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07/15/11 According to a recent New York Times article, Human Rights Watch released materials citing cases of gross abuse by anti-Gadhafi rebels in a mountainous area located in the western part of Libya.
07/13/11 Libyan rebel forces have been responsible for looting, arson and the abuse of civilians in their push toward Tripoli, Human Rights Watch alleged on Wednesday.
06/27/11 The International Criminal Court (ICC), by issuing an arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi, signaled that the law can reach even those long thought to be immune to accountability, Human Rights Watch said today. The ICC judges granted warrants on June 27, 2011, for Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, his son Seif al-Islam, and Libya's intelligence chief, Abdullah Sanussi. They are wanted on charges of ...
06/15/11 Report by Human Rights Watch says transfers keep detainees from their families, lawyers and evidence they need to defend against deportation
06/11/11 "Between May 13 and 25, Human Rights Watch interviewed 132 victims and witnesses to violence by both sides during the battle for Abidjan and in the weeks after Gbagbo's arrest. Killings, torture, and inhumane treatment by Ouattara's armed forces continued while a Human Rights Watch researcher was in Abidjan, with clear ethnic targeting during widespread acts of reprisal and intimidation ...
06/07/11 BENGHAZI, Libya - Libya's rebels have arbitrarily detained dozens of civilians suspected of supporting ruler Moammar Gadhafi, and at least one has died after apparently being tortured while in custody, Human Rights Watch said Monday.
06/02/11 According to a report from Moscow by New York Times correspondent Ellen Barry, the director of the German branch of the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch Wenzel Michalski, after passing verdict in Vienna to Kadyrov's killers from terrorist gang of FSB demanded Russia to severely punish the actual killer Lecha Bogatyrov and the murder orderer Kadyrov.
05/26/11 New York, May 27, 2011 - The Court of Appeal's decision to uphold the author Alan Shadrake's contempt of court sentence for "scandalizing the judiciary" is a major setback for free expression in Singapore, Human Rights Watch said today. The charges should be dropped, Human Rights Watch said.
05/21/11 The Libyan government should immediately release the body of South African photographer Anton Hammerl and investigate the role of the armed forces in his death, Human Rights Watch and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said today.
05/13/11 The Angolan government should withdraw the bill on information and communication technology crimes currently before parliament, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposed legislation would undercut both freedom of expression and information, and pose a severe threat to independent media, whistleblowers, and investigative journalism.
04/29/11 No immunity deal in the world will absolve those responsible for crimes committed during the unrest in Yemen, Human Rights Watch warned. Yemeni President Abdullah Ali Saleh said he agreed to the terms of a proposal brokered in part by members of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
04/20/11 More than 160 peaceful dissidents have been arrested in Saudi Arabia since February, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday. The New York- based organization urged Saudi Arabia`s interior minister, Prince Nayef bin Abd al-`Aziz Al Sa`ud, to order the immediate release of peaceful dissidents, who had been mainly demanding the release of political prisoners. It also criticized the Sa`ud family ...
04/13/11 Southern Sudanese civilians are bearing the brunt of a campaign by the regional army against an ethnic Shilluk militia leader in Upper Nile state, according to local residents, a Human Rights Watch researcher and United Nations officials.
04/09/11 Forces loyal to President-elect Alassane Ouattara killed hundreds of civilians, raped more than 20 alleged supporters of his rival, Laurent Gbagbo, and burned at least 10 villages in C?te d'Ivoire's far western region, Human Rights Watch said today. Forces loyal to Gbagbo killed more than 100 presumed Ouattara supporters as Ouattara's forces advanced in their March campaign. Upon taking power ...
04/06/11 CAIRO, Apr 06, 2011 (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should immediately order his security forces to stop using unjustified lethal force against anti-government protesters, Human Rights Watch said.
04/06/11 CAIRO, Apr 06, 2011 (AFP) - Human Rights Watch called on Egypt's military rulers to cancel the trial of a blogger charged with insulting the armed forces as lawyers expected the court to issue its verdict on Wednesday.
04/06/11 CAIRO - Human Rights Watch called on Syria's president to rein in his security forces and stop them from firing on anti-government demonstrators.
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03/22/11 The Algerian authorities should rescind a 2001 decree denying people the right to assemble peacefully, Human Rights Watch said today.
03/16/11 Of the 16 documentaries and five dramas showing at the 15th Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London later this month, two in particular focus on people omitted from the national narrative of the US.
03/13/11 Libyan security forces controlled by Muammar Gaddafi have launched a wave of arrests and disappearances in Tripoli that has gripped the city with fear, Human Rights Watch said today. | 
