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Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:27 PM

Human Rights Watch

Type: Organization

Name: Human Rights Watch

Nationality: United States

Web Address: http://www.hrw.org/

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Human Rights Watch

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 5 Documents (in Politics)

Raúl Castro Ruz

Report says Raul Castro still crushing dissent

Cuban President Raul Castro has kept the system his brother Fidel used to repress critics, refusing to free scores of people imprisoned years ago and jailing others for “dangerousness,” Human Rights Watch said in a report issued on Wednesday.The assessment ... [Taipei Times Online - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Raúl Castro Ruz, Cuba, Human Rights Watch, Fidel Castro, Embargo

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 9 Documents (in Politics)

Rights group: Cuba no less repressive under Raul Castro

WASHINGTON - Scores of Cubans have been detained as political prisoners since Raul Castro assumed power three years ago, a human-rights group reported yesterday, suggesting there has been little change in the repressive system that existed under his brother ... [Philadelphia Inquirer - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Raúl Castro Ruz, Cuba, Human Rights Watch, Embargo, Human Rights

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 6 Documents (in Politics)

Barack Obama

Obama urged to raise Nokor rights abuses

SEOUL (AFP) An international rights group urged United States President Barack Obama to take a strong stance on North Korea's human rights abuses during his visit to South Korea starting late Wednesday.''North Korea's nuclear ambitions have overwhelmed ... [Manila Bulletin - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Abuse, Barack Obama, North Korea

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Hamid Karzai

Rights groups demand reform in Afghan

KABUL: Leading human rights groups on Thursday called on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to use his second term in office as a platform to sever links with warlords and abusers of human rights. Karzai was sworn in for another five years amid a security ... [South Asian Media - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Human Rights, Human Rights Violations, Hamid Karzai, Kabul

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Granma denounces report on repression

In another broadside at Human Rights Watch's report on repression in Cuba, the Communist Party daily Granma on Thursday called it "a futile attempt to soil the island's impeccable work on behalf of the dignity and true human rights of more than 11 million ... [Miami Herald - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Repression, Cuba, Mafia, Miami (Florida, United States)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Indonesia: Release Papuan Flag-Raisers

(New York) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should exonerate three Papuan men convicted of rebellion on November 12, 2009, for raising a pro-independence flag, Human Rights Watch said today.Indonesian courts have long treated the raising ... [Human Rights Watch - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Indonesia, Human Rights Watch, Manokwari (Indonesia), Arrests

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

It was 20 years ago today.

It was 20 years ago today. On 20 November 1989, the international Convention on the Rights of the Child (CROC) was formally adopted. According http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/11/18/us-ratify-children-s-treaty?tr=y&auid=5614841 to Human Rights Watch, ... [Bartlett's Blog - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Somalia, Human Rights Watch, United States

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Tension in Iraqi Kurdistan: An Official’s View

“Minorities in Iraq’s North Seen as Threatened” (news article, Nov. 11) did not mention efforts by the Kurdistan Regional Government to protect minorities and portrays a Human Rights Watch report as vilifying the authorities of the Kurdistan... ... [Iraq Updates - Politics & Government - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Kurdistan Regional Government, Human Rights Watch, Iraq

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Russian human rights activist thrown out of Kyrgyzstan

The director of the Central Asian branch of Russia's leading rights organization, Memorial, said its human rights activist Bakhrom Hamroev was deported from Kyrgyzstan on Thursday.'Bakhrom Hamroev called me from Domodedovo Airport [in Moscow] and said ... [Russian Information Agency Novosti - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Kyrgyzstan, National Security Service, Human Rights

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Possible decision to re-introduce death penalty to damage Kyrgyzstan's international reputation: Human Rights Watch

Azerbaijan, Baku, November 19 / Trend News, V.Zhavoronkova/Re-introducing the death penalty will not improve security in the country but strongly damage Kyrgyzstan's international reputation and give a further blow to human rights, Andrea Berg, Central ... [Trend News Agency - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Kyrgyzstan, Capital Punishment, Human Rights Watch, Andrea Berg

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Freedom of speech in Internet across Central Asia to be reviewed at Bishkek roundtable

19-11-2009 19-11-2009 Human Rights Watch urges Kyrgyz authorities to release human rights activists19-10-2009 Russian human rights defenders to picket Kyrgyz Embassy in Moscow02-10-2009 Human rights defender says cartridge found in her luggage is pro ... [AKI Press - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Biskek, Human Rights, Human Rights Council, Kyrgyzstan, Human Rights Watch

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Asking the wrong questions on Cuba

The brunt of yesterday's hearing in the House committee about lifting the U.S. travel ban on Cuba came down the following question: will allowing American visitors spread word of democracy, or will tourist dollars will just prop up the Castro regime. ... [Foreign Policy Magazine - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Cuba, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Repression, Honduras

Quotes

..."Still, to make progress, you have to address the past," says Riaz. "They have to do it for the sake of Bangladesh."

Thirty Years On, Killers of Bangladesh's Founding Father to Be Hanged [Time - 5 hours ago]

Representatives of Human Rights Watch and other watchdog groups now seem intent on turning up the heat on Washington. "The US government raised the issue several times with the Turkmen leadership, and made this known publicly, which are good steps. But it isn't clear what consequences there might be for US-Turkmen relations if the Turkmen authorities don't let the students travel" Rachel Denber, deputy director of the Europe and Central Asia division at Human Rights Watch, said on November 19

Turkmenistan: Washington Finesses Study-Abroad Controversy [EurasiaNet - 12 hours ago]

The Post cites the recently released Human Rights Watch poll as it remarks that "in Raúl's Cuba, as in Fidel's, unemployment is considered antisocial and the government can lock away anyone a summary trial finds guilty of 'dangerousness,' a legal catch-all."

Newspapers disagree on benefits of travel [Miami Herald - 21 hours ago]

More Content

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US: Reform Afghanistan Detention Policy as New ... [Amnesty International USA - 10 hours ago]
Turkmenistan: Washington Finesses Study-Abroad ... [EurasiaNet - 12 hours ago]
Australian police want to take from Kadyrov lau... [Kavkaz-Center - 14 hours ago]
The Oslo Center & Human Rights Watch Joint ... [Asmarino Independent - 14 hours ago]
Thailand must end detention of Hmong: rights group [InSing.com - 14 hours ago]
Analyzing the State Department report [Sri Lanka Daily News - 19 hours ago]
UNPO Speaks About Indigenous Issues at the Euro... [United Nations and Peoples Organisation - 19 hours ago]
Newspapers disagree on benefits of travel [Miami Herald - 21 hours ago]
Asking the wrong questions on Cuba [Foreign Policy Magazine - 22 hours ago]
The Blood Diamond Files [Tehelka - 22 hours ago]
Israel deserves respect in global forums [The Australian - 22 hours ago]
Freedom of speech in Internet across Central As... [AKI Press - 23 hours ago]
Timeline: Saudi Arabia [BBC - 11/20/2009]
Rights groups demand reform in Afghan [South Asian Media - 11/20/2009]
Afghan ex-warlord escapes attack [BBC - 11/20/2009]
Western Sahara's 'Gandhi' begins hunger strike [Mail & Guardian Online - 11/20/2009]
Russian human rights activist thrown out of Kyr... [Russian Information Agency Novosti - 11/20/2009]
Report says Raul Castro still crushing dissent [Taipei Times Online - 11/20/2009]
Possible decision to re-introduce death penalty... [Trend News Agency - 11/20/2009]
Granma denounces report on repression [Miami Herald - 11/20/2009]
Cuba blasts report on human rights violations i... [Russian Information Agency Novosti - 11/20/2009]
Award available for journalists involved in bra... [IJnet.org - 11/20/2009]
Ethiopian family struggles to escape a lethal l... [Globe and Mail - 11/20/2009]
ILO Report: The Burmese junta increases forced ... [AsiaNews.IT - 11/20/2009]
Obama engages with Cuba blogger [BBC - 11/20/2009]
The latest news on Financial Reform, Unemployme... [Sojourners - 11/20/2009]

Blogs

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Human Rights Watch: Join the World in Embracing... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 3 hours ago] The most widely and rapidly ratified human rights treaty in history is 20 years old. The Convention on the Rights of the Child was shaped by the United ...
malalai joya in toronto: report, part two [we move to canada - 23 hours ago] Initial thoughts here.Part one here.Joya speaks with great strength and forcefulness. And she talks fast. Allan said when she spoke in Pashto, you could practically ...
BBC: President Obama replies to Cuba's dissiden... [Ashin Mettacara - 11/20/2009] US President Barack Obama has engaged in an unprecedented written exchange with a blogger in Cuba who is openly critical of its communist government.Cuba's blogger ...
It was 20 years ago today. [Bartlett's Blog - 11/20/2009] It was 20 years ago today. On 20 November 1989, the international Convention on the Rights of the Child (CROC) was formally adopted. According http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/11/18 ... ...
Obama replies to Cuban blogger [FP Passport - 11/19/2009] Earlier today, Yoani Sanchez posted questions to U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro regarding U.S.-Cuban relations on her blog, Generación ...

Audio/Video

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Report Says Complaining Chinese Risk Kidnap [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/12/2009]
Group decries China's secret jails [Reuters - YouTube - 11/12/2009]
Group decries China's secret jails [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/12/2009]
More about NBC News' investigative infotainment... [Slate Magazine - 07/08/2009]
Why do militaries keep using white phosphorus? [Slate Magazine - 03/27/2009]

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