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Cutting Off the Serpent's Head(1st Edition)
Tightening Control in Tibet, 1994-1995
by Robert Barnett, Tibet Information Network., Human Rights Watch
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1996 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-166-4, ISBN: 1-56432-166-5

"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, ..."






World Report 2020
Events of 2019
by Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth
Paperback, 640 Pages, Published 2020 by Seven Stories Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-64421-005-5, ISBN: 1-64421-005-3

"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 Human Rights Watch, A. Widney Brown, Michael Bochenek
Paperback, 203 Pages, Published 2001 by Human Rights Watch
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 Human Rights Watch
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 Human Rights Watch
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 Human Rights Watch
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 Human Rights Watch
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 Human Rights Watch
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 Human Rights Watch
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 Human Rights Watch
Paperback, 1,085 Pages, Published 1999 by Human Rights Watch
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 ..."






Implausible Deniability
State Responsibility for Rural Violence in Mexico (Americas S.)
by Joel A. Solomon, Human Rights Watch, Sebastian Brett, Cynthia G. Brown, Anne Manuel
Paperback, 95 Pages, Published 1997 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-210-4, ISBN: 1-56432-210-6

"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 ..."






Unaccompanied Children Retained by the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
by Rosa Ehrenreich, Human Rights Watch, No Listed
Paperback, 118 Pages, Published 1997 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-209-8, ISBN: 1-56432-209-2

"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 ..."






Death by Default
A Policy of Fatal Neglect in China's State Orphanages
by Robin Munro, Human Rights Watch, Jeff Rigsby, Asia
Paperback, 394 Pages, Published 1996 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-163-3, ISBN: 1-56432-163-0

"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 Human Rights Watch, Helsinki Watch Staff
Paperback, 76 Pages, Published 1986 by Human Rights First
ISBN-13: 978-0-938579-85-4, ISBN: 0-938579-85-1






Together, Apart
Organizing Around Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Worldwide
by Human Rights Watch
44 Pages, Published 2009 by Human Rights Watch
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 ..."






You'll Learn Not to Cry(Illustrated)
Child Combatants in Colombia
by Human Rights Watch, Sebastian Brett
Paperback, 149 Pages, Published 2003 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-288-3, ISBN: 1-56432-288-2

"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 Human Rights Watch, Fred Abrahams
Paperback, 621 Pages, Published 2001 by Human Rights Watch
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 Human Rights Watch, Joanne Mariner
Paperback, 378 Pages, Published 2001 by Human Rights Watch
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 Human Rights Watch, Samya Burney
Paperback, 101 Pages, Published 2000 by Human Rights Watch
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 Human Rights Watch, Christopher Panico
Paperback, 122 Pages, Published 1999 by Human Rights Watch
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 ..."



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