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US: Fix Dysfunctional Immigration System via July 9th, 2010 at 04:30

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UN Security Council: Better Shelter, Security Needed for Haiti Victims via February 19th, 2010 at 17:18

(New York) - The United Nations Security Council should make improving the quality and security of camps for displaced victims of Haiti's devastating earthquake a top priority, Human Rights Watch said today in an open letter to the Council's member states. read...

UN: Keep Peacekeepers in Chad via February 17th, 2010 at 19:10

(New York) - The United Nations Security Council should extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) when it comes up for renewal in March 2010, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Security Council members today. read...

Thailand: Cease Intimidation of Karen Refugees via February 5th, 2010 at 22:48

(New York) - Thailand should immediately stop pressuring ethnic Karen refugees to return to Burma, Human Rights Watch said today. Repatriation to the designated "return zone" in Burma would place returnees at serious risk of human rights abuses and landmines. read...

Colombia: Stop Abuses by Paramilitaries’ Successor Groups via February 3rd, 2010 at 13:54

(Bogotá) - Colombia needs to respond effectively to the violent groups committing human rights abuses that have emerged around the country in the aftermath of the flawed demobilization of paramilitary groups, Human Rights Watch says in a report released today. read...

Saudi Arabia/Yemen: Protect Civilians in Conflict with Rebels via December 4th, 2009 at 16:47

(New York) - Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Huthi rebel forces involved in the armed conflict in northern Yemen should take all necessary measures to spare civilians from the fighting and ensure that they receive humanitarian assistance, Human Rights Watch said today. read...

Burundi: Stop Deporting Rwandan Asylum Seekers via December 2nd, 2009 at 04:00

(Bujumbura) - Burundi's government should immediately reverse a new policy of deporting Rwandan asylum seekers without considering their cases, Human Rights Watch said today. On November 27, 2009, Interior Minister Edouard Nduwimana ordered police to return 103 asylum seekers to Rwanda, in violation of international law. read...

Yemen: Get Aid to Trapped Civilians via October 5th, 2009 at 17:21

(New York) -Yemeni authorities should allow aid agencies to help up to 150,000 civilians trapped by fierce fighting in northern Yemen, Human Rights Watch said today.  A visit to Yemen on October 7 and 8, 2009, by John Holmes, the United Nations' emergency relief coordinator, can play an important role in bringing the appalling humanitarian consequences of this conflict to the world's attention, H read...

Sri Lanka: Floods Threaten Camp Detainees via August 17th, 2009 at 20:30

(New York) – Floods caused by heavy rains unnecessarily threaten more than 260,000 displaced Tamil civilians whom the Sri Lankan government has unlawfully detained in camps in northern Sri Lanka, Human Rights Watch said today. read...

Kosovo: Act Now to Close Poisoned Camps via June 24th, 2009 at 05:01

(Brussels) - The Kosovo authorities need to work with international donors  to close lead-contaminated camps occupied by internally displaced Roma without delay, relocate their inhabitants, and provide medical treatment for lead poisoning, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. read...

Chad: Going Home to Deadly Danger via June 19th, 2009 at 07:45

Members of armed paramilitary groups are a serious threat to civilians who fled violence and insecurity and are now returning to their villages, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. People who have returned to their home regions have been killed, forcibly recruited into paramilitary groups, and threatened with death by armed men who in many cases have seized their land. read...

Kenya: Relieve Somali Refugee Crisis via June 5th, 2009 at 15:30

(Geneva) - The Kenyan government should rapidly fulfill its February 2009 pledge to provide more land for its mushrooming Somali refugee population, and donors should step up their financial support for the refugee camps, Human Rights Watch said today. read...

Sri Lanka: Avoid a Postwar Witch Hunt via June 3rd, 2009 at 22:59

(New York) - The Sri Lankan government should ensure that military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam does not result in new "disappearances," unlawful killings or the jailing of government critics, Human Rights Watch said today.  read...

DR Congo: 100,000 Civilians at Risk of Attack via April 29th, 2009 at 16:41

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Sri Lanka: End ‘War’ on Civilians via February 20th, 2009 at 04:45

(New York) - The Sri Lankan government should immediately cease its indiscriminate artillery attacks on civilians in the northern Vanni region and its policy of detaining displaced persons in internment camps, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. read...

UN: Send More Troops to DR Congo via February 16th, 2009 at 18:00

(New York, February 16, 2009) – The United Nations Security Council should act with urgency to send additional peacekeepers to northern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) continues its brutal attacks on civilians, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. read...

DR Congo: Rwandan Rebels Slaughter Over 100 Civilians via February 13th, 2009 at 18:16

(New York) - The rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) brutally slaughtered at least 100 Congolese civilians in the Kivu provinces of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between January 20 and February 8, 2009, Human Rights Watch said today. read...

DR Congo: Groups Fear for Civilian Safety via February 6th, 2009 at 09:40

(Goma) - A coalition of 100 humanitarian and human rights organizations today called on John Holmes, the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, to insist that protecting civilians be a top priority of the joint Congolese and Rwandan military operation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Holmes is due to arrive in Goma, the North Kivu capital, on February 7, 2009. read...

Gaza: Israeli Attack on School Needs Full UN Investigation via January 7th, 2009 at 21:54

(Jerusalem, January 7, 2009) - The United Nations Security Council, meeting on January 7, 2009 in a high-level emergency session, should establish a commission of inquiry to investigate alleged laws-of-war violations in Gaza, Human Rights Watch said today. read...

Somalia: War Crimes Devastate Population via December 8th, 2008 at 08:01

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India: Carry Out Rights Commission’s Recommendations via November 20th, 2008 at 19:49

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