prisoners following president Omar al-Bashir’s recent pledge to “free all political detainees,” but at least 100 remain, Human Rights Watch, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, and the Human Rights and Development Organization (HUDO) said today. The remaining political prisoners, most from the country’s conflict-hit peripheries, should also be released, the groups said.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/22/kuwait-ex-lawmaker-bail-insulting-emir-case">Kuwait: Ex-Lawmaker on Bail in ‘Insulting Emir’ Case</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 22, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Kuwait’s Court of Appeal released a former member of parliament on bail on April 22, 2013, in his appeal of a five-year sentence for insulting the emir.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/22/eu-ending-sanctions-undercuts-burma-s-rights-progress">EU: Ending Sanctions Undercuts Burma’s Rights Progress</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 22, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The European Union’s premature lifting of all targeted sanctions on Burma means the EU will need a new platform to press the government to improve the country’s still dire human rights situation.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/22/human-rights-watch-names-new-board-co-chairs">Human Rights Watch Names New Board Co-chairs</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 22, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Two leading human rights supporters will co-chair the board of Human Rights Watch beginning in October 2013. Joel Motley, managing director at Public Capital Advisors, and Hassan Elmasry, managing partner at Independent Franchise Partners, will succeed board chair James F. Hoge, Jr.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2011_Lebanon_map.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/22/lebanonsyria-end-indiscriminate-cross-border-attacks-2">Lebanon/Syria: End Indiscriminate Cross-Border Attacks</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 22, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">All parties to the conflict in Syria should stop indiscriminate cross-border attacks on inhabited areas in Lebanon.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/201304ASIA_Burma_Arakan_01.JPG" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/22/burma-end-ethnic-cleansing-rohingya-muslims">Burma: End ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Rohingya Muslims</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 22, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Burmese authorities and members of Arakanese groups have committed crimes against humanity in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in Arakan State since June 2012, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/22/turkmenistanuzbekistan-abuses-international-spotlight">Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan: Abuses in International Spotlight</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 22, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan’s highly repressive policies are coming up for rare international scrutiny on April 22 and 24, 2013. United Nations member countries gathering at the Human Rights Council in Geneva under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) procedure should seize the opportunity to expose and denounce the ongoing repression in both countries and press for concrete steps to end abuses.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013ECA_Tajikistan_Hayit.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/20/tajikistan-investigate-attack-opposition-leader">Tajikistan: Investigate Attack on Opposition Leader</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 20, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Tajik authorities should promptly and thoroughly investigate the brutal beating of an opposition leader.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/SaudiArabia1Web.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/19/saudi-arabia-end-prosecution-human-rights-lawyer">Saudi Arabia: End Prosecution of Human Rights Lawyer</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 19, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Saudi authorities should immediately halt the 18-month prosecution of a Jeddah-based human rights lawyer.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-16 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/19/world-bank-commit-rights-2030-vision">World Bank: Commit to Rights in 2030 Vision</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 19, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The World Bank’s “vision” statement will be undermined if it fails to recognize the importance of human rights, nine organizations warned. The human rights and development groups called on President Jim Kim to make a firm commitment to respect, protect, and fulfill human rights in all of its activities.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/19/guatemala-genocide-trial-suspension">Guatemala: Genocide Trial Suspension</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 19, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The abrupt suspension of the genocide trial of former de facto head of Guatemala, Efraín Ríos Montt, raises serious concerns about victims’ access to justice, Human Rights Watch said today.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-18 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/19/world-bank-uphold-rights-end-poverty-economic-exclusion">World Bank: Uphold Rights to End Poverty, Economic Exclusion</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 19, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The World Bank Group should uphold human rights as it works to create a world free of poverty and economic exclusion, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the Group’s president, Dr. Jim Kim.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-19 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/18/mali-end-child-labor-gold-mines">Mali: End Child Labor in Gold Mines</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 18, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Malian government should take immediate action to address child labor in mining instead of denying it. Human Rights Watch published an in-depth report on the issue in December 2011, but Malian authorities attacked this research at a news conference earlier in April 2013 and rejected well-documented evidence that child labor is used in the country’s mines.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-20 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/17/bahrain-f1-ignores-rights-abuses-ahead-race">Bahrain: F1 Ignores Rights Abuses Ahead of Race</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 17, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">International racing bodies responsible for scheduling the Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix from April 19 to 21, 2013, have taken no steps to address human rights abuses that appear to be directly linked to the event.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-21 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2011_Morocco_map.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/17/unwestern-sahara-give-peacekeepers-human-rights-mandate">UN/Western Sahara: Give Peacekeepers a Human Rights Mandate</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 17, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">United Nations Security Council members should task the United Nations with monitoring human rights violations in Western Sahara and in the refugee camps around Tindouf, in Algeria, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to all 15 Security Council member countries.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-22 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/17/russia-activist-held-without-bail">Russia: Activist Held Without Bail</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 17, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Authorities in Russia should free a civil society activist charged with misuse of government funds pending his trial.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-23 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_Venezula_FreeSpeech_1.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/17/venezuela-respect-free-speech-and-assembly">Venezuela: Respect Free Speech and Assembly</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 17, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>The government of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/americas/venezuela">Venezuela</a> should not limit citizens’ rights to freely express their views and assemble peacefully in response to the disputed presidential election, Human Rights Watch said today. It should respect freedom of the press and all violent incidents should be subject to prompt, thorough, and impartial investigations, Human Rights Watch said.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-24 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013MENA_Libya_Senussi.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/17/libya-ensure-abdallah-sanussi-access-lawyer">Libya: Ensure Abdallah Sanussi Access to Lawyer</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 17, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Abdallah Sanussi, the long-time intelligence chief for Muammar Gaddafi, told Human Rights Watch in a prison visit on April 15, 2013, that he has not had access to a lawyer or been informed of the formal charges against him during almost eight months in Libyan detention. He did not complain of physical abuse and said his conditions in custody have been “reasonable.”</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-25 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_US_Immigration_Bill.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/16/us-senate-immigration-plan-important-yet-flawed">US: Senate Immigration Plan Important Yet Flawed</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 16, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The US Senate is set to take an important step toward establishing landmark protections for unauthorized immigrants. The plan could grant eventual legal status to millions of people and reduce their vulnerability to human rights abuses. A summary of the proposed bill was made public on April 16, 2013, outlining significant changes to the complex array of immigration laws in the United States.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-26 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012ARMS_Global_KillerRobots.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/16/us-ban-fully-autonomous-weapons">US: Ban Fully Autonomous Weapons</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 16, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">Temporary US restrictions on lethal fully autonomous weapons should be strengthened and made permanent. </font></span></p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-27 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2006_Iraq_AbuGhraib.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/16/us-bipartisan-study-shows-need-investigate-torture">US: Bipartisan Study Shows Need to Investigate Torture</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 16, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">A bipartisan study finding “indisputable” evidence of torture for which the highest United States officials bear responsibility should spur the US government to thoroughly investigate detainee abuse since September 11, 2001, and provide redress to victims.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-28 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013AFR_Aomolia_Al-ShabaabAttacks.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/16/somalia-new-al-shabaab-attacks-are-war-crimes">Somalia: New Al-Shabaab Attacks are War Crimes</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 16, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The attacks claimed by the Islamist armed group al-Shabaab on the Mogadishu regional courthouse and on an aid workers’ convoy on April 14, 2013, were grave violations of the laws of war. At least four legal professionals were killed, including a judge and three lawyers.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-29 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/16/ukraine-reject-discriminatory-lgbt-laws">Ukraine: Reject Discriminatory LGBT Laws</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 16, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Ukrainian parliament should reject two draft laws that would discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and infringe on their free expression rights.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-30 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_Bangladesh_bloggers.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/15/bangladesh-crackdown-bloggers-editors-escalates">Bangladesh: Crackdown on Bloggers, Editors Escalates</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 15, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Bangladesh authorities should immediately drop charges against and release four bloggers and a newspaper editor arrested this month.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-31 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2011_Kuwait_map.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/15/kuwait-drop-charges-offending-emir">Kuwait: Drop Charges for ‘Offending Emir’</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 15, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Kuwaiti authorities should drop criminal charges against dozens of online activists, journalists, and politicians for legitimately exercising their rights to freedom of expression. The authorities should also withdraw charges and overturn the sentences for at least 10 people already convicted in such cases, as recently as April 15, 2013.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-32 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013-UAE-Obama.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/15/uae-obama-should-press-crown-prince-rights">UAE: Obama Should Press Crown Prince on Rights</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 15, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">US President Barack Obama should press the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to reverse the worsening human rights situation in the country, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Obama. Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is scheduled to meet with President Obama in Washington, DC, on April 16, 2013.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-33 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/SaudiArabia1Web.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/13/saudi-arabia-free-detainee-eye-eye-case">Saudi Arabia: Free Detainee in ‘Eye-for-an-Eye’ Case</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 13, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Judicial authorities in Saudi Arabia should take urgent steps to end the indefinite detention of a man who can’t raise the money to compensate an attack victim. In addition to the criminal sentence, he also faced a Qisas, or “equal retaliation” judgment, which under Saudi law stipulates a direct “eye-for-an-eye” physical punishment or payment of compensation to the victim.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-34 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2011_Burundi_Map_0.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/12/burundi-new-law-would-muzzle-journalists">Burundi: New Law Would Muzzle Journalists</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 12, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>The adoption of a new media law by Burundi’s National Assembly on April 3, 2013, is an attempt to curtail free speech and independent journalism. The Senate and president should reject this version of the draft law, which would undermine Burundians’ hard-won struggle for fundamental freedoms.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-35 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/201304MENA_Libya_DetainedJournoWEB.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/12/libya-release-ailing-newspaper-editor">Libya: Release Ailing Newspaper Editor</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 12, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Libyan authorities should immediately drop criminal defamation charges and free Amara Hassan al-Khatabi, editor of al-Ummah daily. Al-Khatabi, who has been in detention since December 19, 2012, is on trial for “insulting” and “slandering” members of the judiciary. His private lawyer was not allowed to visit him while he was detained in prison and says he was transferred to a medical facility due to his fragile health on April 6, 2013, where he remains detained under guard.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-36 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2010_Egypt_Map_0.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/12/egypt-release-report-abuse-protesters">Egypt: Release Report on Abuse of Protesters</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 12, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">President Mohamed Morsy of Egypt should immediately release the report by a fact-finding committee he created to investigate police and military abuses against protesters from January 2011 to June 2012. The committee submitted its report to the president in December, but the president has not made it public</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-37 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/SaudiArabia1Web.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/12/saudi-arabia-huge-obstacles-first-woman-lawyer">Saudi Arabia: Huge Obstacles for First Woman Lawyer</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 12, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Saudi authorities need to lift the many obstacles facing the first woman to train as a lawyer in Saudi Arabia before she can enter the profession on an equal basis with men.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-38 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2011_Yemen_Map.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/12/yemen-military-changes-major-transition-step">Yemen: Military Changes a Major Transition Step</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 12, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">President Abdu Rabu Hadi’s removal from military command on April 10, 2013, of senior figures linked to abuse was a key step in Yemen’s post-uprising transition. The president’s appointment of some of these key figures to posts in which they would have diplomatic immunity is a source of concern, however.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-39 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2011_Tunisia_map.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/12/tunisia-release-tv-station-director">Tunisia: Release TV Station Director</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 12, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Tunisia’s new justice minister should ensure the immediate release of Sami Fehri, the director of the privately owned Attounissia TV channel.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-40 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/11/russia-worker-exploited-olympic-venues-detained">Russia: Worker Exploited on Olympic Venues is Detained</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 11, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Russian authorities have unlawfully detained a migrant construction worker who was seeking to file a complaint for nonpayment of wages on Olympic venues in Sochi.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-41 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/11/mali-two-torture-victims-die-detention">Mali: Two Torture Victims Die in Detention</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 11, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Two ethnic Tuareg men who had been arrested on February 15, 2013, and tortured by Malian soldiers in the town of Léré, Timbuktu region, have died in detention at the Central Prison in Bamako.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-42 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_CDI_augviolence2.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/11/cote-d-ivoire-soldiers-trial-abuses">Côte d’Ivoire: Soldiers on Trial for Abuses</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 11, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>The opening in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/africa/cote-divoire">Côte d’Ivoire</a> on April 11, 2013, of trials against soldiers allegedly implicated in crimes against civilians is a positive development, but little progress has been made in investigating the most politically sensitive cases involving government forces.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-43 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/11/gaza-collaborator-murders-go-unpunished">Gaza: ‘Collaborator’ Murders Go Unpunished</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 11, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Gaza government has apparently not even begun a promised investigation more than four months after gunmen killed seven Palestinian prisoners accused of collaboration with Israel. Meanwhile, the Hamas government has set a deadline of April 11, 2013, for suspected collaborators to turn themselves in, promising them an amnesty.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-44 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_Syria_airstrikes.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/10/syria-aerial-attacks-strike-civilians">Syria: Aerial Attacks Strike Civilians</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Syrian Air Force has repeatedly carried out indiscriminate, and in some cases deliberate, air strikes against civilians. These attacks are serious violations of international humanitarian law (the laws of war), and people who commit such violations with criminal intent are responsible for war crimes.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-45 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/Malaysia_2013_Tian%20Chua.JPG" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/10/malaysia-drop-sedition-charges-opposition-leader">Malaysia: Drop Sedition Charges for Opposition Leader</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Malaysian authorities should drop sedition charges against a political opposition leader that violate rights to free expression.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-46 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_Egypt_copticviolence.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/10/egypt-address-recurring-sectarian-violence">Egypt: Address Recurring Sectarian Violence</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Egyptian authorities should bring to justice those responsible for the sectarian violence that left five Christians and one Muslim dead on April 5, 2013, in the town of Khosus, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should also investigate police failure to intervene effectively to prevent an escalation of violence outside the main Coptic cathedral in Cairo on April 7, after a funeral service for the Christians killed at Khosus.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-47 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_Bahrain_formula1police_BD.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/10/bahrain-targeted-raids-and-arbitrary-detentions">Bahrain: Targeted Raids and Arbitrary Detentions</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Bahraini authorities are carrying out home raids and arbitrarily detaining opposition protesters in advance of the Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend of April 19 to 21, 2013, Human Rights Watch said today, based on information from a variety of local sources.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-48 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_Vietnam.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/09/vietnam-rights-dialogue-should-produce-concrete-steps">Vietnam: Rights Dialogue Should Produce Concrete Steps</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 9, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Vietnamese government should use the opportunity of the upcoming US-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue to release political prisoners and make commitments to end the persecution of bloggers, land rights activists, and other peaceful critics.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-49 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2010_China_USChinaFlags.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/09/china-kerry-should-prioritize-rights-new-leadership">China: Kerry Should Prioritize Rights With New Leadership</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 9, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">US Secretary of State John Kerry should publicly deliver a strong message in defense of human rights to China’s new leadership when he visits the country later this week.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-50 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513032046im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_Thailand_Hall.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513032046/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/09/thailand-defamation-charges-chill-labor-rights-inquiries">Thailand: Defamation Charges Chill Labor Rights Inquiries</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 9, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div 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