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Stop penalising sex workers, human rights body tells China
China should remove criminal and administrative penalties against sex workers which often lead to serious police abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Tuesday. #World #China #NewsTracker #Human Rights Watch #sex workers
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Bangladesh building collapse: Fleeing owner at the heart of biz-politics nexus
"Successive Bangladeshi governments have paid lip service to worker safety but in reality it is only the factory owners who have the ear of policymakers," Brad Adams, the Asia director for Human Rights Watch, said in a statement. #World #Rana #Human Rights Watch #Bangladesh building collapse
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Probe into LTTE atrocities should start with Karuna himself: human rights body
Sri Lanka should act on the call by a deputy minister to investigate war crimes by examining his own role in serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. #NewsTracker #LTTE #Human Rights Watch #Colonel Karuna
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Human Rights WatchAfghanistan: Weak Appointments Undermine Rights Body
(Kabul) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s appointment of a weakly qualified human rights commission with little public consultation raises concerns about the country’s most important rights body. On June 15, 2013, Karzai announced the appointment of five #Kabul #Hamid Karzai #Afghanistan
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Human Rights WatchColombia: Military Justice Law a Blow to Human Rights
Colombia’s passage of a law to reform the military justice system is a major setback for human rights, Human Rights Watch said today. The law creates a serious risk that unlawful killings by the military, known as “false positives,” will be transferred f #Colombia #Human Rights Watch #International Committee of the Red Cross
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Human Rights WatchBrazil: Investigate Use of Violence against Protesters
(New York) – The São Paulo state government should honor pledges to thoroughly and impartially investigate the legality of force used by security forces during recent crowd-control operations in São Paulo, Human Rights Watch said today. On June 13, 2013, #Human Rights Watch #New York (state) #Porto Alegre, Brazil