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ICC: Members Should Confront Critics and Increase Cooperation Ten Years on, Use Annual Meeting to Support and Strengthen the Court International Criminal Court (ICC) member countries should speak up to support the court’s independence and mandate during their annual meeting beginning November 14, 2008, Human Rights Watch said today. They should also pledge increased international cooperation on arrest warrants and should resolve to carry out arrests in the coming year. November 12, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Egypt: End ‘Shoot to Stop’ Practice at Sinai Border Crossings Israel and Egypt Should Halt Forced Returns to Abuse (Cairo, November 12, 2008) – Since June 2007, Egyptian border guards have killed at least 32 African migrants trying to cross into Israel, and Israel has forcibly returned at least 139 border crossers to Egypt, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Egypt has detained those returned, not revealed their whereabouts, and reportedly deported some to their home countries where they face a substantial risk of persecution. November 11, 2008 Press Release Also available in Printer friendly version DR Congo: Increase Peacekeepers in Eastern Congo Security Council Should Urgently Add Troops to the UN Mission The United Nations Security Council should urgently increase the number of peacekeepers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to protect civilians in the face of new fighting and mounting civilian deaths, Human Rights Watch said today. The Security Council is meeting today with Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy to discuss the situation. November 10, 2008 Press Release Also available in Printer friendly version SADC must take stronger stand By Tiseke Kasambala Published in The Sunday Independent Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting at an emergency summit in South Africa today will be hoping that their intervention will finally break the political deadlock between Zimbabwe's two main parties, Zanu-PF and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). November 10, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version “Our Hands Are Tied” Erosion of the Rule of Law in Zimbabwe
HRW Index No.: 1-56432-404-4 November 8, 2008 Report Download PDF, 211 KB, 51 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release DR Congo: Civilians Under Attack Need Urgent Protection EU and Other UN Member States Should Send More Peacekeepers United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other African and international leaders meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, this weekend should take immediate action to protect civilians who are at severe risk in eastern Congo, 10 human rights and humanitarian agencies, including Human Rights Watch, Oxfam, ENOUGH and the Norwegian Refugee Council, amongst others, said today. The agencies also called on the European Union (EU), whose foreign ministers are to meet in Brussels on November 10, to send immediate reinforcements to the beleaguered UN peacekeeping mission, MONUC, whose forces have been unable to halt abuses against civilians. November 7, 2008 Press Release Also available in Printer friendly version Zimbabwe: End Ruling Party’s Abuses Regional Leaders Should Insist on Restoring Rule of Law Despite a power-sharing agreement, Zimbabwe’s de facto ruling party continues to use the police and justice system as a weapon against opposition supporters and civil society, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch said Southern African leaders meeting on November 9, 2008, should insist the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) fulfill its formal commitment to respect human rights, made when it signed an agreement on September 15, to share power with the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). November 7, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version DR Congo: New Attacks on Civilians Strengthen UN Peacekeepers to Protect Civilians Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda’s forces and government-backed Mai Mai militias deliberately killed civilians in Kiwanja, North Kivu province, on November 4-5, 2008, Human Rights Watch said today. UN peacekeepers based in the area were apparently unable to protect civilians from attack. November 6, 2008 Press Release Also available in Printer friendly version Guinea: Require Security Forces to Use Restraint Government Should Immediately Investigate Shootings of Protesters Guinea should require its security forces to use restraint in responding to street protests, Human Rights Watch said today, after security forces opened fire on groups protesting to demand lower fuel prices. November 5, 2008 Press Release Also available in Printer friendly version Burundi: Detentions of Political Opponents Threaten Rights The detention of political activist Alexis Sinduhije and 36 others by Burundian police on November 3, 2008, highlights the growing obstacles to the free exercise of civil and political rights in Burundi, Human Rights Watch said today. Sinduhije, well-known as a former radio journalist, has been trying since February to form an opposition political party, the Movement for Security and Democracy (MSD). November 4, 2008 Press Release Also available in Printer friendly version DR Congo: International Leaders Should Act Now to Protect Civilians Intensify Diplomacy and Bolster UN Peacekeeping Force to Save Lives The United States, European Union, and African Union should urgently intensify diplomatic efforts to protect civilians and bolster the UN peacekeeping force in eastern Congo, Human Rights Watch said today. As a result of the fighting in North Kivu, which resumed in August after the collapse of a January peace deal, tens of thousands of civilians are fleeing fighting between government troops and combatants led by the rebel general Laurent Nkunda. October 30, 2008 Press Release Also available in Printer friendly version US: First Verdict for Overseas Torture Decision in Trial of Ex-Liberian President’s Son Significant for Justice Today’s verdict in the US trial of Charles “Chuckie” Taylor, Jr. for torture committed in Liberia is a significant step to ensure that victims see justice and that perpetrators do not expect sanctuary in the United States, Human Rights Watch said. The jury in the trial, which has been taking place at a Miami federal court since September 29, found the defendant guilty on all counts today. October 30, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Distasteful truths that block path to peace By Anneke Van Woudenberg, Senior Researcher Published in The Independent In January 2008 hopes for peace in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo soared when the government and 22 armed groups signed a ceasefire agreement in Goma, capital of North Kivu province. But the fragile peace process is now broken and needs urgently to be fixed. October 29, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version Zimbabwe: End Crackdown on Peaceful Demonstrators Police Arrest 42 Women at March Against Hunger, Beat Dozens More Zimbabwe authorities should immediately end their violent crackdown on activists engaging in peaceful demonstrations in Harare, Human Rights Watch said today. October 28, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version German President Köhler Should Address Corruption and Violence during His Upcoming Visit to Nigeria We are writing to urge you to use your forthcoming visit to Nigeria to raise specific human rights concerns with President Umaru Yar’Adua and his administration. Serious problems include rampant government corruption and mismanagement that undermine the realization of the right to basic healthcare and education; political and intercommunal violence fomented by government officials and politicians; and widespread use of extrajudicial executions, torture, and extortion by state security forces. October 27, 2008 Letter Also available in Printer friendly version Sudan: New Darfur Attacks Show Civilians Still at Risk Fighting Underscores Lack of Protection for Civilians Sudanese forces and government-backed militias attacked more than a dozen villages in operations against rebel forces near Muhajariya, South Darfur, between October 5 and 17, 2008, Human Rights Watch said today. The fighting, in which more than 40 civilians were killed, shows that the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) still lacks the capacity to protect vulnerable civilians. October 24, 2008 Press Release Also available in Printer friendly version Burundi: Muyinga Massacre Convictions a Victory 15 Soldiers Sentenced for Executions of 31 Civilians The October 23 conviction by a military tribunal of 15 soldiers for the massacre of 31 civilians in Muyinga province in 2006 is an important blow against impunity in Burundi, Human Rights Watch said today. The series of killings is among the worst atrocities committed by state security forces since President Pierre Nkurunziza took office in 2005. October 24, 2008 Press Release Also available in Printer friendly version Sudan: Khartoum War Crimes Investigations Are Mere ‘Window Dressing’ Obvious Attempt to Derail ICC Cases on Darfur Sudan’s recent legal actions against a militia commander and others accused of war crimes in Darfur hold little promise of bringing justice to victims of serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch accused the Sudanese government of trying to undermine investigations by the International Criminal Court (ICC). October 20, 2008 Press Release Also available in Printer friendly version Spain: Give Migrant Children Legal Aid Halt Repatriations and Provide Lawyers and Other Safeguards Spain’s accelerating effort to send back unaccompanied children who enter the country illegally might subject them to danger, ill-treatment and detention, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The government needs to halt repatriations until it has a process to ensure their well-being, and, as an immediate step, give them the same right to an independent lawyer that adult migrants have under Spanish law. October 17, 2008 Press Release Also available in Printer friendly version Returns at Any Cost Spain’s Push to Repatriate Unaccompanied Children in the Absence of Safeguards
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