http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Human_Rights_WatchFind stories, videos, and photos about Human Rights Watch from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:40:42 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Human_Rights_Watch14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Human Rights Watch from CNN.com.http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20322705,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20322705,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe couple's Jolie-Pitt Foundation benefitted Global Health, Human Rights Watch, the Armed Services YMCA and Make It Right FoundationWed, 25 Nov 2009 22:10:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/18/cuba.human.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/18/cuba.human.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTextRaul Castro's government in Cuba continues to repress civil rights and persecute dissenters three years after he became the communist nation's top leader, Human Rights Watch says in a report released Wednesday.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:58:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/china.prisons.hrw.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/china.prisons.hrw.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextChinese authorities should abolish secret jails used to unlawfully detain citizens who travel to the capital and other major cities to file complaints, Human Rights Watch says.Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:34:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/25/intl.kenya.refugee.recruitment/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/25/intl.kenya.refugee.recruitment/index.html#cnnSTCTextA global human rights group is urging Kenya to stop Somali military recruiters from enlisting displaced men and boys in Kenya's sprawling Dadaab refugee camps to fight in their war against Islamic militants.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:37:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/27/saudi.king.pardon/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/27/saudi.king.pardon/index.html#cnnSTCTextSaudi Arabia's King Abdullah has been called "The King of Hearts" by many of his countrymen, referring to what they believe are his compassionate attempts to reform his ultra-conservative kingdom.Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:53:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/13/yemen.human.shields/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/13/yemen.human.shields/index.html#cnnSTCTextYemeni officials accused rebels of using civilians as human shields and urged people to flee to refugee camps as fighting intensified in the country's north, state media reported Tuesday.Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/29/guinea.protest.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/29/guinea.protest.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextAmid international condemnation after security forces reportedly attacked demonstrators at a peaceful rally, reportedly killing nearly 160 people, the Guinean government said Tuesday most of the victims were crushed in the crowd.Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/25/india.police/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/25/india.police/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Indian police office grabs two fists-full of a suspect's hair; twists and then lifts until the suspect's feet dangle off ground. The suspect: A 6-year-old girl accused of stealing 280 rupees or about 6 dollars. The incident resulted in one officer being fired, another suspended. Charges against the girl were dropped. It was all caught on tape in February of this year.Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:50:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/18/srilanka.floods/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/18/srilanka.floods/index.html#cnnSTCTextFlash floods have inundated refugee camps in northern Sri Lanka, endangering more than 16,000 Tamil refugees who only months ago survived cross-fire in the country's two-decade civil war, the United Nations says.Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:52:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/29/sri.lanka.displaced.civilians/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/29/sri.lanka.displaced.civilians/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Sri Lankan government should immediately release more than 280,000 displaced Tamil civilians living in detention camps, a leading human rights group said Wednesday.Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.homosexual.killings/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.homosexual.killings/index.html#cnnSTCTextHundreds of gay men have been tortured and killed in Iraq in recent months, some by the nation's security forces, Human Rights Watch said Monday.Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/11/congo.rape/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/11/congo.rape/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe young girl whispered in a hushed tone. She looked down as she spoke, only glancing up from her dark round eyes every now and then. She wanted to tell more, but she was too ashamed. She was just 9 years old when, she says, Congolese soldiers gang-raped her on her way to school.Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:41:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/06/israel.rocket.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/06/israel.rocket.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTextPalestinian militant groups including the armed wing of Hamas are committing war crimes when they fire rockets into Israel, according to a report by campaign group Human Rights Watch.Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/india.police.hrw/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/india.police.hrw/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice in India summarily execute prisoners, torture and threaten suspects and arrest people without reason, a leading rights group said Tuesday.Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:48:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/03/kenya.election.violence.tribunal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/03/kenya.election.violence.tribunal/index.html#cnnSTCTextKenya's plan to use its judiciary to try perpetrators of post-election violence reneges on an earlier pledge to use an independent tribunal, Human Rights Watch said Monday.Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:27:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/03/burundi.homosexuality/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/03/burundi.homosexuality/index.html#cnnSTCTextA human rights group urged Burundi to reverse a law that makes homosexuality illegal, saying it risks worsening the harsh treatment of gays in the eastern Africa nation.Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/20/nigeria.lagos.riots/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/20/nigeria.lagos.riots/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice and soldiers killed at least 133 people during two days of riots between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria last year, Human Rights Watch alleged Monday.Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/14/saudi.terror.trials/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/14/saudi.terror.trials/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 300 men convicted by Saudi Arabia for taking part in terror plots have been jailed following trials criticized by a rights group for their lack of transparency.Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/10/women.saudi/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/10/women.saudi/index.html#cnnSTCTextWajeha al-Huwaider picked up her passport, got in a taxi, and headed from her home in eastern Saudi Arabia to the nearby island kingdom of Bahrain -- a 45-minute drive that many Saudis take to get away for the weekend.Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:55:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/09/blood.diamonds/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/09/blood.diamonds/index.html#cnnSTCTextIllegal diamond mining by Zimbabwean troops is leading to bloodshed and attacks against civilians, said a global watchdog group formed to cut the flow of so-called "blood diamonds."Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:16:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/27/iran.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/27/iran.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTextIranians wounded during protests are being seized at hospitals by members of an Islamic militia, an Amnesty International official told CNN.Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/09/uae.torture/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/09/uae.torture/index.html#cnnSTCTextA member of the royal family of Abu Dhabi who was captured on videotape torturing an Afghan grain dealer has reportedly been detained, a senior U.S. State Department official told CNN Saturday.Sun, 10 May 2009 07:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/25/bangladesh.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/25/bangladesh.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTextHuman rights groups in Bangladesh and abroad are calling for an investigation after 16 borders guards accused of participating in a bloody revolt in February died in custody in recent days.Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/25/israel.white.phosphorus.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/25/israel.white.phosphorus.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Israeli military's firing of white phosphorus shells over densely populated areas during the Gaza offensive "was indiscriminate and is evidence of war crimes," Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Wednesday.Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/24/india.srilanka.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/24/india.srilanka.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndia made a renewed plea Tuesday for the safe evacuation of civilians caught in Sri Lanka's war zone in fighting between government forces and Tamil rebels.Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:16:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/23/srilanka.letter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/23/srilanka.letter/index.html#cnnSTCTextTamil rebels in Sri Lanka are ready to accept international calls for a cease-fire, but won't lay down their weapons without a political solution in the quarter-century-long civil war, according to a letter released by the group.Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:21:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/20/srilanka.hrw/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/20/srilanka.hrw/index.html#cnnSTCTextMilitary officials in Sri Lanka said they shot down a Tamil Tiger aircraft near the Colombo International Airport on Friday, in an air engagement with rebels that killed two people and left about 50 wounded.Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:21:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/02/14/buffalo.crash.africa.expert/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/02/14/buffalo.crash.africa.expert/index.html#cnnSTCTextA leading human rights official known for her expertise on the Rwandan genocide was traveling on the Newark-to-Buffalo flight that crashed into a house, killing all 49 people aboard the plane and one person on the ground.Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:20:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/11/colombia.indians/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/11/colombia.indians/index.html#cnnSTCTextGuerrillas in Colombia tortured and killed 17 Indians who they believed were helping the government, a governor and two human rights organizations said Wednesday.Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:50:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/11/somalia.journalists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/11/somalia.journalists/index.html#cnnSTCTextA controversial comment by the top U.N. envoy to Somalia "motivates" those who have carried out recent fatal attacks against journalists in the war-torn country, the head of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) said Wednesday.Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:24:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/08/somali.journalist.attacked/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/08/somali.journalist.attacked/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Somali journalists' union on Sunday condemned the multiple stabbing of a radio director -- the second targeted attack on a Somali journalist in less than a week.Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:06:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/12/white.phosphorus/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/12/white.phosphorus/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe international group Human Rights Watch is accusing Israel of firing weapons containing white phosphorus into Gaza. The group demands that the alleged practice cease.Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:34:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/12/nepal.journalist.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/12/nepal.journalist.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Nepalese journalist who reported on women's rights and wrote several articles criticizing the dowry system was hacked to death in her room, a media rights group said Monday.Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:03:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/somalia.downward.spiral/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/somalia.downward.spiral/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States and other Western powers have "exacerbated Somalia's downward spiral" and must revise their policies in the east African country, a Human Rights Watch report has warned.Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:47:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/08/congo.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/08/congo.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe deaths of 26 victims in the latest wave of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo might constitute war crimes, a United Nations spokesman said Saturday.Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:21:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/07/congo.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/07/congo.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday rebels who are fighting government troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo pose "poisonous consequences" for the country amid a worsening humanitarian crisis.Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:15:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/21/saudi.terror.trials/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/21/saudi.terror.trials/index.html#cnnSTCTextSaudi Arabia has announced that nearly 1,000 suspects accused of having ties to al Qaeda will soon be tried for carrying out dozens of "acts of war" against the Arab kingdom, according to Saudi media reports on Tuesday.Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:42:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/19/venezuela.critics/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/19/venezuela.critics/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Venezuelan government has expelled two Human Rights Watch staffers and ordered them not to return, the group said Friday.Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/08/20/corporal.punishment/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/08/20/corporal.punishment/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 200,000 children were spanked or paddled in U.S. schools during the past school year, human rights groups reported Wednesday.Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:14:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833085,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833085,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIn the capital of South Ossetia, a city smashed by two armies, the Russians deny responsibility for the actions of irregulars against the Georgian populaceFri, 15 Aug 2008 14:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/15/georgia.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/15/georgia.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn international rights group said Friday it has evidence that Russian aircraft dropped cluster bombs in populated areas of Georgia, killing and injuring dozens of civilians during the territorial conflict that has gripped the region. Russia has denied the claim.Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/30/palestinian.infighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/30/palestinian.infighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextInfighting between the two main Palestinian factions has led to arbitrary arrests, torture and abuse of detainees by both sides, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Wednesday.Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:49:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/09/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/09/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextViolence and intimidation targeting Zimbabwe's opposition party -- the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) -- has "extinguished any chance of a free and fair" runoff election, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/24/saudi.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/24/saudi.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe wife of a Saudi Arabian political science professor and outspoken human rights advocate said that she visited her husband in jail Saturday and that he is "in a terrible state."Sat, 24 May 2008 20:44:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/23/saudi.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/23/saudi.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Saudi Arabian political science professor who is an outspoken human rights advocate was taken into custody this week by the country's secret police, his wife said Friday.Sat, 24 May 2008 02:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/21/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/21/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA humanitarian watchdog group on Wednesday raised concerns over the U.S. military's handling of juvenile detainees in Iraq, saying "some children have been detained for more than a year without charge or trial."Wed, 21 May 2008 18:07:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1808223,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1808223,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe number of conflicts in which child soldiers were involved dropped sharply from 27 in 2004 to 17 at the end of last year, according to a United Nations reportWed, 21 May 2008 13:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/19/cluster.bombs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/19/cluster.bombs/index.html#cnnSTCTextThey are some of the world's ugliest weapons -- large, unreliable and notoriously inaccurate, wreaking havoc long after the end of armed conflict.Mon, 19 May 2008 11:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/08/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/08/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo journalists and the lawyer for a third have been arrested in Zimbabwe in recent days, their spokesmen said Thursday, amid signs that the Zimbabwean government is intensifying a post-election crackdown.Thu, 08 May 2008 22:09:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1736416,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1736416,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsZimbabwe's opposition rejected a presidential runoff election despite a media report saying Wednesday that the long-delayed official tally delivered them a victory short of an outright winWed, 30 Apr 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/15/pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/15/pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistan's attorney general said that Monday's parliamentary election will be "massively rigged," according to what Human Rights Watch says is an audio recording it obtained. Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:56:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/pakistan.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/pakistan.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistan's government is beefing up security for a "fair, transparent and peaceful" parliamentary election on Monday, a Pakistani government spokesman said.Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:17:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/14/bangladesh.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/14/bangladesh.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTextHuman Rights Watch on Thursday issued a first-person account of the incarceration and torture in Bangladesh of one of its consultants -- an outspoken human rights advocate, journalist and blogger.Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:54:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1713284,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1713284,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsBangladesh's new government vowed to stamp out corruption and restore order. But a new report outlining the arrest and abuse of a local journalist raises concerns it's pushing too far Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/25/britain.terror/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/25/britain.terror/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe British government's plans to allow terrorist suspects to be held for up to 42 days without charge prompted strong criticism from political opponents and civil liberties groups Friday.Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:03:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/07/myanmar.crackdown/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/07/myanmar.crackdown/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe September crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators by the Myanmar military junta was bloodier than the government admitted to, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Friday.Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/21/saudi.rape.reaction/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/21/saudi.rape.reaction/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. presidential candidates Wednesday condemned Saudi justice after a rape victim was sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in jail.Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:14:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/19/saudi.rape.victim/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/19/saudi.rape.victim/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Saudi Arabian human rights attorney is asking the government to allow him to represent a woman who was gang-raped -- and then sentenced to prison for speaking out about the case.Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:06:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/24/uganda.gays.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/24/uganda.gays.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn international human rights group has accused President Yoweri Museveni's government of promoting "state homophobia" in Uganda and urged the repeal of a colonial-era law against sodomy.Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:08:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1644534,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1644534,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAn estimated 1.6 million children and spouses have been separated from family members forced to leave the country under toughened 1996 immigration lawsWed, 18 Jul 2007 18:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/02/12/child.soldiers/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/02/12/child.soldiers/index.htmlWarlords are forcing children in conflicts around the world to become killing machines -- nothing more than what one child advocate calls "cannon fodder."Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:12:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/01/29/cluster.bombs/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/01/29/cluster.bombs/index.htmlIsrael's use of U.S.-made cluster bombs in last year's war in Lebanon may have violated agreements with the United States governing their use, the State Department said Monday.Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:23:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/20/tbr.papers/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/20/tbr.papers/index.htmlThe Times of London says Pakistan "must reconsider the scheduled hanging" of Briton Mirza Tahir Hussain.Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/kashmir/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/kashmir/index.htmlThe U.S.-based rights group Human Rights Watch has lambasted the Indian government for what it calls "its failure in checking rights violations by its security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir."Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/02/qana.inquiries/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/02/qana.inquiries/index.htmlIsrael's airstrike in Qana earlier this week killed 28 people, and 13 are still missing, according to an investigation by the England-based group Human Rights Watch.Thu, 03 Aug 2006 01:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/16/refugeeday.agencies/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/16/refugeeday.agencies/index.htmlThe sixth annual World Refugee Day is Tuesday. The United Nations unanimously adopted a resolution in 2000 to remember refugees on a special day each year.Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:27:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/13/mideast.probe/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/13/mideast.probe/index.htmlThe explosion on a Gaza beach that killed seven people last Friday was caused by explosives planted there by Palestinian militants, not artillery fire from an Israeli navy gunboat, Israeli military sources said Tuesday.Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/04/26/detainee.report/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/04/26/detainee.report/index.htmlMore than two years after the Abu Ghraib scandal, a report by human rights activists accuses U.S. authorities of failing to adequately investigate claims of detainee abuse at U.S. jails in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/04/25/aids.websites/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/04/25/aids.websites/index.htmlIf you want more information on the AIDS crisis, these Web sites provide useful information.Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:03:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/04/17/8374389/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/04/17/8374389/index.htmAS DUBAI REACHES FOR THE SKY with a building that, when completed in 2008, will be the tallest in the world, it is facing a revolt from the workers who have made the emirate's audacious development... Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:52:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/18/humanrights.iraq/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/18/humanrights.iraq/index.htmlAfter a year of arduous political spadework by Iraqis trying to establish a democracy, a major humanitarian watchdog group has said "the human rights situation in Iraq deteriorated significantly in 2005."Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:31:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/08/18/mariner.torture/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/08/18/mariner.torture/index.html"Trust but verify," Ronald Reagan once said, describing his approach to Soviet arms reduction efforts. The unspoken corollary to his admonition was that promises alone are worthless.Thu, 18 Aug 2005 22:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/08/04/sudan.drawings/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/08/04/sudan.drawings/index.htmlChildren's drawings depicting the horrors of the Sudan conflict are on exhibit at New York University, and a Human Rights Watch researcher says several show human rights violations.Fri, 05 Aug 2005 02:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/27/materialwitness.study/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/27/materialwitness.study/index.htmlCivil liberties groups will release a report Monday that accuses the Justice Department of violating individual rights under material witness statutes.Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:31:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/26/material.witnesses/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/26/material.witnesses/index.htmlTwo civil liberties groups will release a report Monday claiming the Justice Department has abused its power under the material witness statute and violated many of the the detainees' rights.Mon, 27 Jun 2005 02:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/25/iraq.rights/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/25/iraq.rights/index.htmlIraqi security forces are committing systematic torture and other abuses against people in detention, the pressure group Human Rights Watch says in a new report.Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:14:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/11/sudan/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/11/sudan/index.htmlThe United Nations' envoy to Sudan, Jan Pronk, is pessimistic the government in Khartoum will be able to meet is commitments to relieve the country's growing humanitarian crisis.Wed, 11 Aug 2004 05:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/09/prisoner.abuse/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/09/prisoner.abuse/index.htmlThe Bush administration "circumvented" the Geneva Convention with the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, the international advocacy group Human Rights Watch said Thursday.Thu, 10 Jun 2004 00:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/07/mariner.tiananmen/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/07/mariner.tiananmen/index.htmlIt has been 15 years since the Tiananmen Square massacre, but the Chinese government has yet to acknowledge responsibility for the killing of hundreds of civilians on June 3-4, 1989. Indeed, the authorities have not only stubbornly refused to reassess what they describe as a "counter-revolutionary rebellion," they have persisted in efforts to erase the public memory of the events.Mon, 07 Jun 2004 15:21:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/08/afghan.us/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/08/afghan.us/index.htmlThe United States' military used excessive force during arrests of suspected Islamic militants in Afghanistan resulting in avoidable civilian deaths, according to Human Rights Watch.Tue, 09 Mar 2004 01:02:00 EST