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Dozens of labor and independent trade union activists are in prison for speaking out in defense of workers.Human Rights Watch called for the government to end the crackdown and free labor rights advocates in anticipation of International Workers’ Day on May 1, as part of a joint campaign by Iranian and international rights groups to highlight the plight of workers.</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/20130513191157/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">Apr 19, 2013</span> </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-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/20130513191157/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">Apr 19, 2013</span> </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-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/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/19/letter-president-kim-re-human-rights-agenda-world-bank">Letter to President Kim Re. a Human Rights Agenda for the World Bank</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 19, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch recognizes that the World Bank operates in countries and environments where there are many human rights challenges. A commitment to human rights would greatly enhance the impact of the Bank’s efforts to reduce poverty and promote inclusive and sustainable development.</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/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/28/supreme-court-cases-same-sex-marriage">The Supreme Court Cases on Same-Sex Marriage</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 28, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">In June 2013, the US Supreme Court will decide two cases on the right of same-sex couples to civil marriage. Human Rights Watch has long advocated the right of same-sex couples to marry based on the international human rights principles of nondiscrimination and equal protection of the law.</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/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/27/algeria-activists-barred-world-social-forum">Algeria: Activists Barred from World Social Forum</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 27, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Algerian authorities illegally restricted rights to free movement when they barred 96 Algerian civil society activists from travelling to Tunisia, without giving any reason.</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/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/25/un-emphasize-rights-development-agenda">UN: Emphasize Rights in Development Agenda</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 25, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda should be grounded in human rights, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the UN High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.</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/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/24/letter-high-level-panel-eminent-persons-post-2015-development-agenda">Letter to the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 24, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch welcomes the High-level Panel’s efforts to advance a Post-2015 Development Agenda that seeks to learn from and build on the progress achieved through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Post-2015 consultations have revealed a strong international consensus for placing human rights at the center of the Post-2015 framework. The human rights framework unites the core aims of economic development, equality, and environmental sustainability, and its use will ensure accountability for the new agenda by anchoring it in existing international human rights obligations.</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/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/21/cameroon-rights-abuses-homosexuality-prosecutions">Cameroon: Rights Abuses in ‘Homosexuality’ Prosecutions</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 21, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Cameroon prosecutes people for consensual same-sex conduct more aggressively than almost any country in the world, four human rights organizations said in a report released today. At least 28 people have been prosecuted for same-sex conduct in Cameroon since 2010. Most cases are marked by grave human rights violations, including torture, forced confessions, denial of access to legal counsel, and discriminatory treatment by law enforcement and judicial officials.</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/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/18/world-bank-investigate-development-project-abuses">World Bank: Investigate ‘Development’ Project Abuses</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 18, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The World Bank’s board should support an internal investigation into allegations of abuse linked to a World Bank project in Ethiopia. The Inspection Panel, the World Bank’s independent accountability mechanism, has recommended an investigation into whether it has violated its policies in a project linked to the Ethiopian government’s resettlement program, known as “villagization.”</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/671">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/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513191157/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513191157/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/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513191157/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130513191157/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/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513191157/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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