Human Rights Watch

...Release: West Papua Media Alerts President Yudhoyono Should Uphold Free Expression Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch New York) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should exonerate three Papuan men...

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...and Sanchez blames the government, which has refused to comment. " The second disturbing development is that researchers for Human Rights Watch who visited Cuba recently issued a discouraging report on Tuesday called "New Castro, Same Cuba:...

In this article: Barack Obama, Cuba, Havana, Raul Castro, Caster Semenya, and Neda Agha-Soltan

...between Washington and the International Criminal Court. "We very much welcome their presence," Elizabeth Evenson of New York-based Human Rights Watch said of Rapp and his team. But she acknowledged that American ratification of the court...

In this article: United States, U.N. Security Council, Rome Statute, Washington, U.N., and Omar al-Bashir

...remain severely curtailed, despite hope among activists that Raul Castro would end Cold War-era limits on dissent and the media, a Human Rights Watch report says. Reporting from Mexico City - Restrictions on civil liberties in Cuba have...

In this article: Cuba, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Barack Obama, Mexico City, Washington, and United States

Systematic repression has created a climate of fear among Cuban dissidents, and prison conditions are inhumane, said Human Rights Watch, whose researchers travelled to the island for two weeks during the summer for their report. Jail is...

In this article: Raul Castro, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Barack Obama, British Airways, and Florida

...Obama; Calls For Aung San Suu Kyi's Release During U.S. President Barack Obama's first visit to Asia as president this month, Human Rights Watch urged him to call on the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to...

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...has maintained an abusive system that his brother put in place to repress dissent, according to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch. The report, New Castro, Same Cuba, documents the cases of more than 40 political...

In this article: Raul Castro, Cuba, Alberto Gonzalez, and U.S.

...that there has been little change in the repressive system that existed under his brother Fidel. Human Rights Watch issued what it called the most comprehensive report yet on civil and political rights in Cuba under Raul Castro,...

In this article: Raul Castro, Cuba, Fidel Castro, United States, and House Foreign Affairs Committee

Systematic repression has created a climate of fear among Cuban dissidents, and prison conditions are inhumane, said Human Rights Watch, whose researchers traveled to the island in June and July for their report. It said imprisonment...

In this article: Raul Castro, Fidel Castro, Cuba, United States, Barack Obama, Havana, and Capitalism

...mindset, which views anyone who acts out of step with the government as a potential threat and thus worthy of punishment." Human Rights Watch described the report as its most comprehensive analysis of conditions for Cuba since Raul...

In this article: Raul Castro, Cuba, Fidel Castro, United States, Caribbean, and Washington