(New York, January 8, 2009) - Egypt should immediately halt deportations of Eritrean asylum seekers to their home country, where they face detention and the risk of torture, Human Rights Watch said today.
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(New York, January 8, 2009) - Prosecuting the soldiers who killed an imam in army detention will be a test of the administration of Thailand's new prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, who has vowed to bring justice to Thailand's conflict-ridden southern border provinces, Human Rights Watch said today.
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(New York, January 23, 2004)—Azerbaijan’s government has unleashed a massive crackdown on the political opposition in the wake of the fraudulent October presidential election, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.
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(New York) - The Angolan government should urgently end torture and unfair trials in state security cases, Human Rights Watch said today. Fourteen civilians who were arbitrarily detained and tortured in military custody are currently being held on security charges in the Angolan enclave of Cabinda.
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(Washington, DC, December 2, 2008) - President George W. Bush should not issue a preemptive pardon of past or present officials implicated in torture or other abuses related to the "war on terror," said Human Rights Watch and eight other organizations in a letter sent to the president today.
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(Bujumbura, December 3, 2008) - The Burundian National Assembly adopted important human rights advances in a penal code voted in on November 22, 2008, including abolishing the death penalty and making torture, genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity punishable under Burundian law, Human Rights Watch said today.
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(New York, December 2, 2008) - Condemning the attacks that killed at least 175 people in Mumbai, Human Rights Watch today called upon the governments of India and Pakistan to cooperate in a prompt and thorough investigation to identify the perpetrators and planners of the attacks and hold them accountable.
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Citizenship Studies, vol. 12, no. 6 (2008) [contents]
- Special issue on "Europeanization and migration: challenging the values of citizenship in Europe?"
Field Exchange, no. 34 (Oct. 2008) [full-text]
- Focus is on infant and young child feeding in emergencies.
International Migration, vol. 46, no. 5 (Dec. 2008) [contents]
- Articles discuss health and disease in diasporas.
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(New York, November 18, 2008) – The Nepali government should urgently address the widespread torture and ill-treatment of children in police custody, Human Rights Watch said today in a statement marking Nepali Children’s Day on November 20.
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(New York, November 17, 2008) – The Andhra Pradesh state government should prosecute police officials responsible for the torture of 21 Muslims after a series of bomb blasts in Hyderabad in May and August 2007, Human Rights Watch said today.
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(Berlin, November 10, 2008) - European governments should provide humanitarian protection to those Guantanamo detainees who will not be charged with a crime but cannot be returned to their countries of origin for fear of torture or other serious human rights violations, five leading human rights organizations said today.
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In simultaneous predawn raids, Egyptian police on Thursday arrested 17 senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood and rounded up at least 140 students on suspicion of being linked to this banned nonviolent organization following a protest at Cairo’s al-Azhar University, Human Rights Watch said today.
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The death sentences announced today by a lower court in Tripoli against six foreign medical workers for purposely infecting 426 Libyan children with HIV is a gross miscarriage of justice, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 17, no. 1 (2008) [contents]
- Includes an article on displacement from the Three Gorges dam in China.
Conflict Trends, no. 1 (2008) [full-text]
- Tenth anniversary issue.
Cultures & Conflits, no. 69 (printemps 2008) [texte intégral]
- Focus of this issue is "Xénophobie de gouvernement, nationalisme d'Etat."
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Conflict Trends, no. 4/2007 [text]
- Focus is on peacekeeping in Africa.
Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 22, no. 1 (Fall 2007) [contents]
- Mix of articles including one on the difficulties Iraqis face seeking asylum in the U.S.
International Migration, vol. 46, no. 1 (March 2008) [contents]
- Mix of articles including one on hunger among asylum seekers and resettled refugees....
AWR Bulletin, no. 3/2007 [contents - scroll down]
- Mix of articles with several focusing on asylum in the EU.
Conflict and Health (Dec. 2007) [full-text]
- Three new articles in Dec. 2007.
Conflict Trends, no. 3/2007 [full-text]
- Theme is "Peace Agreements."
Development in Practice, vol. 18, no. 1 (2008) [contents]
- Mix of articles.
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Harvard Human Rights Journal, vol. 20 (Spring 2007) [full-text]
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 33, no. 8 (2007) [contents]
Migration Letters, vol. 4, no. 2 (Oct. 2007) [full-text]
- Special issue on "Migration and Human Security in the Balkans."
The Researcher, vol. 2, no. 3 (Sept. 2007) [full-text]
Torture Journal, vol. 17, no. 2 (2007) [full-text]
- Shared reports from the...
The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) offers a useful weekly round-up of news on developments in Europe, at both the regional and national levels. The service was discontinued temporarily during the summer, but has now resumed operation once again with a September 15 update.
Here are links to some of the reports referenced in the update:
Country Reports (European Committee for the...