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</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">Human Rights Watch deeply mourns the death of Cynthia Brown, a colleague, friend and mentor for more than 30 years. She died on May 12, 2013, in New York City, after battling cancer. She was 60 years old.</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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/13/syria-brigade-fighting-homs-implicated-atrocities">Syria: Brigade Fighting in Homs Implicated in Atrocities</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 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">Human Rights Watch has reviewed graphic evidence that appears to show a commander of the Syrian opposition “Independent Omar al-Farouq” brigade mutilating the corpse of a pro-government fighter. The figure in the video cuts the heart and liver out of the body and uses sectarian language to insult Alawites. The same brigade was implicated in April 2013 in the cross-border indiscriminate shelling of the Lebanese Shi’a villages of al-Qasr and Hawsh al-Sayyed</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193942im_/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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/13/tunisia-revise-draft-constitution">Tunisia: Revise the Draft Constitution</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 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">Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly (NCA) should modify articles in the new draft constitution that threaten human rights. Human Rights Watch analyzed the draft constitution to identify human rights concerns.</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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/11/burma-china-led-oil-gas-projects-spark-arrests">Burma: China-Led Oil, Gas Projects Spark Arrests</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 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">Authorities in Burma should drop charges against ethnic Arakanese activists who participated in peaceful protests against Chinese-led oil and gas projects, Human Rights Watch said today. Ten activists are scheduled to face criminal charges in court on May 13, 2013, for demonstrating and holding a peaceful march without a permit on April 18 on Maday Island in Burma’s western Arakan State.</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/20130513193942im_/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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/saudi-arabia-cleric-who-backed-protests-trial-his-life">Saudi Arabia: Cleric who Backed Protests on Trial for His Life</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 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">Saudi authorities should ensure a fair trial for the Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr.</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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/turkmenistan-journalist-arrested">Turkmenistan: Journalist Arrested</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 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">Turkmen authorities should immediately free or credibly charge a journalist arrested on May 6, 2013 for unreported reasons. The journalist, Rovshen Yazmuhamedov, has been a local correspondent in Turkmenistan for United States government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) since September 2012.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_Bangladesh_Hefajat1.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/bangladesh-independent-body-should-investigate-protest-deaths">Bangladesh: Independent Body Should Investigate Protest Deaths</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 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 Bangladeshi authorities should immediately set up an independent commission to investigate the large numbers of deaths and injuries during the Hefazat-e-Islaam-led protests in Dhaka and elsewhere on May 5-6, 2013.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_Guatemala_montt.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/guatemala-rios-montt-convicted-genocide">Guatemala: Rios Montt Convicted of Genocide</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 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 guilty verdict against Efraín Ríos Montt, former leader of Guatemala, for genocide and crimes against humanity is an unprecedented step toward establishing accountability for atrocities during the country’s brutal civil war, Human Rights Watch said today.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_Vietnam_picnic%201.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/vietnam-stop-blocking-human-rights-picnics">Vietnam: Stop Blocking ‘Human Rights Picnics’</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 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 Vietnamese authorities should stop impeding and abusing people trying to hold “human rights picnics” in public spaces.</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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/most-popular-twitter-top-tweets-week">Most Popular on Twitter - Top Tweets of the Week</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 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>The most popular tweets of the week from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193942/https://twitter.com/hrw">@hrw</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193942/https://twitter.com/hrw/our-people">our researchers</a>.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-11 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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/senegal-chadian-blogger-expelled">Senegal: Chadian Blogger Expelled</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 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 Senegalese government’s expulsion of the Chadian blogger and journalist Makaila Nguebla is a blow to freedom of expression.</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/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_CAR_Seleka.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/central-african-republic-rampant-abuses-after-coup">Central African Republic: Rampant Abuses After Coup</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 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">Members of the Seleka rebel coalition, which ousted President François Bozizé of the Central African Republic on March 24, 2013, have committed grave violations against civilians, including pillage, summary executions, rape, and torture.</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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/09/philippines-prosecute-mastermind-activist-s-murder">Philippines: Prosecute Mastermind of Activist’s Murder</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 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">Philippine authorities should ensure that those who planned and financed the killing of an environmental activist in 2011 are arrested and prosecuted.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-14 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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/09/chad-alleged-coup-attempt-no-excuse-ignore-rights">Chad: Alleged Coup Attempt No Excuse to Ignore Rights</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 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 government of Chad should adhere to its international legal obligations and respect human rights law while it investigates an alleged plot against the government.</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/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_SaudiArabia_soccerteam.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/07/saudi-arabia-let-all-girls-play-sports">Saudi Arabia: Let All Girls Play Sports</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 7, 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 Arabia should allow all girls in the kingdom, including public school students, to play sports in school.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-16 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_Mali_Soldiers.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/07/mali-all-sides-must-abide-laws-war">Mali: All Sides Must Abide by Laws of War</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 7, 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 warring parties in northern Mali are obligated to abide by the laws of war in the event of a Malian military offensive against opposition armed groups in the Kidal region. Past abuses have heightened concerns about the need for all armed forces to minimize harm to civilians and ensure the humane treatment of all prisoners, in accordance with the 1949 Geneva Conventions and customary international humanitarian law.</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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/07/afghanistan-peaceful-protest-suppressed">Afghanistan: Peaceful Protest Suppressed</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 7, 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">Afghan authorities should investigate the arrests and possible torture of peaceful protesters by security forces in Kabul.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-18 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193942im_/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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/07/saudi-arabia-new-rights-group-facing-harassment">Saudi Arabia: New Rights Group Facing Harassment</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 7, 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">Four Saudi activists are under investigation after forming a human rights group on April 3, 2013, and could face prosecution for “establishing an illegal organization." Saudi authorities should immediately cease harassing the four founding members of the group, the Union for Human Rights (UHR), and give it an operating license.</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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/07/equatorial-guinea-human-rights-concerns-ahead-elections">Equatorial Guinea: Human Rights Concerns Ahead of Elections</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 7, 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"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-20 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/thailand_map_web_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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/07/thailand-hold-army-accountable-2010-violence">Thailand: Hold Army Accountable for 2010 Violence</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 7, 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 Thai government should revoke a decision to shield military personnel from criminal prosecution for the 2010 political bloodshed, Human Rights Watch said today. A general amnesty proposed by the ruling party that would include those responsible for serious human rights abuses should be rejected.</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/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013-Moscow_Protest.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/06/putin-president-one-year">Putin as President, One Year On</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 6, 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">One year ago today, Vladimir Putin was sworn in for the third time as Russia’s president. He placed his hand on a copy of Russia’s constitution, saying, “I swear to protect and guarantee the rights and freedoms of our citizens.” But Putin has not lived up to that oath as the Russian government has unleashed a crackdown on rights that is unprecedented in the country’s post-Soviet history.</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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/06/azerbaijan-stop-forced-evictions-illegal-demolitions">Azerbaijan: Stop Forced Evictions, Illegal Demolitions</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 6, 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 Azerbaijani authorities should immediately stop its campaign of forced evictions and demolitions in the capital, Baku, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should also guarantee fair compensation to homeowners and residents, including those already evicted.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-23 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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/05/somalia-london-meeting-should-emphasize-rights">Somalia: London Meeting Should Emphasize Rights</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 5, 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 donors meeting in London to discuss the new Somali government’s reform agenda should make accountability and women’s rights a priority, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper sent to conference participants. On May 7, 2013, over 50 countries will convene to discuss the government’s strategic plans for justice, police, and army reform, prevention of sexual violence, and financial management.</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/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/Haweeja2.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/04/iraq-parliament-report-alleges-officials-ordered-raid">Iraq: Parliament Report Alleges Officials Ordered Raid</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 4, 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 preliminary parliamentary committee report based in part on witness interviews and given to Human Rights Watch claims top Iraqi officials ordered a raid on a demonstrators’ camp on April 23, 2013, in Haweeja.</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/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/Mwafaq%20Mahadin.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/04/jordan-end-free-speech-prosecution">Jordan: End Free Speech Prosecution</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 4, 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">Jordanian criminal justice authorities should immediately drop their three-year prosecution of two intellectuals and withdraw all charges against them.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-26 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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/04/libya-reject-political-isolation-law">Libya: Reject ‘Political Isolation Law’</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 4, 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">ibya’s General National Congress (GNC) should vote down the latest draft of a new law to bar Gaddafi-era officials from holding public office. The proposed law’s provisions and procedures for exclusion are too sweeping and vague, Human Rights Watch said. Further, a recent amendment to the provisional constitution would prohibit judicial review of the law. A vote is expected in congress on May 5, 2013.</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/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_Bangladesh_Police.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/03/bangladesh-end-unlawful-violence-against-protesters">Bangladesh: End Unlawful Violence Against Protesters</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 3, 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">With new protests planned in the coming days, the Bangladeshi government should ensure that the security forces immediately end their practice of using excessive force against protesters. The government should appoint an independent commission to investigate the deaths of dozens of protesters, including children, since large-scale street protests began in February, and prosecute anyone responsible for unlawful killings and use of force.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-28 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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/03/south-sudan-stop-harassing-detaining-journalists">South Sudan: Stop Harassing, Detaining Journalists</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 3, 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">Security force harassment and unlawful detention of journalists is undermining freedom of expression in South Sudan, the Agency for Independent Media (AIM), Amnesty International, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and Human Rights Watch said today, on World Press Freedom Day.</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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/03/sudan-stepped-assault-media-freedom">Sudan: Stepped-Up Assault on Media Freedom</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 3, 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 should immediately stop censoring newspapers and end all forms of repression of media and journalists, on World Press Freedom Day.</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/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_global_pressfreedom.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/03/ethiopia-terrorism-law-decimates-media">Ethiopia: Terrorism Law Decimates Media</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 3, 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 Ethiopian government should mark World Press Freedom Day, on May 3, 2013, by immediately releasing all journalists jailed under the country’s deeply flawed anti-terrorism law. On May 2, 2013, the Supreme Court upheld an 18-year sentence under the anti-terrorism law for Eskinder Nega Fenta, a journalist and blogger who received the 2012 PEN Freedom to Write Award.</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/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_China_Tibet_TaiwanBlackedOut.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/03/china-end-arbitrary-detention-mental-health-institutions">China: End Arbitrary Detention in Mental Health Institutions</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 3, 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">As China’s first ever Mental Health Law came into force on May 1, 2013, Human Rights Watch said the law has major shortcomings including that it does not eliminate the country’s system of involuntary confinement.</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/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2011_US_DeathChamber.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/02/us-maryland-abolishes-death-penalty">US: Maryland Abolishes Death Penalty</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 2, 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">Maryland on May 2, 2013, became the sixth US state in six years to abolish the death penalty, continuing a trend to end this inherently cruel punishment in the United States. Maryland’s governor should commute the sentences of the five men who remain on the state’s death row.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-33 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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/02/colombia-ensure-effective-inquiry-attack-journalist">Colombia: Ensure Effective Inquiry Into Attack on Journalist</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 2, 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">Colombia should ensure that the investigation into the attack on a leading investigative journalist thoroughly examines possible motives related to his work and identifies all responsible parties, Human Rights Watch said today. On the evening of May 1, 2013, gunmen opened fire on the car driven by Ricardo Calderón, an editor at Semana magazine, Colombia’s main newsweekly, as it was stopped on a road between Ibagué and Bogotá. Five bullets penetrated the body of the vehicle, but Calderón escaped without injuries.</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/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_Lebanon_kidnappings.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/02/lebanon-tit-tat-border-kidnappings">Lebanon: Tit-for-Tat Border Kidnappings</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 2, 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 Lebanese government has failed to take adequate measures to protect against, deter, and punish retaliatory kidnappings along sectarian lines in border regions. Human Rights Watch interviewed both victims and family members who carried out retaliatory kidnappings, prompted by alleged detentions and kidnappings of their relatives by the Syrian government forces and armed opposition groups.</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/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013AFR_Nigeria_Baga.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/01/nigeria-massive-destruction-deaths-military-raid">Nigeria: Massive Destruction, Deaths From Military Raid</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 1, 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">Satellite images reveal massive destruction of civilian property from a military raid on April 16 and 17, 2013, in the northern Nigerian town of Baga, undermining the military’s claim that only 30 houses were destroyed. The Nigerian government should thoroughly and impartially investigate allegations that soldiers carried out widespread destruction and killing in the town.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-36 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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/01/malaysia-violence-cyber-attacks-threaten-elections">Malaysia: Violence, Cyber Attacks Threaten Elections</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 1, 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">Malaysia’s ruling party and opposition leaders should rein in their supporters to end intimidation and violence that threaten general elections slated for May 5, 2013.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-37 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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/01/argentina-investigate-police-action-hospital-protest">Argentina: Investigate Police Action at Hospital Protest</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 1, 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>Argentina should conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into allegations of excessive use of force by the City of Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police to disperse a demonstration at a public psychiatric hospital.</p></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/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/photo_website_BD_A.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/01/us-more-harm-good">US: More Harm Than Good</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 1, 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">Harsh public registration laws often punish youth sex offenders for life and do little to protect public safety, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. A web of federal and state laws apply to people under 18 who have committed any of a wide range of sex offenses, from the very serious, like rape, to the relatively innocuous, such as public nudity.</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/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013-Obama-Gitmo.jpeg" 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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/30/us-fulfill-promises-close-guantanamo">US: Fulfill Promises to Close Guantanamo</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 30, 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 move swiftly to fulfill newly repeated promises to end indefinite detention without trial at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-40 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193942im_/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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/30/yemen-court-orders-investigation-ex-president">Yemen: Court Orders Investigation of Ex-President</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 30, 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 Yemeni court order to investigate former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and 11 aides in connection with a March 2011 massacre of anti-government protesters is a step toward justice. On April 27, 2013, a trial court in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, ordered the probe of Saleh and other former ranking officials – including his nephews Yahya Saleh and Tareq Saleh.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-41 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_China_ChenKegui.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/30/china-activist-s-imprisoned-nephew-needs-effective-care">China: Activist’s Imprisoned Nephew Needs Effective Care</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 30, 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">Chinese central government and Shandong provincial authorities should immediately facilitate effective medical treatment for Chen Kegui, the imprisoned nephew of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, Human Rights Watch said today. Chen Kegui is receiving only antibiotics for appendicitis, which could lead to a life-threatening result. Failure to provide prisoners access to adequate medical care is cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment that may rise to the level of torture, and violates the right to health and the Standard Minimum Rules on the Treatment of Prisoners.</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/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2011MENA_Iran_Workers.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/30/iran-government-trampling-workers-rights">Iran: Government Trampling Workers’ Rights</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 30, 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 Iranian government is increasingly violating workers’ rights to peaceful assembly and association. 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-43 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_Canada_HighwayOfTears_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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/30/canada-safety-indigenous-women-under-un-scrutiny">Canada: Safety of Indigenous Women Under UN Scrutiny</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 30, 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 United Nations Human Rights Council adopted today the report on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Canada’s human rights record, which included a large set of questions, recommendations, and comments from countries across the world about violence against indigenous women and girls. The attention should spur Canada to take decisive action to address the hundreds of murders and disappearances of indigenous women and girls over the last four decades, Human Rights Watch said today.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-44 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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/30/iraq-cancel-revocations-tv-station-licenses">Iraq: Cancel Revocations of TV Station Licenses</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 30, 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">Iraq’s media commission should immediately reverse the license suspensions for ten satellite television stations and allow them to continue broadcasting. A senior official has admitted the suspension was not according to any law, nor could the commission produce any evidence of direct incitement to violence by any of the stations, leading to the conclusion that the suspension was arbitrary.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-45 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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/30/uaeuk-cameron-should-demand-torture-inquiry">UAE/UK: Cameron Should Demand Torture Inquiry</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 30, 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">Prime Minister David Cameron should demand a thorough and independent investigation by the UAE authorities into credible allegations of torture by three British nationals.</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/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_Russia_Kudepsta_bridge.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/30/russia-security-forces-shut-down-protest-sochi-olympic-site">Russia: Security Forces Shut Down Protest at Sochi Olympic Site</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 30, 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">Police and private security forces forcibly dispersed a group of residents protesting construction at a proposed power plant site in the Hosta district of Sochi on April 29. The security forces injured some protestors while aggressively dragging some of them off of a temporary bridge being built to enable machinery access the site.</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/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_Pakistan_Taliban%20election%20attacks.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/29/pakistan-ensure-election-security-taliban-attacks">Pakistan: Ensure Election Security from Taliban Attacks</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 29, 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">Pakistan’s interim government should take all necessary steps to ensure the safety of candidates and political party activists at risk of attack from the Taliban and other militant groups.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-48 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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/29/south-africa-secrecy-bill-improved-still-flawed">South Africa: ‘Secrecy Bill’ Improved But Still Flawed</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 29, 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">South Africa’s “secrecy bill,” adopted by the National Assembly on April 25, 2013, lacks essential protections for whistleblowers.</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/20130513193942im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/OLE_HRW_02.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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/26/syria-new-air-missile-strikes-kill-civilians">Syria: New Air, Missile Strikes Kill Civilians</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 26, 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">New Syrian government air and missile strikes are causing high civilian casualties in opposition-controlled areas of Aleppo in violation of the laws of war. A Human Rights Watch team in northern Aleppo province has investigated recent attacks that killed scores of civilians and destroyed dozens of civilian homes without damaging any apparent opposition military targets.</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"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/26/uae-cameron-should-press-rulers-torture">UAE: Cameron Should Press Rulers on Torture</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">April 26, 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">British Prime Minister David Cameron should challenge the deteriorating human rights record of the United Arab Emirates during a state visit by the country’s president to Britain next week, a coalition of seven international human rights organizations said today. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan will begin a rare state visit to the United Kingdom on 29 April, but the high-profile trip comes at a time when abuses in the Gulf state are escalating, according to rights groups.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item-list"><ul class="pager"><li class="drpager first"><input type="text" class="drpager-page" name="{"url":"\/news\/list\/40?page=drpagerpage","total":8}" title="Set page number to go to then press enter" value="1"/> <span>of <em>8</em></span></li> <li class="pager-next"><a href="/web/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/list/40?page=1" title="Go to next page" class="active">next ›</a></li> <li class="pager-last last"><a href="/web/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news/list/40?page=7" title="Go to last page" class="active">last »</a></li> </ul></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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193942/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193942/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-3"> <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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513193942/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130513193942/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/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513193942/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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