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class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Far from giving in to any effort by Kenya to drive a further wedge between the AU and the ICC, the AU should use its upcoming summit to call publicly for the new government’s full co-operation with the ICC.</p></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/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2011_Tunisia_map.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/13/tunisia-revise-draft-constitution">Tunisia: Revise the Draft Constitution</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 13, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly (NCA) should modify articles in the new draft constitution that threaten human rights. Human Rights Watch analyzed the draft constitution to identify human rights concerns.</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/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/uzbekistanandijan.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/12/uzbekistan-massacre-should-not-fade-history">Uzbekistan: A Massacre That Should Not Fade Into History</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 12, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Eight years have passed after one of the worst massacres in the former Soviet Union since its collapse. On May 13, 2005, security forces in the city of Andijan, Uzbekistan, opened fire on protesters, the vast majority unarmed, killing hundreds of men, women and children as they tried to flee. No one has been held accountable, and the authoritarian president, Islam Karimov, has defied calls for an independent investigation.</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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/11/burma-china-led-oil-gas-projects-spark-arrests">Burma: China-Led Oil, Gas Projects Spark Arrests</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 11, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Authorities in Burma should drop charges against ethnic Arakanese activists who participated in peaceful protests against Chinese-led oil and gas projects, Human Rights Watch said today. Ten activists are scheduled to face criminal charges in court on May 13, 2013, for demonstrating and holding a peaceful march without a permit on April 18 on Maday Island in Burma’s western Arakan State.</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/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/SaudiArabia1Web.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/saudi-arabia-cleric-who-backed-protests-trial-his-life">Saudi Arabia: Cleric who Backed Protests on Trial for His Life</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Saudi authorities should ensure a fair trial for the Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr.</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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/turkmenistan-journalist-arrested">Turkmenistan: Journalist Arrested</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Turkmen authorities should immediately free or credibly charge a journalist arrested on May 6, 2013 for unreported reasons. The journalist, Rovshen Yazmuhamedov, has been a local correspondent in Turkmenistan for United States government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) since September 2012.</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/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_Bangladesh_Hefajat1.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/bangladesh-independent-body-should-investigate-protest-deaths">Bangladesh: Independent Body Should Investigate Protest Deaths</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Bangladeshi authorities should immediately set up an independent commission to investigate the large numbers of deaths and injuries during the Hefazat-e-Islaam-led protests in Dhaka and elsewhere on May 5-6, 2013.</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/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_Guatemala_montt.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/guatemala-rios-montt-convicted-genocide">Guatemala: Rios Montt Convicted of Genocide</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The guilty verdict against Efraín Ríos Montt, former leader of Guatemala, for genocide and crimes against humanity is an unprecedented step toward establishing accountability for atrocities during the country’s brutal civil war, Human Rights Watch said today.</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/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_Vietnam_picnic%201.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/vietnam-stop-blocking-human-rights-picnics">Vietnam: Stop Blocking ‘Human Rights Picnics’</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Vietnamese authorities should stop impeding and abusing people trying to hold “human rights picnics” in public spaces.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/most-popular-twitter-top-tweets-week">Most Popular on Twitter - Top Tweets of the Week</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>The most popular tweets of the week from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235/https://twitter.com/hrw">@hrw</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235/https://twitter.com/hrw/our-people">our researchers</a>.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-11 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/olympic-anniversary-end-hurdles-saudi-women">On Olympic Anniversary, End Hurdles for Saudi Women</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The approaching one-year anniversary of the London Olympics is a reminder that change is possible, even in countries that have long resisted it.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-12 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/senegal-chadian-blogger-expelled">Senegal: Chadian Blogger Expelled</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Senegalese government’s expulsion of the Chadian blogger and journalist Makaila Nguebla is a blow to freedom of expression.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_CAR_Seleka.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/10/central-african-republic-rampant-abuses-after-coup">Central African Republic: Rampant Abuses After Coup</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Members of the Seleka rebel coalition, which ousted President François Bozizé of the Central African Republic on March 24, 2013, have committed grave violations against civilians, including pillage, summary executions, rape, and torture.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-14 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/09/philippines-prosecute-mastermind-activist-s-murder">Philippines: Prosecute Mastermind of Activist’s Murder</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 9, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Philippine authorities should ensure that those who planned and financed the killing of an environmental activist in 2011 are arrested and prosecuted.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-15 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/09/chad-alleged-coup-attempt-no-excuse-ignore-rights">Chad: Alleged Coup Attempt No Excuse to Ignore Rights</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 9, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The government of Chad should adhere to its international legal obligations and respect human rights law while it investigates an alleged plot against the government.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-16 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/09/blunder-burma-scrapping-eu-sanctions-sends-wrong-message">Blunder in Burma: Scrapping of EU Sanctions Sends Wrong Message</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 9, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Although Burma is shrugging off the burden of five decades of military dictatorship, its transition to democracy is still far from complete. Reform remains precarious, and ethnic violence is rife. But in its eagerness to claim a foreign policy success, the EU is turning a blind eye.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-17 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/09/new-chance-act-guantanamo">A New Chance to Act on Guantanamo</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 9, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The last time Amina al-Rabeii video conferenced from Yemen with her brother Salman, a detainee at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, she barely recognized the skeletal man on the screen.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-18 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2011_US_WorkingMom.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/09/mark-mother-s-day-reforming-family-leave-laws-us">Mark Mother’s Day by Reforming Family Leave Laws in US</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 9, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Every industrialized nation in the world—except the United States—guarantees paid leave for new mothers.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-19 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/09/myanmar-army-continues-live-denial-over-abuses">Myanmar army continues to live in denial over abuses</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 9, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Myanmar's rapidly evolving political landscape produced another symbolic event at the recent Armed Forces Day parade.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-20 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/photo_website_BD_B.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/08/sex-offenders-aren-t-all-monsters">Sex Offenders Aren’t All Monsters</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 8, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Sex offender laws are meant to protect children, but research increasingly shows the severe damage they cause, reports Nicole Pittman.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-21 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_SaudiArabia_soccerteam.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/07/saudi-arabia-let-all-girls-play-sports">Saudi Arabia: Let All Girls Play Sports</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 7, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Saudi Arabia should allow all girls in the kingdom, including public school students, to play sports in school.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-22 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_Mali_Soldiers.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/07/mali-all-sides-must-abide-laws-war">Mali: All Sides Must Abide by Laws of War</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 7, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">All warring parties in northern Mali are obligated to abide by the laws of war in the event of a Malian military offensive against opposition armed groups in the Kidal region. Past abuses have heightened concerns about the need for all armed forces to minimize harm to civilians and ensure the humane treatment of all prisoners, in accordance with the 1949 Geneva Conventions and customary international humanitarian law.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-23 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/07/despite-reforms-myanmars-ethnic-violence-continues">Despite reforms, Myanmar's ethnic violence continues</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 7, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-24 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/07/it-s-time-burma-s-president-act">It’s Time for Burma’s President to Act</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 7, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-25 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/07/afghanistan-peaceful-protest-suppressed">Afghanistan: Peaceful Protest Suppressed</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 7, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Afghan authorities should investigate the arrests and possible torture of peaceful protesters by security forces in Kabul.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-26 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/SaudiArabia1Web.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/07/saudi-arabia-new-rights-group-facing-harassment">Saudi Arabia: New Rights Group Facing Harassment</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 7, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Four Saudi activists are under investigation after forming a human rights group on April 3, 2013, and could face prosecution for “establishing an illegal organization." Saudi authorities should immediately cease harassing the four founding members of the group, the Union for Human Rights (UHR), and give it an operating license.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-27 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/07/equatorial-guinea-human-rights-concerns-ahead-elections">Equatorial Guinea: Human Rights Concerns Ahead of Elections</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 7, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-28 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/thailand_map_web_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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/07/thailand-hold-army-accountable-2010-violence">Thailand: Hold Army Accountable for 2010 Violence</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 7, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Thai government should revoke a decision to shield military personnel from criminal prosecution for the 2010 political bloodshed, Human Rights Watch said today. A general amnesty proposed by the ruling party that would include those responsible for serious human rights abuses should be rejected.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-29 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013-Moscow_Protest.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/06/putin-president-one-year">Putin as President, One Year On</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 6, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">One year ago today, Vladimir Putin was sworn in for the third time as Russia’s president. He placed his hand on a copy of Russia’s constitution, saying, “I swear to protect and guarantee the rights and freedoms of our citizens.” But Putin has not lived up to that oath as the Russian government has unleashed a crackdown on rights that is unprecedented in the country’s post-Soviet history.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-30 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/06/time-uk-show-it-takes-torture-seriously">Time for the UK to Show It Takes Torture Seriously</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 6, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The United Nations Committee Against Torture will look at the United Kingdom’s record on May 7 for the first time since 2004.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-31 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/06/azerbaijan-stop-forced-evictions-illegal-demolitions">Azerbaijan: Stop Forced Evictions, Illegal Demolitions</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 6, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Azerbaijani authorities should immediately stop its campaign of forced evictions and demolitions in the capital, Baku, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should also guarantee fair compensation to homeowners and residents, including those already evicted.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-32 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/05/somalia-london-meeting-should-emphasize-rights">Somalia: London Meeting Should Emphasize Rights</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 5, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">International donors meeting in London to discuss the new Somali government’s reform agenda should make accountability and women’s rights a priority, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper sent to conference participants. On May 7, 2013, over 50 countries will convene to discuss the government’s strategic plans for justice, police, and army reform, prevention of sexual violence, and financial management.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-33 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/Haweeja2.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/04/iraq-parliament-report-alleges-officials-ordered-raid">Iraq: Parliament Report Alleges Officials Ordered Raid</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 4, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">A preliminary parliamentary committee report based in part on witness interviews and given to Human Rights Watch claims top Iraqi officials ordered a raid on a demonstrators’ camp on April 23, 2013, in Haweeja.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-34 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/Mwafaq%20Mahadin.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/04/jordan-end-free-speech-prosecution">Jordan: End Free Speech Prosecution</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 4, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Jordanian criminal justice authorities should immediately drop their three-year prosecution of two intellectuals and withdraw all charges against them.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-35 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/04/libya-reject-political-isolation-law">Libya: Reject ‘Political Isolation Law’</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 4, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">ibya’s General National Congress (GNC) should vote down the latest draft of a new law to bar Gaddafi-era officials from holding public office. The proposed law’s provisions and procedures for exclusion are too sweeping and vague, Human Rights Watch said. Further, a recent amendment to the provisional constitution would prohibit judicial review of the law. A vote is expected in congress on May 5, 2013.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-36 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/03/dubais-child-labor-complicity">Dubai's child labor complicity</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 3, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Dubai confirmed its position as an international trade hub for gold in April. At a precious metals conference in the city, the United Arab Emirates’ government announced that the gold traded in the country in 2012 exceeded $70 billion, more than a quarter of the world’s global gold demand that year. Gold refiners and traders like Dubai as a tax-free, business-friendly, well-functioning location.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-37 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/03/struggle-against-dire-conditions-iran-workers">Struggle Against 'Dire' Conditions for Iran Workers</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 3, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">On April 29, just ahead of International Workers' Day, Iranian authorities summoned Behnam Ebrahimzadeh to discuss the terms of his temporary release from Tehran's notorious Evin prison. Ebrahimzadeh, a labour activist and blogger who is almost three years into a five-year prison sentence, was given leave from the prison after many pleas to care for his ailing son, who suffers from a serious blood disorder.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-38 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_Bangladesh_Police.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/03/bangladesh-end-unlawful-violence-against-protesters">Bangladesh: End Unlawful Violence Against Protesters</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 3, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">With new protests planned in the coming days, the Bangladeshi government should ensure that the security forces immediately end their practice of using excessive force against protesters. The government should appoint an independent commission to investigate the deaths of dozens of protesters, including children, since large-scale street protests began in February, and prosecute anyone responsible for unlawful killings and use of force.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-39 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/03/south-sudan-stop-harassing-detaining-journalists">South Sudan: Stop Harassing, Detaining Journalists</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 3, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Security force harassment and unlawful detention of journalists is undermining freedom of expression in South Sudan, the Agency for Independent Media (AIM), Amnesty International, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and Human Rights Watch said today, on World Press Freedom Day.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-40 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/03/sudan-stepped-assault-media-freedom">Sudan: Stepped-Up Assault on Media Freedom</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 3, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Sudan should immediately stop censoring newspapers and end all forms of repression of media and journalists, on World Press Freedom Day.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-41 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_global_pressfreedom.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/03/ethiopia-terrorism-law-decimates-media">Ethiopia: Terrorism Law Decimates Media</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 3, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Ethiopian government should mark World Press Freedom Day, on May 3, 2013, by immediately releasing all journalists jailed under the country’s deeply flawed anti-terrorism law. On May 2, 2013, the Supreme Court upheld an 18-year sentence under the anti-terrorism law for Eskinder Nega Fenta, a journalist and blogger who received the 2012 PEN Freedom to Write Award.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-42 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_China_Tibet_TaiwanBlackedOut.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/03/china-end-arbitrary-detention-mental-health-institutions">China: End Arbitrary Detention in Mental Health Institutions</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 3, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">As China’s first ever Mental Health Law came into force on May 1, 2013, Human Rights Watch said the law has major shortcomings including that it does not eliminate the country’s system of involuntary confinement.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-43 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2011_US_DeathChamber.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/02/us-maryland-abolishes-death-penalty">US: Maryland Abolishes Death Penalty</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 2, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Maryland on May 2, 2013, became the sixth US state in six years to abolish the death penalty, continuing a trend to end this inherently cruel punishment in the United States. Maryland’s governor should commute the sentences of the five men who remain on the state’s death row.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-44 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/02/colombia-ensure-effective-inquiry-attack-journalist">Colombia: Ensure Effective Inquiry Into Attack on Journalist</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 2, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Colombia should ensure that the investigation into the attack on a leading investigative journalist thoroughly examines possible motives related to his work and identifies all responsible parties, Human Rights Watch said today. On the evening of May 1, 2013, gunmen opened fire on the car driven by Ricardo Calderón, an editor at Semana magazine, Colombia’s main newsweekly, as it was stopped on a road between Ibagué and Bogotá. Five bullets penetrated the body of the vehicle, but Calderón escaped without injuries.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-45 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/02/how-close-guantanamo">How to Close Guantanamo</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 2, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>President Barack Obama finally broke his long silence on Tuesday on the need to close Guantanamo. Echoing comments he made four years ago -- when, on his second day in office he promised to close the facility within a year -- <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235/http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/04/30/remarks-president-vice-president-first-lady-dr-jill-biden-and-petty-offi" target="_blank"><strong>he said</strong></a> "Guantanamo is not necessary to keep America safe. It is expensive. It is inefficient.... It needs to be closed." Welcome words, but it's unlikely they will brighten the day of the 100 men currently on hunger strike at the facility.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-46 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013_Lebanon_kidnappings.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/02/lebanon-tit-tat-border-kidnappings">Lebanon: Tit-for-Tat Border Kidnappings</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 2, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Lebanese government has failed to take adequate measures to protect against, deter, and punish retaliatory kidnappings along sectarian lines in border regions. Human Rights Watch interviewed both victims and family members who carried out retaliatory kidnappings, prompted by alleged detentions and kidnappings of their relatives by the Syrian government forces and armed opposition groups.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-47 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204235im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2013AFR_Nigeria_Baga.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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/01/nigeria-massive-destruction-deaths-military-raid">Nigeria: Massive Destruction, Deaths From Military Raid</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 1, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Satellite images reveal massive destruction of civilian property from a military raid on April 16 and 17, 2013, in the northern Nigerian town of Baga, undermining the military’s claim that only 30 houses were destroyed. The Nigerian government should thoroughly and impartially investigate allegations that soldiers carried out widespread destruction and killing in the town.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-48 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/01/malaysia-violence-cyber-attacks-threaten-elections">Malaysia: Violence, Cyber Attacks Threaten Elections</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 1, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Malaysia’s ruling party and opposition leaders should rein in their supporters to end intimidation and violence that threaten general elections slated for May 5, 2013.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-49 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/01/argentina-investigate-police-action-hospital-protest">Argentina: Investigate Police Action at Hospital Protest</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 1, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Argentina should conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into allegations of excessive use of force by the City of Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police to disperse a demonstration at a public psychiatric hospital.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-50 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/20130513204235/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/01/will-london-respond-somalias-needs">Will London Respond to Somalia's Needs?</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 1, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">50 Countries will meet in London on May 7 to support the nation-building project in Somalia. 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