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On the ground, and at the highest levels of power, we ensure women's voices are heard. Join us in our global campaign for women's rights.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content-links"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132948/http://www.hrw.org/node/95629">Explore two decades of women's rights history. </a></div> </div></li></ul></div></div></div> </div> <div class="panel-middle clear-block"><h2 class="title">In the News</h2><div class="view view-cities-list-content"><div class="view-content view-content-cities-list-content"><div class="item-list"><ul class=" clear-block"><li class="first"><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-related-images"><div class="field-item"><div class="view view-asset-image-crop-200x133N"><div class="view-content view-content-asset-image-crop-200x133N"><div class="clear-block assets"><div class="asset first"><div class="view-field field-imagefile"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132948im_/http://www.hrw.org/en/sites/default/files/imagecache/crop-200x133N/media/images/photographs/KenRoth.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-crop-200x133N"/></div></div> </div></div></div> </div></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title">Ken Roth at Stanford University</div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content"></div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content-links"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132948/http://humanrights.stanford.edu/">Watch Video Coverage of Ken Roth's Talk at Stanford University </a></div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content-notes"><p>Human Rights Watch Executive Director, Ken Roth, spoke on President Obama's human rights record at the Stanford University Program on Human Rights at the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law on April 13, 2011.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">May 11, 2011</div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-related-images"><div class="field-item"><div class="view view-asset-image-crop-200x133N"><div class="view-content view-content-asset-image-crop-200x133N"><div class="clear-block assets"><div class="asset first"><div class="view-field field-imagefile"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132948im_/http://www.hrw.org/en/sites/default/files/imagecache/crop-200x133N/media/images/photographs/Attacks_in_E_Congo.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-crop-200x133N"/></div></div> </div></div></div> </div></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title">DR Congo: Strengthen Plan for War Crimes Trials</div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content"></div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content-links"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132948/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/04/15/dr-congo-strengthen-plan-war-crimes-trials">Joint Conference Proposes Revisions to Proposed Legislation for a Specialized Mixed Court</a></div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content-notes"><p>You may have seen the Pulitzer prize winning play by Lynn Nottage, Ruined, at Berkeley Repertory Theatre - now read how Human Rights Watch is working with the Congolese Coalition for Transitional Justice to hold perpetrators of serious human rights abuses to account and end a culture of impunity in Congo.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">April 11, 2011</div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-related-images"><div class="field-item"><div class="view view-asset-image-crop-200x133N"><div class="view-content view-content-asset-image-crop-200x133N"><div class="clear-block assets"><div class="asset first"><div class="view-field field-imagefile"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132948im_/http://www.hrw.org/en/sites/default/files/imagecache/crop-200x133N/media/images/photographs/2007_US_Prison.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-crop-200x133N"/></div></div> </div></div></div> </div></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title">Op-Ed: Fixing the Mistake with Young Offenders</div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content"></div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content-links"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132948/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/04/opinion/04mon3.html?_r=2&src=twrhp">Read More</a></div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content-notes"><p>There is new evidence that state governments are finally understanding what a tragic mistake they made during the 1990s when they began trying ever larger numbers of children as adults instead of sending them to the juvenile justice system.</p> <p>Support an end to Juvenile Life Without Parole in California by visiting: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132948/http://www.fairsentencingforyouth.org/" title="http://www.fairsentencingforyouth.org/">http://www.fairsentencingforyouth.org/</a>.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">April 11, 2011</div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-related-images"><div class="field-item"><div class="view view-asset-image-crop-200x133N"><div class="view-content view-content-asset-image-crop-200x133N"><div class="clear-block assets"><div class="asset first"><div class="view-field field-imagefile"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132948im_/http://www.hrw.org/en/sites/default/files/imagecache/crop-200x133N/media/images/photographs/2009_US_SaraKruzan.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-crop-200x133N"/></div></div> </div></div></div> </div></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title">Juvenile Life Without Parole: The Fight Continues </div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content"></div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content-links"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132948/http://www.fairsentencingforyouth.org/">Join the Fair Sentencing for Youth Coalition</a></div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content-notes"><p>Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger commuted Sara Kruzan's sentence of life without parole (LWOP) to 25-to-life. Sara was 16 years old when she shot the man who started sexually abusing her when she was 11 and pushed her into prostitution at age 13. For killing him, she was sentenced to LWOP plus four years. She is now in her 30s. Senator Leland Yee has introduced Senate Bill 9 (SB9) that if passed, would permit review of all juvenile life without parole cases in California.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">January 11, 2011</div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-related-images"><div class="field-item"><div class="view view-asset-image-crop-200x133N"><div class="view-content view-content-asset-image-crop-200x133N"><div class="clear-block assets"><div class="asset first"><div class="view-field field-imagefile"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132948im_/http://www.hrw.org/en/sites/default/files/imagecache/crop-200x133N/media/images/photographs/2009_USA_Deportation2.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-crop-200x133N"/></div></div> </div></div></div> </div></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title">Disability and Deportation in the US</div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content"><a href="/web/20110706132948/http://www.hrw.org/en/audio/2010/07/23/deportation-and-disability-us">Deportation and Disability in the US</a></div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content-links"></div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content-notes"><p>Immigration is one of the hottest topics in the US these days - the source of controversy and politically heated argument. The HRW US Program released a report last week on deportation of people who are unable to represent themselves in the deportation process due to their disability.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">August 10, 2010</div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-related-images"><div class="field-item"><div class="view view-asset-image-crop-200x133N"><div class="view-content view-content-asset-image-crop-200x133N"><div class="clear-block assets"><div class="asset first"><div class="view-field field-imagefile"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132948im_/http://www.hrw.org/en/sites/default/files/imagecache/crop-200x133N/media/images/photographs/2009_USA_FarmOrange.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-crop-200x133N"/></div></div> </div></div></div> </div></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title">End Child Labor in US Agriculture</div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content"><a href="/web/20110706132948/http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2010/05/05/fields-peril-0">Fields of Peril</a></div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content-links"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132948/http://www.kintera.org/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.4567395/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx">TAKE ACTION</a></div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content-notes"><p>The United States is failing to protect hundreds of thousands of children engaged in often grueling and dangerous farmwork. Current federal law permits children under age 18 to work for hire in agriculture at far younger ages, for far longer hours, and in far more hazardous conditions than in any other industry. Take a moment to watch this brief video clip on child labor in US agriculture and find out how you can take action to stop these abuses!</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">August 10, 2010</div> </div></li><li class="last"><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-related-images"><div class="field-item"><div class="view view-asset-image-crop-200x133N"><div class="view-content view-content-asset-image-crop-200x133N"><div class="clear-block assets"><div class="asset first"><div class="view-field field-imagefile"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132948im_/http://www.hrw.org/en/sites/default/files/imagecache/crop-200x133N/media/images/photographs/2005_USA_LWOP.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-crop-200x133N"/></div></div> </div></div></div> </div></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title">Stay Informed: California Youth Still Need to Receive Fair Sentences</div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content"><a href="/web/20110706132948/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/17/california-pass-law-review-youth-sentences">California: Pass Law to Review Youth Sentences</a></div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content-links"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132948/http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-sentencing-20100901,0,6664100.story">READ MORE</a></div> <div class="view-field field-cities-content-notes"><p>In California, youth under the age of 18 are sentenced to spend the rest of their lives in prison. The Fair Sentencing for Youth Act (Senate Bill 399) would have reviewed these cases and required young people to work towards rehabilitation. 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