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• Human Rights Watch urges Zambia to drop charges in sodomy case

  
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  The Human Rights Watch has urged authorities in Zambia to release two men who were arrested and charged on allegations of sodomy earlier in May. Zambian police arrested and charged a gay couple after the family of one of the men reported the relationship to authorities.  AFP reported that James Mwape, 20, and ...
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• Administration Burma Policy: Lift Sanctions, Ask Questions Later

  
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  NARONG SANGNAK/EPA/Newscom President Obama’s meeting with Burma’s President Thein Sein at the White House today is a stark reminder of how far the Administration has come on Burma policy. In initiating the annual process for renewal of the ban on Burmese imports last week, Representative Joseph Crowley ...
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• Drones and the Human Agency of War

  
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  . This commentary previously appeared in the Algemeiner on May 17, 2013. Joshua Foust has written at Foreign Policy a misleadingly essay titled  ” A Liberal Case for Drone s.” I think there is such a case, but this it not it and a case for drones is not even truly the subject of the piece. The actual ...
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• Rights group criticizes Sri Lankas rights record

  
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  An international human rights group said Monday that respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated separatist Tamil rebels to end a civil war. Human Rights Watch said the Sri Lankan government has yet to follow through on its assurances ...
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• Syrian forces storm rebel bastion of Qusayr

  
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  Syrian troops backed by Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Sunday entered Qusayr, a strategic rebel stronghold linking Damascus to the coast, a day after President Bashar al-Assad insisted he would not step aside. The advance came as Assad’s opponents warned his regime’s “barbaric and destructive” assault on Qusayr ...
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• More Traumatizing Than the Rape Itself

  
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  A low number of recorded sexual assaults may seem like a positive indicator.  But when Human Rights Watch researcher Sara Darehshori realized just how low the numbers were in Washington, DC, she saw a red flag and went to work.   Sara suspected that to keep the number of unsolved cases low, police were not ...
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• Rights Group Says It Finds Proof of Torture in Syria

  
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  Human Rights Watch said Friday that visits to two Syrian security centers contained proof of widespread, arbitrary detentions and torture by the government of President Bashar al-Assad.        
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• Queer Talk: Homophobia, Transphobia and the “Hall of Shame” *Updated*

  
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  ( UPDATE: I’ve removed the link in the first paragraph for the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. The event is for real, but they are obviously having problems with the web site.) Today is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, and also the day Human Rights Watch released ...
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• Global Push to Improve Labor Conditions for Cleaners, Maids, and Nannies

  
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  Domestic workers balance a complex set of relationships, whether theyre employed in the US or elsewhere. Nisha Varia, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch, talks with anchor Marco Werman about the growing movement to improve labor conditions for "the help" worldwide.
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• Racist Amnesty International trying to Incite Terror Against Eritrea – Amanuel Biedemariam

  
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    Racist Amnesty International trying to Incite Terror Against Eritrea Amanuel Biedemariam   It has been a while since the international community has been assaulted by the criminal entity Amnesty International (AI) using human rights as excuse to demonize nations and leaders of specific nations targeted for ...
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• Mark Mother’s Day by Reforming Family Leave Laws

  
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  THE WEEK IN RIGHTS Photo © Getty Images  by  Janet Walsh Thomson Reuters Foundation Diana T. worked full-time for a large retail store in the US when she became pregnant. Her manager was unhappy about her pregnancy and about Diana’s six-week unpaid maternity leave. Her employer refused to ...
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• Reports on violence in Burma’s Rakhine State: Where do they differ?

  
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  Last month, both Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the  Burmese government’s Rakhine State Conflicts Investigation Commission  released reports on infamous riots that started in June of last year in Rakhine State. While HRW says the riot was all about ethnic cleansing, the investigation commission tries to portray it ...
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• Ethiopia: Shadowboxing Smoke and Mirrors

  
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    Meles Zenawi when he was alive and his apostles today (“Melesistas”) keep playing us in the Diaspora like a cheap fiddle. They make us screech, shriek, scream and shout by simply showing their mugs in our cities. How do they do it? Every now and then, the Melesistas suit up a few of their bumbling and ...
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• A clarification: What international human rights activists really do

  
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  International human rights activists as they see themselves In my first post on Mona Seif, I objected to an e-mail that Ken Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, sent to the New York Times . Specifically, he explained to the newspaper that “HRW staff nominated two human rights defenders” for the ...
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• Investigations into atrocities for fair justice stalled in Côte d’Ivoire

  
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  WNN Justice (WNN/IRIN) Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, WESTERN AFRICA: The Côte d’Ivoire government’s National Commission of Inquiry into conflict has accused both the Côte d’Ivoire Republican Forces (FRCI – now part of the army) and fighters loyal to deposed president Laurent Gbagbo, of crimes. It said FRCI was ...
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• Hillel Neuer: Liar. Mona Seif: Hero.

  
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  Mona Seif, Tahrir Square: © Matthew Cassel,  justimage.org I know Mona Seif only slightly. She’s one of the few human rights activists in Egypt (or anywhere) whom almost everybody likes. She’s utterly unpretentious. As I wrote  a year ago, “Her complete immunity from the vagaries of ego is like a genetic ...
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• Egyptian Activist Defends Anti-Israel Tweets

  
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  A prominent Egyptian activist issued a defiant response Thursday to critics who argue that her anti-Israel stance should disqualify her from consideration for a major international award.
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• Images Show Massive Destruction in Baga Town

  
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  Source: Astrium A new twist has been added to the debate about what happened in Baga town, Northern Nigeria on the 26th of April 2013. The picture on the left shows Baga Town on the 6th of April 2013, whilst the one on the right shows the town on the 26th of April 2013, ten days after the clash between Boko Haram ...
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• Nigerian Village’s Destruction Is Shown in Photos

  
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  Satellite images show 2,275 destroyed buildings in a Nigerian village, corroborating residents’ accounts that soldiers burned their homes, Human Rights Watch said.        
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• Wednesday’s Children and the Law News Roundup

  
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  More Harm Than Good: Exempt Youth Sex Offenders from Registration Laws , Human Rights Watch Harsh public registration laws often punish youth sex offenders for life and do little to protect public safety, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. A web of federal and state laws apply to people under 18 who ...
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