"At least 15 million children work as bonded labourers in India. Whether chained to carpet looms, sweating in silver smithies, or working in the field from dawn till dusk, these children endure miserable lives. They earn little and are beaten often."
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"It was reviewed by Holly Burkhalter, Washington Director of Human Rights Watch
(HRW), and Aryeh Neier, formerly executive director of HRW and currently
president of the Open Society Fund. Mr. Anderson wrote the introduction (
Chapter 1 ) and the chapter on Transparency (Chapter 4). Mr. Goose wrote the
Country Studies (Chapter 6), drawing on reports written by various divisions of
HRW and PHR; he also wrote the chapters on Mine Clear ..."
"Human Rights Watch is increasingly recognized as the world’s leader in building a stronger human rights culture, and their annual World Reportâthe most probing annual review of human rights developments available anywhereâwill now be published by Seven Stories Press and available in the trade for the first time. The backbone of the report consists of a series of concise overviews of the most pressing human rights issues in countries ..."
"Moises Orozco. minister of defense. Caracas. March 19. 1996. 1"Alberto de la
Cruz. "Voto de censura contra ministro Meier." El Universal. February 5. 1997. 14
"Human Rights Watch/Americas interview, Ivan Dario Badell. Caracas. March 16."
"Nowhere are politics and religion more intertwined than in Tibet where Tibetan
Buddhism is an integral part of Tibetan national identity, the Dalai Lama is both a
spiritual and political leader, and many Tibetans see political independence as
the only way of ending the Dalai Lama's exile and ensuring his return. Because
monasteries and nunneries are so frequently centers of support for the Dalai
Lama, Chinese authorities see the co ..."
"As they finished stealing the hubcaps from a parked car, a red Mercedes Benz
that was driving by stopped; three armed men exited and began to shoot at the
children. Edgar was struck by three bullets, and Estuardo and Miguelina by two.
To date, the assailants have not been identified. • Carlos Antonio Mejia Chavez
and Juan Pablo Mendez, twenty and fifteen years old, were shot by an assailant
in civilian clothes —later identified as ..."
"Police Abuse and Detention of Street Children in Kenya Yodon Thonden, Human
Rights Watch Children's Rights ... International and Kenyan Standards The
conduct of police regarding the use of force is prescribed under international law
by ..."
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"Conflicts Over Land and Religion in Vietnam's Central Highlands Human Rights
Watch (Organization) Sidney Jones, Joseph Saunders, Malcolm Smart. Most
ethnic minority ... Montagnard preachers often use Biblical stories of the lost
tribes of Israel and the promised land to illustrate the political struggle for
independence, and prayer meetings are often followed by political discussions.
While many ..."
"The most startling transformation in a group of children has been documented in
the work with Irina who was tended to full-time by two ... 346 Human Rights
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1998."
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"If the CRB is intended to ease public anxieties following cases like the Jackson
shooting, it can have little effect in practice, since, according to its own mandate, it
would not be permitted to review the Jackson case until the federal criminal civil
rights investigation, now underway, is completed and any civil actions are
concluded. Indeed, CRB staff told Human Rights Watch that the board was pulled
off the Jackson case after J ..."
"Robert L. Bernstein is the chair of the executive committee and Adrian W.
DeWind is vice chair. Its Africa division was established in 1988 to monitor and
promote the observance of internationally recognized human rights in Africa.
Abdullahi An-Na'im is the executive director; Janet Fleischman is the Washington
representative; Bronwen Manby, Karen Sorensen, Alex Vines and Berhane
Woldegabriel are research associates; Kimberly Mazyc ..."
"In a letter to an organizer of the conference, Presidential Adviser Mario Nobilo
stated that the conference could not be held because such a meeting could be
used "as an excuse for the repression of the island's Croatian inhabitants by
Serbian forces." Mr. Nobilo also stated that "any discussion [regarding] the future
military status of this strategically important island can be organized only when
the Republic of Croatia regains i ..."
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"Abd al-Wahab Hussain, Ali Qassim Rabi'a, Hisham al- Shihabi, Abd al-Aziz
Hasan Ubol. Ibrahim Sayyid Ali Kamal al-Din. Sa'id al-Asboul, Abdallah al-
Abbasi. and Abdallah Rashid. 49 Often translated in English as "funeral homes."
these are spaces of Shi'a congregation for worship as well as for funerals,
weddings, and preparation for the annual procession for 'ashura.
commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Ali in the first Islamic centur ..."
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"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."
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"These units frequently carry out shoot-to-kill ambushes against guerrillas in
Israel's self-declared "security zone" in ... While continuing to grant undercover
units license to kill, the Rabin government has initiated ; From the beginning of
the ..."
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"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
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"... targeted the independent online news site Balkan Investigate Reporting
Network (BIRN) for criticism, and the progovernment media outlets TV Pink and
Informer accused it of being an enemy of the state. The work of a commission
established to investigate the murders of three prominent journalists—Dada
Vujasinovic in 1994, Slavko Curuvija in 1999, and Milan Pantic in 2001—
progressed slowly. The ongoing prosecution of four state se ..."