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She had migrated from Sri Lanka only weeks earlier to be a domestic worker for a Saudi family.</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/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/04/us-human-rights-watch-submission-un-human-rights-committee">US: Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 4, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch submitted this statement to inform the Human Rights Committee’s understanding of the US government’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).</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/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/02/thailand-don-t-deport-rohingya-boat-people">Thailand: Don’t Deport Rohingya ‘Boat People’</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 2, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>The Thai government should immediately halt its plan to deport 73 ethnic Rohingya back to Burma.</p></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/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/30/xenophobic-violence-greece">Xenophobic Violence in Greece</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 30, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Greece has become anything but hospitable to migrants and asylum seekers over the years, as anti-immigrant sentiment and xenophobic violence spread.</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/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/01/victory-against-modern-day-slavery">A victory against modern day slavery</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 1, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Growing activism against modern-day slavery has highlighted the abuse and exploitation suffered by millions of men, women, and children around the world. Donor funding has flowed to create shelters and services for victims while a proliferation of anti-trafficking legislation has focused on arresting and prosecuting traffickers.</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/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/24/australia-end-offshore-transfer-migrant-children">Australia: End Offshore Transfer of Migrant Children</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 24, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Australian government should immediately stop transfers of migrant children - including unaccompanied migrant children and child asylum seekers - to offshore processing sites in Manus Island of Papua New Guinea, and Nauru.</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/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/19/malta-mandate-reform">Malta: A mandate for reform</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 19, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Malta should be proud of its recent ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a crucial tool for protecting the rights of more than one billion people with disabilities worldwide. As the Government begins to integrate the convention into its laws and policies, it should understand that the protections apply to the thousands of migrants and asylum seekers who linger in immigration detention in Malta each year.</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/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/16/uae-make-good-human-rights-commitments">UAE: Make Good on Human Rights Commitments</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 16, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The United Arab Emirates should swiftly end the arbitrary detention and harassment of its critics in line with its obligations as a recently elected member of the United Nations Human Rights Council.</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/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/13/greece-strengthen-proposal-hate-crime-units">Greece: Strengthen Proposal for Hate Crime Units</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 13, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">New police units to address racist violence need a strong mandate, proper staff, and clear guidelines, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the Greek minister for public order and citizen protection, Nikos Dendias.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/675">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/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116211239/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116211239/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8370149/k.2592/Donate__Help_Defend_Human_Rights/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=n">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/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116211239/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130116211239/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/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130116211239/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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