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World Bank: Investigate ‘Development’ Project Abuses

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Posted by admin 62 days ago (http://www.hrw.org)
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The World Bank’s board should support an internal investigation into allegations of abuse linked to a World Bank project in Ethiopia. The Inspection Panel, the World Bank’s independent accountability mechanism, has recommended an investigation into whether it has violated its policies in a project linked to the Ethiopian gov

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Chad: Don’t Welcome Back Al-Bashir

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Posted by admin 65 days ago (http://www.hrw.org)
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The Chadian government should arrest President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan or bar him entry to Chad. (New York) – The Chadian government should arrest President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan or bar him entry to Chad, Human Rights Watch said today. read more

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Israel: Detained Asylum Seekers Pressured to Leave

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Posted by admin 67 days ago (http://www.hrw.org)
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Israeli authorities are threatening detained Eritrean and Sudanese nationals, including asylum seekers, with prolonged detention to pressure them to leave Israel, Human Rights Watch and the Hotline for Migrant Workers said today. Israeli authorities are threatening detained Eritrean and Sudanese nationals

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Somalia: Woman Alleging Rape Cleared, Journalist Convicted

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Posted by admin 77 days ago (http://www.hrw.org)
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email An appeals court’s ruling to uphold the conviction of a journalist who interviewed a woman alleging rape by government forces is a major setback for freedom of the media in Somalia. The woman, who had also been convicted of “insulting the government” and other alleged crimes, was found not guilty. (Nairobi)

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South Sudan: End Widespread Child Marriage

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Posted by admin 73 days ago (http://www.hrw.org)
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The government of South Sudan should increase efforts to protect girls from child marriage. The country’s widespread child marriage exacerbates South Sudan’s pronounced gender gaps in school enrollment, contributes to soaring maternal mortality rates, and violates the right of girls to be free from violence, and to marry onl

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Sudan: Doctors Perform Amputations for Courts

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Posted by admin 81 days ago (http://www.hrw.org)
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Credible sources in Sudan have reported that government doctors amputated a man’s right hand and left foot by court order in Khartoum on February 14, 2013, in violation of the absolute prohibition on torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishments, four human rights groups said today. (Nairobi) &ndash

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Angola: Scores Detained, Convicted After Forced Evictions

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Posted by admin 82 days ago (http://www.hrw.org)
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The Angolan police have arrested dozens of people who were victims of forced eviction and the demolition of their homes in early February 2013. They had lived in Maiombe, a peripheral neighborhood in Luanda, Angola’s capital. On February 23, security forces barred a delegation of the main opposition party, National Union for

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Sudan: Crackdown on Political Opposition

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Posted by admin 83 days ago (http://www.hrw.org)
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Sudanese authorities should charge or release six members of opposition parties who have been detained in poor conditions by Sudanese security, most of them for weeks, without access to lawyers or adequate medical care. (Juba) – Sudanese authorities should charge or release six members of opposition p

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