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href="/web/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/10/17/belarus-human-rights-watch-submission-united-nations-committee-against-torture">Belarus: Human Rights Watch Submission to the United Nations Committee against Torture</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 17, 2011</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”) in advance of its upcoming review of Belarus, outlines Human Rights Watch’s concerns and recommendations regarding the conditions for and treatment of political prisoners in Belarus, held in connection with the December 2010 post-election unrest.</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/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/10/17/greece-human-rights-watch-submission-united-nations-committee-against-torture">Greece: Human Rights Watch Submission to the United Nations Committee against Torture</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 17, 2011</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-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/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/10/17/germany-human-rights-watch-submission-united-nations-committee-against-torture">Germany: Human Rights Watch Submission to the United Nations Committee against Torture</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 17, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">We write in advance of the Committee against Torture’s upcoming review of Germany.</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/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/10/04/unesco-obiang-prize-suspended-again">UNESCO: Obiang Prize Suspended Again</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 4, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>The decision by UNESCO’s executive board on October 4, 2011, to defer any action on a highly controversial life sciences prize named after and funded by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea blocked a move to reinstate the prize immediately, but the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) should eliminate the prize permanently.</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/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/10/03/cambodia-judges-investigating-khmer-rouge-crimes-should-resign">Cambodia: Judges Investigating Khmer Rouge Crimes Should Resign</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 3, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>The two investigating judges at the hybrid Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), created to try Khmer Rouge mass crimes and to bring justice to the Cambodian people, have egregiously violated their legal and judicial duties and should resign.</p></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/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/10/01/un-human-rights-council-yemen-resolution-falls-far-short">UN Human Rights Council: Yemen Resolution Falls Far Short</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 1, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The United Nations Human Rights Council’s weak response to the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in Yemen betrays the Yemeni people. The Council, whose current session ended on September 30, 2011, adopted a resolution on Yemen that fails to push for either an international investigation into recent abuses or an ongoing human rights monitoring presence in the country.</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/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/09/29/can-women-count-uk">Can Women Count on the UK?</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Sep 29, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Prime Minister David Cameron, talking about the Arab spring in his address to the UN General Assembly, pointed out the link between strong economies and democracies, on the one hand, and women’s active participation, on the other. But can we count on the UK to push for women's rights?</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/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/09/28/statement-un-human-rights-council-somalia">Statement to the UN Human Rights Council on Somalia</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Sep 28, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>The new report by the Independent Expert on Somalia highlights the need for the Human Rights Council to encourage UN member states and key human rights entities such as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to step up its engagement on human rights in Somalia. </p></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/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/09/28/statement-un-human-rights-council-cambodia">Statement to the UN Human Rights Council on Cambodia</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Sep 28, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Human Rights Watch would like to welcome the report of the Special Rapporteur on Cambodia. We share many of the Special Rapporteur’s concerns, particularly on the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly. Prime Minister Hun Sen's government has used arbitrary arrests, grossly unfair trials, and the threat of abusive new laws to undermine the basic rights of dissidents, workers and farmers engaged in peaceful protest, human rights advocates, and opposition party members. </p></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/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/09/26/unesco-stop-discredited-prize">UNESCO: Stop Discredited Prize</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Sep 26, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>UNESCO should reject a new bid to honor Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the president of Equatorial Guinea and now Africa's longest serving ruler, with a prize in his name. The prize was suspended last year after an outcry from concerned Equatoguineans, human rights groups, anti-corruption campaigners, and prominent literary, scientific, and cultural figures.</p></div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/680">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/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111019172602/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/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20111019172602/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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