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class="pane-content"> <div class="view view-taxonomy-landing-page view-id-taxonomy_landing_page view-display-id-panel_pane_4 view-taxonomy-news-listings view-dom-id-7"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <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/20130430182338/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/29/us-supreme-court-limits-suits-against-rights-abusers-abroad">US: Supreme Court Limits Suits against Rights Abusers Abroad</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 29, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>A decision by the US Supreme Court could severely limit the use of a federal statute that for more than 30 years has permitted foreign victims of atrocities abroad to obtain civil remedies in federal courts and has denied rights abusers a safe haven in the United States. It undercuts case law that had made the US courts a mainstay for redress for victims of serious human rights abuses.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 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/20130430182338/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/26/immigration-reform-overlooks-asylum-seekers">Immigration reform overlooks asylum-seekers</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 26, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">"Work authorization is not meant to get you rich, it's to let you live," said an Egyptian asylum-seeker who fled to the United States after a radical group beat him and tried to kidnap his wife and daughter. After fleeing persecution in their home countries, asylum-seekers like this man in New Jersey face a new type of maltreatment in the United States: The U.S. government won't let them work during what is often a drawn-out asylum process.</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/20130430182338/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/25/guantanamo-bay-and-indefinite-detention-hunger-strike-continues">Guantanamo Bay and Indefinite Detention - Hunger Strike Continues</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 25, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">More prisoners have joined a hunger strike at the US-run detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, bringing the reported total to 93 out of 166 held at the facility.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 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/20130430182338/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/23/us-statement-senate-judiciary-committee-targeted-killing">US: Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on "Targeted Killing"</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 23, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">On April 23, 2013, the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights held a hearing entitled “Drone Wars: The Constitutional and Counterterrorism Implications of Targeted Killing”. Letta Tayler, Senior Researcher in the Terrorism/Counterterrorism Division submitted the following testimony for the record.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 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/20130430182338/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/22/re-letter-support-human-rights-watch-bill-ab-336-condoms-evidence-prostitution">Re: Letter of Support from Human Rights Watch for Bill: AB 336 (Condoms as Evidence in Prostitution)</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 22, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 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/20130430182338/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/22/memorandum-support-human-rights-watch-bill-s1379a2736">Memorandum of Support from Human Rights Watch for Bill: S1379/A2736</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 22, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></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/20130430182338/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">Apr 16, 2013</span> </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-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/20130430182338/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">Apr 16, 2013</span> </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-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/20130430182338/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/16/cotton-campaign-letter-us-secretary-state-john-kerry">Cotton Campaign Letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 16, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Cotton Campaign is a global coalition of companies, human rights NGOs, industry associations, investors and trade unions dedicated to ending forced labor in the cotton sector of Uzbekistan.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <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/20130430182338/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">Apr 16, 2013</span> </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> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130430182338/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/12">more documents on this topic »</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130430182338/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130430182338/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430182338/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430182338/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430182338/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430182338/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430182338/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130430182338/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430182338/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430182338/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8585041/k.3E50/Donate_to_Defend_Human_RIghts/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=n">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-views-hrw_footer-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-hrw-footer view-id-hrw_footer view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-9"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130430182338/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - 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