"“A wonderful report. An attempt to bring rationality where emotion tends to dominate.”—Simon Jenkins, former editor of The Times (London)“The reports of the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) have become extremely important. . . . Cogent and eminently practical, these reports have gone far beyond an account of human rights abuses in the country.”—Ahmed Rashid, The New York Review of Books“When Human Rights Watch, a respected organi ..."
World Report 2014 Events of 2013 by HumanRightsWatch Paperback, 700 Pages, Published 2014 by Policy Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4473-1848-4, ISBN: 1-4473-1848-X
"In mid-March, afterJustice Minister Hassan al-Shimmari announced thatthe
ministry was about to execute 150 people, United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights Navi Pillay likened Iraq's justice system to “processing animals in
a slaughterhouse.” The Justice Ministry rarely provides information about the
identities ofthose ... Freedom of Expression The Committee to ProtectJournalists (
CPJ) named Iraq. without arrest warrants. ..."
World Report 2012 Events of 2011 by HumanRightsWatch 511 Pages, Published 2012 by Seven Stories Press ISBN-13: 978-1-60980-390-2, ISBN: 1-60980-390-6
"In March New York University (NYU) announced that it would be hiring the United
Kingdom construction firm Mott MacDonald to monitor labor conditions on its Abu
Dhabi campuses, while in May the Abu Dhabi Tourism Development and
Investment Company (TDIC), a government entity that is the largest developer in
Abu Dhabi, announced its appointment of international auditing firm, PwC, to
monitor workers' conditions on Saadiyat Island. Bot ..."
World Report 2013 Events of 2012 (Paperback) by HumanRightsWatch Paperback, 665 Pages, Published 2013 by Policy Press, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-4473-0939-0, ISBN: 1-4473-0939-1
"Events of 2012 Human Rights Watch (Organization). impact, reinforcing the ...
Government officials and civil servant investigators accused Suaram offinancial
irregularities, accepting foreign donations to undermine the Malaysian
government, and hiding ... Regulatory agencies, including the Companies
Commission of Malaysia and the Registrar of Societies, demanded information
and documents going back years, and interrogated Suaram st ..."
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 ..."
World Report 2014 Events of 2013 by HumanRightsWatch 672 Pages, Published 2014 by Seven Stories Press ISBN-13: 978-1-60980-556-2, ISBN: 1-60980-556-9
"The national journalists' association recorded 44 violations of freedom of
expressionin as of November,including 3physical assaults. In April, the OSCE
representative on freedom of the media voiced concern over threats against
journalists Predrag Lucic on online forums and Nebojsa Vukanovic byareligious
leader and the overall hostile atmosphere for journalists. A broadcivil
societyassociation, theCoalition for Combating Against Hat ..."
World Report 2010 Events of 2009 (HumanRightsWatch World Report (Paperback)) by HumanRightsWatch Paperback, 624 Pages, Published 2010 by Seven Stories Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58322-897-5, ISBN: 1-58322-897-7
"Human Rights Watch is increasingly recognized as the world's leader in building a stronger awareness for human rights. Their annual World Report is the most probing review of human rights developments available anywhere. Written in straightforward, non-technical language, Human Rights Watch World Report prioritizes events in the most affected countries during the previous year. The backbone of the report consists of a series of concise ..."
World Report 2007 Events of 2006 by HumanRightsWatch 438 Pages, Published 2011 by Seven Stories Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58322-958-3, ISBN: 1-58322-958-2
"Joachim Rucker was appointed special representative of the secretary general
and head of UNMIK in August. Upon taking office Rucker commented that he
expects to be the lastSRSG in Kosovo. With little expectation that UNMIK's record
of poor performance can be reversed, the European Union and the United States
turned their attention toward planning for the future international presence in
Kosovo once status is determined, with the EU ..."
World report 2013 Events of 2012 by HumanRightsWatch 672 Pages, Published 2013 by Policy Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4473-1240-6, ISBN: 1-4473-1240-6
"... Delay,Juliette de Rivero, Rachel Denber, Yasemin Derviscemallioglu, Boris
Dittrich, CorinneDufka,Mariam Dwedar, Brahim Elansari,Marianna Enamoneta,
Jessica Evans, Elizabeth Evenson, Erin Evers, Lama Fakih, Jean-Marie Fardeau,
Alice Farmer, Jamie Fellner, Bill Frelick, Lydia Gall, Arvind Ganesan, Meenakshi
Ganguly, Liesl Gerntholtz, Alex Gertner, Neela Ghoshal, GiorgiGogia,Vugar
Gojayev, Eric Goldstein, Steve Goose,Yulia Gorbuno ..."
World Report 2013 Events of 2012 by HumanRightsWatch 672 Pages, Published 2013 by Seven Stories Press ISBN-13: 978-1-60980-483-1, ISBN: 1-60980-483-X
"In May, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
representative on freedom of media and the European Federation of Journalists
expressed concerns about public television and radio station HRT conducting
disciplinary proceedings and possibly dismissing Elizabeta Gojan, a journalist
and Croatian Journalists' Association board member. HRT's actions followed an
interview Gojan gave on German broadcaster Deutsche ..."
"UDD leaders made inflammatory speeches to demonstrators, encouraging their supporters to carry out riots, arson attacks, and looting. The Thai government adopted various measures that seriously infringed on fundamental rights."
World Report 2011 Events of 2010 by HumanRightsWatch 515 Pages, Published 2011 by Seven Stories Press ISBN-13: 978-1-60980-151-9, ISBN: 1-60980-151-2
"Also in June, the Home Ministry banned 1Funny Malaysia, a book of political
cartoons, and two other books by Malaysiakini cartoonist Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque,
popularly known as Zunar. In September, hours before the launch of Cartoon-
ophobia, a another Zunar book, police raided his office, seized copies of the work
, and arrested him on sedition charges for publishing books detrimental to public
order. In October Home Minister Hishamu ..."