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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xml:base="http://www.hrw.org" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> <channel> <title>Europe/Central Asia</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/rss/taxonomy/10</link> <description>Feeds > By taxonomy term</description> <language>en</language> <item> <title>Belarus: Cease Violence Against Peaceful Protesters</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/07/05/belarus-cease-violence-against-peaceful-protesters</link> <description>(Moscow) - Belarusian authorities should respect the right to freedom of assembly and stop arresting peaceful protesters, Human Rights Watch said today. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/07/05/belarus-cease-violence-against-peaceful-protesters">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/press-release">Press release</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europecentral-asia/belarus">Belarus</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/free-expression">Free Expression</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/freedom-assembly">freedom of assembly</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/human-rights-defenders">Human Rights Defenders</category> <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:47:58 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">100245 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>Uzbekistan: Attempt to Silence Criticism Backfires</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/07/01/uzbekistan-attempt-silence-criticism-backfires</link> <description>(Paris) - The decision by a French court on July 1, 2011, to dismiss a defamation suit brought by the daughter of Uzbekistan's president against an online French news agency highlighted Uzbekistan's repressive approach to criticism, Human Rights Watch said today. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/07/01/uzbekistan-attempt-silence-criticism-backfires">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/press-release">Press release</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/human-rights-defenders">Human Rights Defenders</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europecentral-asia/uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</category> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:09:09 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">100213 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>Greece: Olympic Host Failing on Disabilities</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/27/greece-olympic-host-failing-disabilities</link> <description>(London) - Greece should take action to improve the rights of people with disabilities, Human Rights Watch said today. Greece is the host of the Special Olympics summer games, the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, being held from June 25 through July 4, 2011. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/27/greece-olympic-host-failing-disabilities">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/press-release">Press release</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/center">center</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/european-disability-forum">European Disability Forum</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europecentral-asia/greece">Greece</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/health">Health</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/letter">letter</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/topic/health/mental-health">Mental Health</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/special-olympics">special olympics</category> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:41:26 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">100127 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>EU: Summit Misses Opportunity on Migration </title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/24/eu-summit-misses-opportunity-migration</link> <description>(Brussels) - The European Council summit that concluded on June 24, 2011, made no significant progress in addressing serious deficiencies in EU asylum and migration policies, Human Rights Watch said today. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/24/eu-summit-misses-opportunity-migration">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/press-release">Press release</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/tag/european-union-foreign-policy">European Union Foreign Policy</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europecentral-asia/greece">Greece</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/tag/human-rights-european-union">Human Rights in the European Union</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europecentral-asia/italy">Italy</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/topic/migrants">Migrants</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/topic/migrants/refugees">Refugees</category> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:11:44 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">100075 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>Libya's Forgotten Civilians</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/23/libyas-forgotten-civilians</link> <description>John Osas, 32, was nervous after boarding a frail fishing ship with his family and hundreds of other sub-Saharan Africans fleeing the war in Libya. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/23/libyas-forgotten-civilians">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/refugees/asylum-seekers">Asylum Seekers</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/commentary">Commentary</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/middle-eastn-africa/libya">Libya</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/libya-refugees">Libya Refugees</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/tags/middle-east-uprising">Middle East Uprising</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. Africa</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/nato">NATO</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/refugees">Refugees</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/middle-eastn-africa/tunisia">Tunisia</category> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:40:55 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Samer Muscati and Sidney Kwiram</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">100051 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>Hungary: Reforms Needed to New Constitution</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/23/hungary-reforms-needed-new-constitution</link> <description>(New York) - Hungary should address the human rights concerns linked to its new constitution that the Venice Commission raised in its June 20, 2011 report, Human Rights Watch said today. In addition, Hungary should guarantee that people with disabilities will retain the right to vote under the new constitution, Human Rights Watch said. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/23/hungary-reforms-needed-new-constitution">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/press-release">Press release</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/constitution">constitution</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/disability-rights">Disability Rights</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/tag/human-rights-european-union">Human Rights in the European Union</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/hungary">Hungary</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europecentral-asia/hungary">Hungary</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/women%E2%80%99s-rights/reproductive-choices-and-sexual-autonomy">Reproductive Choices and Sexual Autonomy</category> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:35:07 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">100011 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>Uzbekistan: Free Ailing Rights Defender</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/22/uzbekistan-free-ailing-rights-defender</link> <description>(New York) - Uzbek authorities should immediately release Norboi Kholjigitov, a wrongfully imprisoned human rights defender who is critically ill with diabetes, Human Rights Watch said today. European Union officials who are in Tashkent on June 23 and 24, 2011, for human rights talks with the Uzbek government should make Kholjigitov's plight a key component of these discussions. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/22/uzbekistan-free-ailing-rights-defender">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/press-release">Press release</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europecentral-asia/uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</category> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:05:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">99984 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>Kyrgyzstan: Don鈥檛 Stifle Dissent</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/21/kyrgyzstan-don-t-stifle-dissent</link> <description>(New York) - Two resolutions recently adopted by the Kyrgyz parliament could undermine freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan, Human Rights Watch said today. In a <a href="http://www.hrw.org/node/99944">letter to parliamentary leaders</a> on June 21, 2011, Human Rights Watch urged them to rescind the resolutions. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/21/kyrgyzstan-don-t-stifle-dissent">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/press-release">Press release</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europecentral-asia/kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</category> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:25:48 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">99968 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>Kyrgyzstan: Letter to the Kyrgyz Parliament regarding Recent Resolutions</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/21/kyrgyzstan-letter-kyrgyz-parliament-regarding-recent-resolutions</link> <description>Mr. Akhmatbek Keldibekovich Keldibekov Speaker, Parliament of Kyrgyzstan Zhogorku Kenesh Pr. Chui 205 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 聽 Dear Mr. Speaker, <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/21/kyrgyzstan-letter-kyrgyz-parliament-regarding-recent-resolutions">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europecentral-asia/kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/letter">Letter</category> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:11:16 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">99944 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> <item> <title>Turkey: Make Rights Reform a Priority</title> <link>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/20/turkey-make-rights-reform-priority</link> <description>(Istanbul) - The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government should put human rights reforms, starting with a new constitution, at the top of its agenda for its third term, Human Rights Watch said today in a <a href="http://www.hrw.org/node/99913">letter </a>to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo臒an. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/20/turkey-make-rights-reform-priority">read more</a></description> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/press-release">Press release</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/akp">AKP</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/labor/freedom-association">Freedom of Association</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/press-freedom">Press Freedom</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/europecentral-asia/turkey">Turkey</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/keywords/turkey">Turkey</category> <category domain="http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/women">Women&#039;s Rights</category> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:45:05 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Human Rights Watch</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">99910 at http://www.hrw.org</guid> </item> </channel> </rss>