"Mickey Spiegel of Human Rights Watch/Asia wrote the last three sections of Part
2 and Appendix II, and did extensive cross-checking of prisoner lists. The report
was edited by Sidney Jones, Mickey Spiegel and Cynthia Brown, and produced
with the assistance of Paul Lall, all of Human Rights Watch. The research for this
report would not have been possible without the generous financial support of
Dialoog, Harrison Ford, Wilde Ganzen, ..."
"The best country-by-country assessment of human rights. The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and ..."
Hatred in the Hallways Violence and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students in U.S.Schools by HumanRightsWatch, A. Widney Brown, Michael Bochenek Paperback, 203 Pages, Published 2001 by HumanRightsWatch ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-259-3, ISBN: 1-56432-259-9
"Vetter reports that the student was then challenged about whether he had ever
been touched by Vetter. Vetter expressed concern, saying, "My students were
scrutinized by other students and were treated as suspect just because of their
association with me. It felt wrong that I couldn't protect them and yet they were put
in the position of defending me." Vetter eventually left teaching. Although he was
not fired, he felt immense press ..."
World Report 2020 Events of 2019 by HumanRightsWatch 640 Pages, Published 2020 by Seven Stories Press ISBN-13: 978-1-64421-006-2, ISBN: 1-64421-006-1
"Rights defender Yiğit Aksakoğlu, detained since November 2018, was released
at the June hearing. The trial was continuing at time of writing. The trial of nine
prominent rights defenders from Turkey and two foreign nationals continued."
World Report 2019 Events of 2018 by HumanRightsWatch 688 Pages, Published 2019 by Seven Stories Press ISBN-13: 978-1-60980-885-3, ISBN: 1-60980-885-1
"series of arbitrary arrests in an escalating crackdown against al-Sisi's peaceful
political opponents ahead of the ... Wael Abbas; Shady al-Ghazaly Harb, a
surgeon; Haitham Mohamadeen, a lawyer; Amal Fathy, an activist; and Shady
Abu Zaid, ..."
World Report 2018 Events of 2017 by HumanRightsWatch 704 Pages, Published 2018 by Seven Stories Press ISBN-13: 978-1-60980-815-0, ISBN: 1-60980-815-0
"It ruled that Luis Muiña, convicted of torture and kidnappings committed in 1977,
could benefit from a 1994 law—known as the ... In January 2016, police detained
Milagro Sala, a prominent social leader in Jujuy province, in connection with her
..."
World Report 2016 Events of 2015: Events of 2015 (World Report 2015) by HumanRightsWatch Paperback, 700 Pages, Published 2016 by Policy Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4473-2550-5, ISBN: 1-4473-2550-8
"The human rights records of more than 90 countries and territories is put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. This volume highlights the armed conflict in Syria, international drug reform, drones and electronic mass surveillance, and also features photo essays of child marriage in South Sudan, the cost of the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia, and religious fighting in Central African Republic. Reflecting ext ..."
World Report 2015 Events of 2014 by HumanRightsWatch 680 Pages, Published 2015 by Seven Stories Press ISBN-13: 978-1-60980-582-1, ISBN: 1-60980-582-8
"The InspectorGeneral's Office continued its disciplinary investigation against
Congressman Iván Cepeda, a prominent victim's rights advocate, for collecting
information about possible paramilitary abuses and submitting it to justice
authorities. The investigation, which relates to Congressman Cepeda's interviews
of exparamilitaries about former President Uribe's alleged ties to paramilitaries,
appears to be entirely unfounded and c ..."
World Report 2015 Events of 2014 (Paperback) by HumanRightsWatch Paperback, 700 Pages, Published 2015 by Policy Press, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-4473-2548-2, ISBN: 1-4473-2548-6
"They ordered the closure of Aseman in February and the arrest of its managing
editor for an article that described the Islamic ... Rouhani's interim minister of
science, Reza Faraji Dana, responsible for most of Iran's universities, led efforts
to ..."
Landmine Monitor Report 1999 Toward a Mine-free World - International Campaign to Ban Land Mines (Paperback) by HumanRightsWatch Paperback, 1,085 Pages, Published 1999 by HumanRightsWatch ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-231-9, ISBN: 1-56432-231-9
"... a national mine awareness campaign and to create a national database."
Since the departure of Libyan forces from the north in 1994, there have been a
number of mine clearance efforts. A joint Chadian-Libyan initiative to clear
landmines in the north in 1995 claims officially to have destroyed 529 antitank
mines and 263 others. But, a U.N. official told Human Rights Watch that the
Libyans gave the Chadian official responsible fo ..."
"Tila Municipality — Community of Nuevo Limar On August 21, 1996, some fifty
supporters of the PRD made their way on foot from the community of Nuevo
Limar, in the Tila lowlands, to the municipal capital of Salto de Agua, where they
asked the parish priest, Alan Jenkins, for refuge. Members of the six refugee
families told Human Rights Watch/Americas that their initial departure from
Nuevo Limar was blocked by some sixty civilian gu ..."
"This issue has not been directly addressed by U.S. courts. But here too, what little
case law there is provides support for the view that detained children who cannot
afford a lawyer have a constitutional right to government-appointed counsel. The
Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution prohibit the
federal and state governments from denying liberty to any person without due
process of law.43 Based on thes ..."
"178 Chen Zhong (179), Sun Zhu (183); Guo Qing (186); Zeng Yuan (191), Xing
Qian (193), Yu Lei (196), Ba Jun (202) ... 260 Yue Yi (261), Hong Na (262), Liang
Jie (263), Wu Lanyin (264), Lu Yi (265) Rape and Sexual Abuse by Staff . ... 267
Huo Zhen (269), Gan Rui (269), Wei Zhi (270), Zhang Yansong (270) Use of
Forced Child Labor . ... 272 Ai Ming (272), Zhu Yan (273) Three Case Studies . ...
273 Chou Hui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..."
US Mother of Exiles: Refugees Imprisioned in America by HumanRightsWatch, Helsinki Watch Staff Paperback, 76 Pages, Published 1986 by HumanRights First ISBN-13: 978-0-938579-85-4, ISBN: 0-938579-85-1
Together, Apart Organizing Around Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Worldwide by HumanRightsWatch 44 Pages, Published 2009 by HumanRightsWatch ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-484-9, ISBN: 1-56432-484-2
"This 44-page report demonstrates that many groups defending LGBT rights, especially throughout the global South, still have limited access to funding, and courageously face sometimes-murderous attacks without adequate support from a broader ..."
"Child Combatants in Colombia Human Rights Watch (Organization), Sebastian
Brett ... Human Rights Watch, War without Quarter, p. ... the FARC-EP's use of gas
cylinder bombs, see Human Rights Watch, "Beyond Negotiation: International
Humanitarian Law and its Application to the Conduct of the FARC-EP," Vol. 13,
No."
Under Orders(1st Edition) War Crimes in Kosovo by HumanRightsWatch, Fred Abrahams Paperback, 621 Pages, Published 2001 by HumanRightsWatch ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-264-7, ISBN: 1-56432-264-5
"Miloje R. Miletic, Member of the Third Army ~ Col. Dragan S. Petrovic, Member of
the Third Army ... Lt. Nenad M. Popovic, Member of the Third Army - Snr. Sgt. of
the First Order Radisa V. Ilic, Member of the Third Army ' Snr. Sgt. Zeljko I. Alar,
Member of the Third Army ' Snr. Sgt. Branko N. Vukovic, Member of the Third
Army ' Sgt. Aleksandar R. Rakovic, Member of the Third Army - Ir. Sgt. Ivan S.
Niciforovic, Member of the Third ..."
No Escape Male Rape in U.S.Prisons by HumanRightsWatch, Joanne Mariner Paperback, 378 Pages, Published 2001 by HumanRightsWatch ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-258-6, ISBN: 1-56432-258-0
"If, however, more formal means of persuasion are needed, it should be
considered that a study by Burgess and Groth demonstrates that at least one-
third of all convicted rapists were married and living with their wives at the time
they committed the offense. Many others had live-in girl friends." There is an
abundance ... conducted by Dr. A. Nicholas Groth, director of the Correctional
Institute at Sommers, offers particularly convi ..."
Crime or Custom Violence Against Women in Pakistan by HumanRightsWatch, Samya Burney Paperback, 101 Pages, Published 2000 by HumanRightsWatch ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-241-8, ISBN: 1-56432-241-6
"Evidence for Tazir punishment is governed by the standard evidence code (
Qanun-e-Shahadat) which was introduced by General Zia in 1984. ... the court
may accept, or act on, the testimony of one man or one woman.69 The use of the
word "may" in the second ... the sexual intercourse necessary to the offence of
zina-bil-jabr,"73 and the 69 Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984, Section 17 (
emphasis added)."
Turkey Violations of Free Expression in Turkey by HumanRightsWatch, Christopher Panico Paperback, 122 Pages, Published 1999 by HumanRightsWatch ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-226-5, ISBN: 1-56432-226-2
"On June 26, 1996, Ali Bayramoglu, columnist at the Istanbul daily Yeni Ytizyil,
and his responsible editor, Ismet Berkan, were acquitted on charges filed under
Article 312 of the penal code for a column by Mr. Bayramoglu, "Why Was Ahmet
Altan Sent Away?" ("Ahmet Altan Ni?in Gonderildi").187 Mr. Bayramoglu
questioned the firing of the columnist Ahmet Altan by the daily Milliyet after Mr.
Altan was charged under Article 3 12 for a co ..."