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class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513190934im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_SouthSudan_earlymarriage_thumb.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513190934/http://www.hrw.org/video/2013/03/06/child-marriage-south-sudan">Child Marriage: South Sudan</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">March 6, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-type"> <span class="field-content"><div class="tic-node-type-icon tic-node-type-icon-video"></div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-collection-type-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-collection-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The government of South Sudan should increase efforts to protect girls from child marriage. The country's widespread child marriage exacerbates South Sudan's pronounced gender gaps in school enrollment, contributes to soaring maternal mortality rates, and violates the right of girls to be free from violence, and to marry only when they are able and willing to give their free consent.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-audio-subtitle-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The government of South Sudan should increase efforts to protect girls from child marriage.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513190934im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/Cameroon_still.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513190934/http://www.hrw.org/video/2013/02/14/cameroon-stop-threats-lawyers">Cameroon: Stop Threats to Lawyers</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">February 14, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-type"> <span class="field-content"><div class="tic-node-type-icon tic-node-type-icon-video"></div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-collection-type-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-collection-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The government of Cameroon should immediately take action against a series of death threats made over the last four months to two lawyers who represent clients accused of homosexual conduct. Alice Nkom and Michel Togué, Cameroonian human rights lawyers, began receiving death threats in October 2012, in the form of emails and text messages, assailing the lawyers for their work defending clients charged with homosexuality. Nkom and Togué are among the only lawyers courageous enough to take up these cases in a country where homophobia is pervasive.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-audio-subtitle-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513190934im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2011_yemen_fridayofdignity_0.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513190934/http://www.hrw.org/video/2013/02/12/yemen-unpunished-massacre">Yemen: Unpunished Massacre</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">February 12, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-type"> <span class="field-content"><div class="tic-node-type-icon tic-node-type-icon-video"></div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-collection-type-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-collection-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Friday of Dignity massacre, in which gunmen in civilian clothing opened fire with military assault rifles on a largely peaceful protest rally, was the single deadliest attack on demonstrators of Yemen's 2011 uprising. The attack killed at least 45 protesters, three of them juveniles, and wounded up to 200 others. It marked a turning point in the movement against President Saleh, prompting the defection of dozens of government officials and diplomats, and assumed symbolic importance within the protest movement because of the brazen character of the shootings and the high death toll. Investigators never questioned top officials in the criminal investigation by Yemen's previous government into the shooting of demonstrators during the attack, which took place on March 18, 2011.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-audio-subtitle-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513190934im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_Russia_sochi.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513190934/http://www.hrw.org/video/2013/02/08/people-power-2014-sochi-olympics">People & Power: The 2014 Sochi Olympics</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">February 8, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-type"> <span class="field-content"><div class="tic-node-type-icon tic-node-type-icon-video"></div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-collection-type-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-collection-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">In February and March 2014, Russia will host the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in the city of Sochi. With the awarding of the Olympics, Sochi has undergone a transformation that will turn it into what Russian officials describe as a "premier winter sports destination," with gleaming new Olympic venues being built both in Sochi and the nearby Caucasus Mountains. But this transformation has also come at a cost to many Sochi residents and many of the migrant workers who have arrived in Russia to help build the new Sochi. In undertaking to host the Olympic Games, Russia committed to uphold the Olympic Charter's principles of "human dignity." Russian authorities should not allow the Olympic preparations to become a source of repression.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-audio-subtitle-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513190934im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013AFR_Chad_Habre_thumb.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513190934/http://www.hrw.org/video/2013/02/08/facing-justice-0">Facing Justice</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">February 8, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-type"> <span class="field-content"><div class="tic-node-type-icon tic-node-type-icon-video"></div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-collection-type-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-collection-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The inauguration of a special court in Senegal marks a turning point in the long campaign to bring to justice the former dictator of Chad Hissène Habré. Habré is accused of thousands of political killings and systematic torture during his presidency, from 1982 to 1990. He has been living in exile in Senegal for more than 22 years.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-audio-subtitle-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513190934im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_India_childsexabuse_0.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513190934/http://www.hrw.org/video/2013/02/07/india-sexual-abuse-children">India: Sexual Abuse of Children</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">February 7, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-type"> <span class="field-content"><div class="tic-node-type-icon tic-node-type-icon-video"></div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-collection-type-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-collection-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Indian government should improve protections for children from sexual abuse as part of broader reform efforts following the gang rape and murder of a student in New Delhi in December 2012.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-audio-subtitle-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513190934im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012US_DC_SexualAssault_thumb.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513190934/http://www.hrw.org/video/2013/01/24/us-dc-police-fail-rape-victims">US: DC Police Fail Rape Victims</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">January 24, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-type"> <span class="field-content"><div class="tic-node-type-icon tic-node-type-icon-video"></div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-collection-type-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-collection-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Victims of sexual assault in Washington, DC, are not getting the effective response they deserve and should expect from the district's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Sexual assault cases are too often not properly documented or investigated and victims may face callous, traumatizing treatment, despite official departmental policy to the contrary.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-audio-subtitle-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513190934im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012CRD_Italy_Greece_thumb.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513190934/http://www.hrw.org/video/2013/01/22/italy-sends-kids-back-bad-conditions-greece">Italy Sends Kids Back to Bad Conditions in Greece</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">January 22, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-type"> <span class="field-content"><div class="tic-node-type-icon tic-node-type-icon-video"></div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-collection-type-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-collection-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Italy is summarily returning unaccompanied migrant children and adult asylum seekers to Greece, where they face a dysfunctional asylum system and abusive detention conditions, Human Rights Watch said in a report published today. Stowaways on ferries from Greece, including children as young as 13, are sent back by Italian authorities within hours without adequate consideration of their particular needs as children or their desire to apply for asylum.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-audio-subtitle-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513190934im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_Israel_rockets2.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a 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