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April 30, 2011
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Egyptian Military to Review Cases of Jailed Protesters
The move addresses growing criticism of the armed forces over human-rights abuses.
April 15, 2011MORE ON HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND: DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, SENTENCES (CRIMINAL), POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA UNREST (2010- ), EGYPT, FACEBOOK.COM, NABIL, MAIKEL
A Hard Rain: Modest Turnout for Bob Dylan in Vietnam
Bob Dylan played to about 4,000 people in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday, his first concert in Vietnam, following concerts in China where his set lists were approved by those Communist countries' governments.
April 11, 2011MORE ON HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND: Music, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Vietnam, Human Rights Watch, Dowd, Maureen, Dylan, Bob, Wilentz, Sean
Donors Asked to Withhold Aid to Cambodia
A proposed law to control nongovernmental groups in Cambodia threatens to silence some of the last independent voices in an increasingly repressed nation, human rights agencies said Thursday.
April 8, 2011MORE ON HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND: HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, CAMBODIA, UNITED NATIONS, KHMER ROUGE, HUN SEN
Crackdown in China
It has taken the arrest of the artist Ai Weiwei for the world to take notice that Beijing is in the midst of the largest crackdown on dissent in over a decade.
April 8, 2011MORE ON HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND: FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION, CHINA
Leading Vietnamese Dissident Sentenced to Prison
A prominent Vietnamese legal scholar who sued the prime minister and called for multiparty democracy was convicted of propaganda against the state.
April 5, 2011MORE ON HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND: PROPAGANDA, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, DECISIONS AND VERDICTS, COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET, VIETNAM, DUNG, NGUYEN TAN
Wide Support for Cu Huy Ha Vu’s Case in Vietnam
Cu Huy Ha Vu is due in court on Monday in a case that has mobilized unusually broad public support.
April 3, 2011MORE ON HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND: HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, VIETNAM
Vietnam Clamps Down on Independent Christians, Report Says
Vietnam has increased repression of indigenous minority Christians, closing small informal churches, compelling public renunciations of faith and arresting worshipers, Human Rights Watch said.
April 1, 2011MORE ON HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND: HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, CHRISTIANS AND CHRISTIANITY, VIETNAM
Qaddafi Forces Said to Lay Land Mines at City
Militia loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi laid land mines on the edge of the city of Ajdabiya in eastern Libya, Human Rights Watch said in a statement Wednesday.
March 31, 2011MORE ON HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND: MINES, EXPLOSIVE, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA UNREST (2010- ), LIBYA, QADDAFI, MUAMMAR EL-
Uganda Police Accused of Torture and Killings
A report by the group Human Rights Watch outlined a series of accusations against the Rapid Response Unit.
March 24, 2011MORE ON HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND: POLICE BRUTALITY AND MISCONDUCT, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, TORTURE, UGANDA
Yemen’s President Said to Have Fired Cabinet
The dismissals came as protests demanding President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s ouster intensified and several officials quit their posts to in response to violence against demonstrators.
March 21, 2011MORE ON HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND: MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA UNREST (2010- ), DEMONSTRATIONS, PROTESTS, AND RIOTS, YEMEN, SALEH, ALI ABDULLAH
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