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Kuwaiti authorities should respect the rights of Bidun to peaceful assembly.</p></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/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/04/25/human-rights-watchs-updated-submission-committee-rights-child-greece">Human Rights Watch's Updated Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Greece</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 25, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">We write in advance of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (“the Committee”) upcoming periodic review of Greece, to highlight areas of concern we hope will inform your consideration of the Greek government’s (“the government”) compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (“the Convention”).</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/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/04/25/updated-human-rights-watch-submission-united-nations-committee-against-torture-greec">Updated Human Rights Watch Submission to the United Nations Committee against Torture on Greece</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 25, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">This memorandum, submitted to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (“the Committee”) ahead of its upcoming review of Greece, highlights areas of concern Human Rights Watch hopes will inform the Committee’s consideration of the Greek government’s (“the government”) compliance with the International Convention against Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ("the Convention").</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/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/04/25/beyond-breivik-hate-europe-rise">Beyond Breivik, Hate in Europe is on the Rise</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 25, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">With the eyes of the world on the Oslo district court, there are stark contrasts on display. The twisted and hate-filled logic of Anders Breivik contrasts with the calm, dignified and above all fair criminal process against him.</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/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/04/12/indonesia-parliament-approves-migrant-workers-convention">Indonesia: Parliament Approves Migrant Workers Convention</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 12, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Indonesia’s ratification of the Migrant Workers Convention will bring new protections for millions of Indonesian migrant workers, Migrant Care and Human Rights Watch said today. The Indonesian parliament adopted the international treaty on April 12, 2012, without reservations in a plenary session.</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/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/04/10/joint-letter-regarding-libya-resolution-amendments-vote-19th-session-human-rights-co">Joint Letter Regarding the Libya Resolution Amendments Vote at the 19th Session of the Human Rights Council</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 10, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>The undersgned non-governmental organizations want to express their dismay regarding the results of the vote that toook place during the adoption of the resolution on "Assistance to Libya in the field of Human Rights" (A/HRW/19/L39/Rev.1), at the 19th session of the Human Rights Council on 23rd March 2012.</p></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/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/04/02/netherlands-joint-ngo-letter-minister-leers">Netherlands: Joint NGO Letter to Minister Leers</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 2, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">We, the undersigned 5 human rights organizations, are writing to urge you not to return Abu Kurke Kebato, a 23-year-old Ethiopian, and his 21-year-old wife Seena Tafse Mohammed, also an Ethiopian national, to Italy. We understand that both were detained on March 29, 2012 pending deportation to Italy on April 5, 2012.</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/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/03/30/bill-fight-human-smuggling-only-punishes-victims">Bill to fight human smuggling only punishes victims</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 30, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Parliament is currently debating legislation that would require one-year, mandatory detention for certain migrants arriving in Canada, including 16- and 17-year-old children. Ostensibly intended to prevent human smuggling, this bill in fact punishes victims of human smuggling, including those desperately fleeing persecution and violence.</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/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/03/26/joint-ngo-letter-italian-minister-defense-regarding-investigations-boat-incident-mar">Joint NGO Letter to Italian Minister of Defense Regarding Investigations into Boat Incident from March-April 2011</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 26, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">We are writing to inquire further about internal investigations into the fatal boat episode of March-April 2011, in which a disabled boat filled with migrants fleeing Libya drifted for two weeks in the Mediterranean before landing back in Libya on April 10, 2011. Sixty-three out of the 72 people on board died.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/677">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/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120509180502/https://www.kintera.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.7885413/k.8B47/Donate_Now_v5/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=nav">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/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20120509180502/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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