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href="/web/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/21/ecuador-blow-free-speech">Ecuador: A Blow to Free Speech</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jul 21, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The conviction of President Rafael Correa’s critics for criminal defamation violates Ecuador’s international human rights obligations and should be overturned on appeal. Ecuador should abolish the defamation provisions in its criminal code.</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/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/19/landmines-libya-technical-briefing-note">Landmines in Libya: Technical Briefing Note</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jul 19, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">This briefing note looks at the threat posed to civilians, including deminers, from landmines used in the current conflict between forces of Muammar Gaddafi and opposition rebels.</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/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/14/venezuela-opposition-leader-convicted-criticizing-government">Venezuela: Opposition Leader Convicted for Criticizing Government</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jul 14, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The conviction of Oswaldo Álvarez Paz for disseminating “false information” – on the basis of his criticism of the Chávez government – is a move against free speech in Venezuela. Venezuela should revoke its law that criminalizes disseminating “false information”.</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/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/08/colombia-investigate-spate-killings-armed-groups">Colombia: Investigate Spate of Killings by Armed Groups</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jul 8, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The massacre of seven people in southern Colombia, allegedly by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC) guerrillas, underscores the ruthless tactics employed by the country’s armed groups. The Colombian government should ensure prompt and thorough investigations of these killings, on July 2, 2011, as well as recent killings of members of indigenous communities in northern Colombia, allegedly by successor groups to paramilitaries.</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/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/08/libya-government-lays-more-mines-western-mountains">Libya: Government Lays More Mines in Western Mountains</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jul 8, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Libyan government forces have placed at least three minefields containing antipersonnel and antivehicle landmines outside the village of al-Qawalish in the western Nafusa Mountains.</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/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/06/mexico-ruling-affirms-obligation-military-justice-reform">Mexico: Ruling Affirms Obligation for Military Justice Reform</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jul 6, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">A ruling on July 6, 2011, by Mexico’s Supreme Court should bring reform of Mexico’s flawed military justice system and accountability for soldiers accused of human rights violations closer. The court ruled that Mexico’s courts are obligated to comply with an Inter-American Court judgment in an enforced disappearance case and that its jurisprudence should be taken into account by Mexico’s judges.</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/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/06/22/cuba-letter-us-house-appropriations-committee">Cuba: Letter to US House Appropriations Committee</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 22, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch would like to reiterate its support for OFAC travel regulations that allow for “purposeful travel” to Cuba by academic, religious, and cultural groups, as well as for regulations that allow Cuban Americans to travel freely to Cuba and send remittances to their families on the island.</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/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/06/21/libya-government-using-landmines-nafusa-mountains">Libya: Government Using Landmines in Nafusa Mountains</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 21, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Libyan government forces placed more than 150 antipersonnel landmines in at least one location in the Nafusa Mountains.</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/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/06/16/peru-no-special-treatment-fujimori">Peru: No Special Treatment for Fujimori</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 16, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Arbitrarily releasing former President Alberto Fujimori from serving his full prison sentence for human rights crimes would be incompatible with Peru’s obligations under international law. Fujimori recently received medical treatment, and there have been some calls for a “humanitarian pardon.”</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/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/06/10/un-security-council-demand-end-syria-crackdown">UN Security Council: Demand End to Syria Crackdown</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 10, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">United Nations Security Council members should support a resolution demanding an immediate end to the Syrian government's brutal crackdown against largely peaceful demonstrators, Human Rights Watch said today.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/8">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/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110805144416/http://www.kintera.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.4542089/">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <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/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20110805144416/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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