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“Human Rights Watch”

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brexit
September 21st, 2018
Human Rights under threat by Brexit
by:Gurmeet Singh
It's harder to conceive of a more nightmarish situation for technocrats than Brexit.
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child labour zimbabwe
May 07th, 2018
Child labour in Zimbabwe’s tobacco and gold industries
in:Humans, Economy
by:Cyril Zenda
The government of Zimbabwe is failing to meet its international human rights obligations to protect children’s rights.
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hazara
December 31st, 2017
The endless suffering of Hazara Afghans
by:Shadi Khan Saif
Over decades, the ethnic Hazara Afghans have found themselves at the deadly crossroads of political, ethnic and religious conflicts.
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Afghanistan-girls-robotics-team
December 03rd, 2017
Cherished by the world, the Afghan girls’ robotics team disregarded at home
by:Shadi Khan Saif
A group of promising school girls from Afghanistan won the Entrepreneurial Challenge at Robotex, regarded as “Europe’s biggest robotics festival”.
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Fatou Bensouda
November 04th, 2017
Last, but not the least a call for probe into war crimes in Afghanistan
by:Shadi Khan Saif
Will the International Criminal Court (ICC) open investigations into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan?
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Burundi
October 11th, 2017
Time to crack the whip on Burundi atrocities, once and for all
by:Bob Koigi
We have extraordinary times in Burundi that call for a change in modus operandi if the world wants to avoid a genocide.
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Iranian regime preying on vulnerable refugee children
October 06th, 2017
The Iranian regime is preying on vulnerable refugee children
by:Shadi Khan Saif
Iran: Afghan Children Recruited to Fight in Syria
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catalonia
September 26th, 2017
Catalonia: from celebration to social fragmentation
by:Maria João Morais
The determination and tenacity of Catalan political figures in their fight to secede from Spain has been transmitted to the general public.
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Mehria Afzali
June 09th, 2017
Women are powerful
by:Shadi Khan Saif
In the face of ragging violence, oppression and social barriers, a group of young Afghan women and girls have made possible the launch of the country’s one and only ‘Zan Tv’ or ‘Women [...]
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afghanistan hospital
March 17th, 2017
Hospitals remain military targets in Afghanistan
by:Shadi Khan Saif
Last week's horrific attack on Afghanistan’s biggest hospital in the capital Kabul used both by the civilians and the security forces has further [...]
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freedom-of-press
December 27th, 2016
Angola threatens press freedom
by:Maria João Morais
Angola was already a tough country for journalists, ranking 123rd out of 180 in Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index, but it is [...]
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November 30th, 2016
Afghan Mona Lisa behind bars in Pakistan
in:Humans
by:Shadi Khan Saif
Sharbat Gula was a teenage girl when Steve McCurry, world acclaimed photographer for the National Geographic, took her photograph in a refugee camp in Pakistan [...]
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Syrian refugees
August 01st, 2016
Donate for Syrian school children's education!
type:Donation, NGO
by:Deniz Zehra Tavli
Lebanon, a small country of about 4.5 million citizens, has taken on an enormous burden, hosting 1.1 million registered Syrian refugees. More than [...]
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cluster amunition victims jemen
August 27th, 2015
Dire humanitarian situation in Jemen
by:Murat Suner
Before the current conflict, Yemen was already the poorest country in the Middle East. Over 10 million people were going hungry, including 1 million [...]
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RAPE
August 14th, 2015
Rape enshrined in the name of Allah
by:Ama Lorenz
“In the moments before he raped the 12-year-old girl, the Islamic State fighter took the time to explain that what he was about to do was not a [...]
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August 05th, 2015
ICC must do better by victims
by:Vanessa Ellingham
The International Criminal Court should be doing more to focus on improving victim outcomes, according to a senior international justice counsel at Human [...]
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Women in uniform march during a ceremony
May 21st, 2015
Non-virgins apparently a danger to Indonesia´s national security
by:Nurcan Özdemir
Indonesia is home to the world's largest Muslim population and places a high value on virginity. Women seeking to join the military or marrying [...]
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2014_cambodia_garment_PRESSER (3)
April 23rd, 2015
Work faster or get out. Labor rights abused in Cambodia
by:Murat Suner
On April 24, two years ago, the Rana Plaza building, a garment factory in Bangladesh, collapsed with 3,649 workers - at least 1,137 of them died. It [...]
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sudanese army mass rape darfur
March 04th, 2015
Sudanese army officers ordered rape of women in Darfur
by:Murat Suner
According to Human Rights Watch Sudanese army forces raped more than 200 women and girls in an organized attack on the north Darfur town of Tabit in [...]
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images
February 11th, 2015
The Louvre, Guggenheim and NYU do little for human rights
by:Neelo Aysha Scholz
Some of the poorest people lured to the U.A.E. with the promise of a job are being blatantly exploited in constructing the Louvre, Guggenheim and NYU [...]
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peace rally against military courts paksitan
January 21st, 2015
Pakistan's bid to rid itself of terrorists comes at a price
by:Neelo Aysha Scholz
The nation accused of harboring Osama bin Laden and itself the target of thousands of terrorist attacks since 9/11 has unleashed its National Action [...]
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04 BM jim with ashanti chief
November 05th, 2014
Human Rights Watch film festival
by:Vanessa Ellingham
Next week the fourth Human Rights Watch film festival in Nairobi will begin, with a programme of films chosen to spark debate and encourage action. Nairobi, home to a [...]
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NIGERIA - Boko Haram
October 27th, 2014
Life under Boko Haram
by:Vanessa Ellingham
Mandatory religious conversion, rape, torture, forced labour, psychological abuse: life for women and girls captured by Boko Haram is even worse than we might have [...]
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barrel bomb hospital
October 10th, 2014
Aleppo's barrel bomb hospital
by:Vanessa Ellingham
A moving new video report from Al Jazeera shows medics in a bombed-out Aleppo hospital struggling to keep their city alive amid barrel bombs dropped by the Syrian [...]
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October 01st, 2014
Violence against Syrian refugees in Lebanon
by:Vanessa Ellingham
Syrian refugees are bearing the brunt of increased violence from Lebanese citizens in response to the Lebanese army's battle with Islamic State [...]
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Sloviansk
July 28th, 2014
Mass grave discovered in Eastern Ukraine
by:Vanessa Ellingham
A mass grave has been uncovered in Eastern Ukraine. According to a first-hand account from Yulia Gorbunova at Human Rights Watch, Ukrainian authorities were [...]
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robin hammond
July 16th, 2014
Disability stigma plagues Africa
by:Vanessa Ellingham
A damning report from Human Rights Watch has told of disabled people in Zambia being left out of standard HIV testing, treatment and prevention. Almost [...]
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fairplanet-noimage
June 09th, 2014
Human Rights Watch Film Festival
by:Vanessa Ellingham
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival is set to begin in New York this week, celebrating 25 years of bringing important stories to the world stage. What began as a small series of films [...]
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Four Billion living
February 11th, 2014
Press Review: Four billion living without protection of the law & CAR's Muslim population in need of immediate action
in:Humans
type:Allgemein
by:Rebecca Silus
Now 4 billion people live without the protection of the law, making them vulnerable to violence, the loss of land, and denial of basic services. In [...]
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AFGHANISTAN-VOTE-WOMEN
December 19th, 2013
After the Occupation: Afghani Women
in:Humans
type:Allgemein
by:Jonathan Lutes
Four years ago, The Law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) was passed that, among other things, made violence against women a crime. But [...]
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Sudanesischer Autor
December 04th, 2012
One Author's Story: Books Banned In Sudan As Agencies Predict Repeat of Darfur Genocide
in:Humans
type:Allgemein
by:Jack Bicker
“I could not forget my people in Darfur and write ‘love stories’ while millions of them are suffering and being killed." At 8am on Nov [...]
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slavery in west africa
October 24th, 2012
Stop slavery in Mauritania
in:Humans
type:Allgemein
org:change.org
An estimated 10-20% of the population lives in slavery. Mauritanian authorities have failed to prosecute slaves' masters and to support freed slaves and [...]
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