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The government should ensure that the announced independent commission of inquiry investigates any excessive use of force by the riot police during the protests.</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/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/29/egypt-new-constitution-mixed-support-rights">Egypt: New Constitution Mixed on Support of Rights</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 30, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The final draft of a constitution approved on November 29, 2012, by Egypt’s 100-member constituent assembly protects some rights but undermines others.</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/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/30/jordan-end-protester-trials-state-security-courts">Jordan: End Protester Trials in State Security Courts</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 30, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Jordanian authorities should stop using state security courts to try civilians, including for participating in peaceful protests. Protests have intensified following an announcement by the government on November 14, 2012, that it would end fuel subsidies.</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/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/29/palestine-newest-observer-state-should-act-rights-treaties">Palestine: Newest ‘Observer State’ Should Act on Rights Treaties</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 29, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Palestinian leaders should pursue ratification of core international human rights treaties and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Governments that have pressed Palestine to forgo membership in the ICC, including the United Kingdom, or have said that they will impose sanctions on Palestine if it seeks ICC membership, namely Israel, should end such pressure and support universal ratification of the ICC treaty.</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/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/29/syria-opposition-using-children-conflict">Syria: Opposition Using Children in Conflict</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 29, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Armed opposition groups fighting in Syria are using children for combat and other military purposes, Human Rights Watch said today. Children as young as 14 have served in at least three opposition brigades, transporting weapons and supplies and acting as lookouts, Human Rights Watch found, and children as young as 16 have carried arms and taken combat roles against government forces. Opposition commanders should make public commitments to end this practice, and to prohibit the use of anyone under 18 for military purposes – even if they volunteer.</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/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/28/uae-no-model-progress">UAE No Model of Progress</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 28, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Ever since the European Parliament adopted its first resolution on the United Arab Emirates in late October, expressing profound concerns about its human rights record, the UAE has gone to great lengths to contest its accuracy.</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/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/28/uae-cybercrimes-decree-attacks-free-speech">UAE: Cybercrimes Decree Attacks Free Speech</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 28, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">A new federal decree on cybercrimes in the United Arab Emirates effectively closes off the country’s only remaining forum for free speech. The decree poses a serious threat to the liberty of peaceful activists and ordinary citizens alike.</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/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/27/state-kuwait">The State of Kuwait</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 27, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">On November 5, Kuwait’s emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al Sabah, confirmed that he would go ahead with the changes he made in the Kuwait’s electoral law this past October 19, explaining that the measures will “protect national unity.” This amendment to the electoral law ahead of the December 1 parliamentary elections is likely to escalate the political crisis in Kuwait, as opposition groups have, in response, threatened to boycott the elections. The resulting political instability is threatening to strip the country of its history of strong political participation.</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/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/27/south-africa-can-contribute-ending-bloodshed-syria">South Africa can contribute to ending bloodshed in Syria</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 27, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>To limit the violations by both sides and ensure justice for victims, South Africa and other key members of the international community should support the referral of Syria to the International Criminal Court.</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/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/27/syria-evidence-shows-cluster-bombs-killed-children-0">Syria: Evidence Shows Cluster Bombs Killed Children</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 27, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Compelling evidence has emerged that an airstrike using cluster bombs on the town of Deir al-`Assafeer near Damascus killed at least 11 children and wounded others on November 25, 2012</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/11">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/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121203223437/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121203223437/http://hrw.kintera.org/give?msource=nav">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/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121203223437/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20121203223437/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/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121203223437/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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