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<div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">(Beirut) – Iranian judiciary authorities should allow at least 20 detainees charged with terrorism, in connection with the murder of Iranian nuclear scientists, access to their lawyers and family members. Iran’s judiciary has failed to provide basic information about these cases, even to their families, despite the seriousness of the charges, which carry severe punishments, including death.</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/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/09/26/un-human-rights-council-interactive-dialogue-independent-expert-somalia">UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue With the Independent Expert on Somalia</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Sep 26, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The reports on Somalia presented to this session by the Independent Expert and the Secretary-General highlight the urgent need for a significant reinforcement of the presence of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and its activities, notably its monitoring work, on Somalia.</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/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/08/21/turkey-human-rights-watch-condemns-deadly-bombing-gaziantep">Turkey: Human Rights Watch Condemns Deadly Bombing in Gaziantep</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Aug 21, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></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/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/06/29/global-140-countries-pass-counterterror-laws-911">Global: 140 Countries Pass Counterterror Laws since 9/11</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 29, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">More than 140 countries have passed counterterrorism laws since the attacks of September 11, 2001, often with little regard for due process and other basic rights, Human Rights Watch said in its 112-page report, "In the Name of Security: Counterterrorism Laws Worldwide since September 11."</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/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/05/22/yemen-s-other-crises">Yemen’s Other Crises</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 22, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">When the Friends of Yemen group meets Wednesday in Riyadh, representatives from the US, the EU and Gulf states are likely to focus on this week’s suicide bombing in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, that killed nearly 100 soldiers and shook the fledging transition government. But international attention should not only be focused on al Qaeda and its affiliates—the need to hold human rights violators to account and a deepening humanitarian crisis should also be high on their agenda.</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/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/05/09/justice-trial">Justice on Trial</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 9, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Andrea Prasow writes on Huffington Post regarding the significance of the military commission arraignment of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.</p></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/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/05/04/russia-heinous-attack-civilians">Russia: Heinous Attack on Civilians</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 4, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The fatal bombing that occurred in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan, on May 3, 2012, is an abominable crime for which there is no justification.</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/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/12/22/what-libyan-rebels-could-teach-obama-about-rule-law">What Libyan Rebels Could Teach Obama About the Rule of Law</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 22, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">A Congress that cannot agree on many things that Americans want came together last week to approve something virtually no one was demanding: It decided to give the United States military the authority to arrest and imprison suspected terrorists, potentially even on U.S. soil, and to allow the government the permanent power to detain without trial people suspected of involvement in terrorism.</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/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/12/01/us-president-should-veto-detainee-bill">US: President Should Veto Detainee Bill</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 1, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">US President Barack Obama should hold firm on his promise to veto a bill passed by the Senate on December 1, 2011, which contains provisions on the detention of terrorism suspects that would undermine US counterterrorism efforts. The administration had previously outlined objections to the detainee provisions in the bill, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2012, and threatened a veto if the problems were not addressed.</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/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/09/28/canada-intelligence-service-accused-libya-interrogations">Canada: Intelligence Service Accused of Libya Interrogations</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Sep 28, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">A Libyan-Canadian citizen who was imprisoned for eight years by the Muammar Gaddafi government says that agents from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) were among foreign agents who interrogated him while he was in Libyan custody for suspected terrorist ties.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/678">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/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513190840/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513190840/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8671517/k.3F9E/Donate_to_Defend_Human_RIghts/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp">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/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513190840/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513190840/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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