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But keeping people fleeing for their lives in buffer zones inside Syrian borders risks trapping rather than protecting them.</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/20130513190723/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/18/universal-periodic-review-hrw-submission-bangladesh">Universal Periodic Review: HRW Submission on Bangladesh</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 18, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Bangladesh’s human rights situation has seen little improvement since its first UPR review in 2009. A key undertaking in the 2009 UPRwas to take a “zero tolerance” stand against abuses by security forces, and bring an end to impunity. Yet extrajudicial killings by the country’s security forces continue with impunity.</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/20130513190723/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/18/universal-periodic-review-joint-hrw-submission-germany-forum-menschenrechte">Universal Periodic Review: Joint HRW Submission on Germany, with Forum Menschenrechte</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 18, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Germany is State party to most of the core international human rights standards with the exception of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. The German Government continues to refuse ratification. This submission further explores the respect of human rights law by the Federal Republic of Germany, ahead of its UPR.</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/20130513190723/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/11/somalias-displaced-reform-test">Somalia's Displaced: The Reform Test</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 11, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The harsh experience of Somalis driven to seek shelter in Mogadiushu 's unsafe camps should be an urgent priority for the country's new government and its foreign donors.</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/20130513190723/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/06/uae-don-t-deport-tamil-refugees-sri-lanka">UAE: Don’t Deport Tamil Refugees to Sri Lanka</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 6, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities should not deport 19 Tamil refugees to Sri Lanka because they would be at serious risk of torture and persecution upon return. The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has recognized all 19 as refugees, but the UAE authorities have told the group they must leave the country by April 11, 2013.</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/20130513190723/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/27/no-free-pass-jordan-refugees">No free pass for Jordan on refugees</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 27, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The United States should provide aid to the refugees but ensure that no aid money goes to or through the Jordanian government as long as Jordan sends some refugees back to face death - even as it welcomes others.</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/20130513190723/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/26/somalia-protect-displaced-people-risk">Somalia: Protect Displaced People at Risk</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 26, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Members of state security forces and armed groups have raped, beaten, and otherwise abused displaced Somalis who have arrived in Somalia’s capital fleeing famine and armed conflict since 2011, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The new Somali government should urgently improve the protection and security of Mogadishu’s internally displaced population.</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/20130513190723/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/25/why-have-we-forgotten-about-libya">Why have we forgotten about Libya?</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 25, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">All civilians deserve protection, but some civilians deserve more protection than others. 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