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South Sudan: Heed Global Call to End Death Penalty

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Posted by admin 149 days ago (http://www.hrw.org)
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email South Sudan should carry out its commitment for a moratorium on the death penalty. On December 20, 2012, South Sudan, along with 110 other nations, voted in favor of a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling on countries that use capital punishment to place a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the

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Mercury Treaty: Last Chance to Address Health Effects

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Posted by admin 128 days ago (http://www.hrw.org)
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email In Final Talks, Western Governments Should Agree to Include Prevention, Treatment A proposed international treaty to address the damaging effects of mercury should include specific provisions to protect the health of children and other vulnerable populations, Human Rights Watch said today. Governments are t

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Cameroon: Court Upholds Unjust ‘Homosexuality’ Conviction

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Posted by admin 151 days ago (http://www.hrw.org)
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email A Cameroonian appeals court decision on December 17, 2012, upholding a criminal conviction for homosexuality demonstrates that basic human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people are under assault in Cameroon. The court upheld the conviction and three-year prison sentence for Roger Jean-Claude Mbede,

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Senegal: Proceedings Against Hissène Habré Draw Near

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Posted by admin 150 days ago (http://www.hrw.org)
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The adoption by the Senegalese National Assembly on December 19, 2012,of laws establishing special chambers within the existing Senegalese court structure heralds the start of criminal proceedings against the former president of Chad, Hissène Habré. (Brussels) – The adoption by the Sene

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ICC: Congolese Rebel Leader Acquitted in Court’s Second Case

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Posted by admin 151 days ago (http://www.hrw.org)
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) acquittal on December 18, 2012, of a Congolese rebel leader on all charges should re-energize efforts to prosecute others for atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (The Hague) – The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) acquittal on Decemb

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Ethiopia: 4 Journalists Win Free Speech Prize

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Posted by admin 149 days ago (http://www.hrw.org)
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Four Ethiopian journalists have received the prestigious Hellman/Hammett award for 2012 in recognition of their efforts to promote free expression in Ethiopia, one of the world’s most restricted media environments. (New York) - Four Ethiopian journalists have received the prestigious Hellman/Hammett award f

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Mali: Rising Ethnic Tensions Threaten New Violence

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Posted by admin 149 days ago (http://www.hrw.org)
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Mali’s newly appointed prime minister, Diango Sissoko, should take urgent measures to end rights abuses by the security forces and address rising ethnic tensions linked to the occupied northern provinces, Human Rights Watch said today. Sissoko was appointed prime minister of the country’s transitional government on December

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Sudan: Civilians Describe Toll of Attacks

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Posted by admin 157 days ago (http://www.hrw.org)
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The Sudanese government’s indiscriminate aerial bombardment and shelling in Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states has killed and injured scores of civilians since the conflict began more than a year ago, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Government forces have raided villages, burned and looted civilian pr

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