http://www.mail.com/organizations/158970-human-rights-watch.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/158970-human-rights-watch.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102260-afghan-students-protest-womens-rights-decree.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hard-line Islamist students protested in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic. It was the latest sign of a backlash against the legal protections passed in the 12 years since the toppling of the Taliban regime known for its harsh treatment of women. The pr... Thu, 23 May 2013 00:35:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102260-afghan-students-protest-womens-rights-decree.html 2013-05-23T00:35:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099758-group-afghan-women-jailed-moral-crimes.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The number of Afghan women and girls jailed for "moral crimes" has risen dramatically in the past 18 months, raising concerns that gains in women's rights might be reversed with the withdrawal of most international troops next year, a rights group said Tuesday. New York-based Human Rights Watch said 600 females are now detained u... Tue, 21 May 2013 13:57:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099758-group-afghan-women-jailed-moral-crimes.html 2013-05-21T13:57:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095136-ivory-coast-army-arrests-militia-leader.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A militia leader accused of grave crimes during Ivory Coast's 2010-11 postelection violence was taken into custody Saturday not far from the national park where his forces had been illegally occupying in the country's volatile western region, officials said. Amade Oueremi, a native of Burkina Faso, fought alongside forces backi... Sat, 18 May 2013 17:34:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095136-ivory-coast-army-arrests-militia-leader.html 2013-05-18T17:34:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092520-report-torture-evidence-syrian-prisons.html BEIRUT (AP) — Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. Raqqa, in eastern Syria, was overrun in late February by rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. The ... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:31:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092520-report-torture-evidence-syrian-prisons.html 2013-05-17T18:31:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093274-rights-groups-syria-holds-thousands-incommunicado.html BEIRUT (AP) — About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of Damascus. They grabbed a 24-year-old university student and drove off. That was a year ago. The young man, who had been providing aid to Syrians displaced by the country's civil war, was never heard ... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:46:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093274-rights-groups-syria-holds-thousands-incommunicado.html 2013-05-17T15:46:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2085678-us-launches-drone-aircraft-carrier.html ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (AP) — A drone the size of a fighter jet took off from the deck of an American aircraft carrier for the first time Tuesday in a test flight that could eventually open the way for the U.S. to launch unmanned aircraft from just about any place in the world. The X-47B is the first drone designed to take off and land on a carri... Tue, 14 May 2013 22:22:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2085678-us-launches-drone-aircraft-carrier.html 2013-05-14T22:22:24Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2085092-navy-launches-unmanned-aircraft-carrier.html ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (AP) — The Navy for the first time Tuesday launched an unmanned aircraft the size of a fighter jet from a warship in the Atlantic Ocean, as it wades deeper into America's drone program amid growing concerns over the legality of its escalating surveillance and lethal strikes. The drone, called the X-47B, is considered partic... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:47:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2085092-navy-launches-unmanned-aircraft-carrier.html 2013-05-14T18:47:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083328-hrw-sex-workers-china-subject-to-police-abuse.html BEIJING (AP) — Police in China frequently beat, torture and arbitrarily detain suspected sex workers, often with little or no evidence that they engaged in prostitution, a rights group said Tuesday in a report that called on the government to discipline abusive officers. Officers sometimes detain women only on the basis of their carrying condoms, thus det... Tue, 14 May 2013 06:48:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083328-hrw-sex-workers-china-subject-to-police-abuse.html 2013-05-14T06:48:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081736-security-forces-tear-gas-protesters-ivory-coast.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Security forces in Ivory Coast used teargas to disperse hundreds of students demonstrating Monday against overcrowded classrooms and empty libraries at the country's largest university, sending at least two students to the hospital with injuries, according to witnesses. The demonstration had been timed to coincide with an appea... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:02:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081736-security-forces-tear-gas-protesters-ivory-coast.html 2013-05-13T15:02:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076646-c-african-republic-child-soldier-killed-mob.html DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An angry mob stoned to death a 17-year-old soldier in Central African Republic who had been freed from a rebel group and moved to the capital for his own safety only to be re-recruited by armed fighters, the U.N. children's agency said Friday. The killings came amid growing resentment against the fighters who seized the capital in Ma... Fri, 10 May 2013 14:24:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076646-c-african-republic-child-soldier-killed-mob.html 2013-05-10T14:24:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071930-malian-military-prepares-final-push-kidal.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali is in the final stages of preparation for an assault on the northern provincial capital of Kidal, the last rebel-held town in the country's north, a military spokesman said on Wednesday. Lt. Col. Souleymane Maiga refused to give a timeline for the attack on Kidal, saying only that preparations for the deployment are "in an advance... Wed, 08 May 2013 18:08:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071930-malian-military-prepares-final-push-kidal.html 2013-05-08T18:08:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2066112-london-hosts-somalia-meeting-to-aid-post-war-gains.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's president over the weekend received the country's first pieces of mail in more than two decades. It's the kind of small but hopeful development that leaders meeting in London on Tuesday want to see more of. Britain and Somalia on Tuesday co-host an international donors' conference that aims to provide international supp... Mon, 06 May 2013 15:20:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2066112-london-hosts-somalia-meeting-to-aid-post-war-gains.html 2013-05-06T15:20:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2064414-libya-bans-gadhafi-era-officials-posts.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Under pressure from armed militias, Libya's parliament passed a sweeping law Sunday that bans anyone who served as a senior official under Moammar Gadhafi during his 42 year-long rule from working in government. The Political Isolation Law could lead to the dismissal of many current leaders, some of whom had defected to the rebel sid... Sun, 05 May 2013 23:39:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2064414-libya-bans-gadhafi-era-officials-posts.html 2013-05-05T23:39:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062612-rights-group-iraqi-panel-help-probing-raid.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged Iraqi authorities to give more financial and political backing to a government panel probing a deadly raid by security forces at a protest camp last week to find out who is responsible for what it alleged was an unlawful use of lethal force. The group said it received photos from a separate, parliamentar... Sat, 04 May 2013 11:09:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062612-rights-group-iraqi-panel-help-probing-raid.html 2013-05-04T11:09:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058274-lebanon-main-suspect-2011-kidnapping-arrested.html BEIRUT (AP) — Security forces have arrested the main suspect in the 2011 kidnapping of seven Estonian tourists and the more recent abduction of a Lebanese citizen that led to a wave of tit-for-tat kidnappings in areas near the Syrian border, police officials said Thursday. The officials said Hussein Hojeiri was detained two days ago in the eastern Bekaa V... Thu, 02 May 2013 18:15:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058274-lebanon-main-suspect-2011-kidnapping-arrested.html 2013-05-02T18:15:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055460-myanmar-muslims-face-uncertain-future-attack.html OKKAN, Myanmar (AP) — They slept terrified in the fields, watching their homes burn through the night. And when they returned on Wednesday, nothing was left but smoldering ash and debris. One day after hundreds of Buddhists armed with bricks stormed a clutch of Muslim villages in the closest explosion of sectarian violence yet to Myanmar's main city, Yang... Wed, 01 May 2013 13:33:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055460-myanmar-muslims-face-uncertain-future-attack.html 2013-05-01T13:33:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2055224-sex-offender-registries-kids-listed.html NEW YORK (AP) — Government authorities should end the practice of placing juveniles' names on publicly accessible sex-offender registries, Human Rights Watch says in a report warning of lasting and unwarranted harm to some youths. Some law enforcement officials and victims' rights advocates agree the current registry system is flawed and support steps to ... Wed, 01 May 2013 04:10:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2055224-sex-offender-registries-kids-listed.html 2013-05-01T04:10:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048416-rebels-attack-sprawling-air-base-northern-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels attacked a sprawling military air base in the country's northwest on Saturday, while opposition forces assaulted a string of army checkpoints and positions in the south, activists said. The raids follow nearly two weeks of advances by Syrian troops, mostly in the suburbs of the capital, Damascus, and in areas near the Lebanese ... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:34:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048416-rebels-attack-sprawling-air-base-northern-syria.html 2013-04-27T14:34:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043772-rights-group-female-police-private-bathrooms.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Human Rights Watch urged the Afghan government on Thursday to force police stations to build restrooms for female officers to protect them from sexual harassment. The group said only a handful of provincial police stations have separate, safe and lockable toilets or changing rooms for women officers, leaving them at risk in a nat... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:43:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043772-rights-group-female-police-private-bathrooms.html 2013-04-25T15:43:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2034448-condition-indian-girl-who-was-raped-improves.html NEW DELHI (AP) — The condition of a 5-year-old girl who was raped, tortured and then left alone in a locked room for two days has improved, a doctor said, as protests continued in India's capital over the authorities' handling of the case. The girl was in critical condition when she was transferred Thursday from a local hospital to the largest government-... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:36:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2034448-condition-indian-girl-who-was-raped-improves.html 2013-04-22T00:36:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025802-libya-urged-to-ex-spy-chief-access-to-lawyer.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — An international rights group is urging Libyan authorities to give an ex-spy chief indicted for alleged crimes against humanity access to a lawyer. The New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a statement on Wednesday that its team visited Abdullah al-Senoussi in prison earlier this month and that he did not complain of any physical... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:39:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025802-libya-urged-to-ex-spy-chief-access-to-lawyer.html 2013-04-17T15:39:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2015462-egypt-leader-military-chief-tension.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Islamist president made a strong show of unity with the military, standing by the country's top general and warning in a statement broadcast Friday against "slandering" the armed forces after leaks from a report that the president himself commissioned implicated troops in the killing of protesters. The findings of the report — if conf... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:44:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2015462-egypt-leader-military-chief-tension.html 2013-04-12T20:44:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2014112-syrian-regimes-air-power-rebels-check.html BEIRUT (AP) — President Bashar Assad has exploited his greatest advantage in the Syrian civil war — his air power — to push back rebel advances and prevent the opposition from setting up a rival government in its northern stronghold. Along the way, fighter jets and helicopters have hit civilian targets such as hospitals, bakeries and residential buildings... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:36:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2014112-syrian-regimes-air-power-rebels-check.html 2013-04-11T19:36:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012890-rights-group-blasts-hamas-collaborator-deaths.html JERUSALEM (AP) — An international rights group condemned Gaza's Hamas rulers Thursday for failing to investigate the public killing of seven Palestinian men accused of spying for Israel. A Hamas government spokesman called the condemnation "biased" and said the incident had been investigated. The Human Rights Watch condemnation comes the same day Hamas is... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:22:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012890-rights-group-blasts-hamas-collaborator-deaths.html 2013-04-11T19:22:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2008370-somalia-president-admits-rapes-security-forces.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — After months of denial, Somalia's government has for the first time acknowledged that its security forces were involved in rape cases that drew an international outcry by human rights groups. Army commanders often denied accusations that soldiers were involved in a spate of rapes, blaming the crimes on the Islamic extremist rebel... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:49:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2008370-somalia-president-admits-rapes-security-forces.html 2013-04-09T16:49:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1998004-ivory-coast-exhuming-mass-graves.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast officials on Thursday began exhuming dozens of mass graves dating back to the country's 2011 postelection violence, as a new report accused President Alassane Ouattara of failing to bring his supporters to justice for crimes they allegedly committed during the conflict. Justice Minister Gnenema Coulibaly presided ov... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:49:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1998004-ivory-coast-exhuming-mass-graves.html 2013-04-04T16:49:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981776-russian-officials-searching-human-rights-watch.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials are searching the Moscow offices of Human Rights Watch and the corruption watchdog Transparency International, intensifying the recent wave of pressure on non-governmental organizations. Rachel Denber of Human Rights Watch said Wednesday that officials from the prosecutor general's office and tax police were conducting an "... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:35:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981776-russian-officials-searching-human-rights-watch.html 2013-03-27T09:35:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1979454-rwandan-warlord-pleads-guilty-congo-crimes.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Rwandan-born warlord known as "The Terminator" insisted Tuesday he is innocent of charges including murder, rape, pillaging and using child soldiers in eastern Congo at his first appearance before the International Criminal Court. Bosco Ntaganda had been one of the court's longest-sought fugitives until he unexpectedly beca... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:48:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1979454-rwandan-warlord-pleads-guilty-congo-crimes.html 2013-03-26T11:48:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1970468-report-cameroon-officials-torture-gay-suspects.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Suspected homosexuals in Cameroon say they have been tortured and raped in prison, according to a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch and three local organizations. The 55-page report, titled "Guilty by Association," documents reported abuses by authorities prosecuting suspected gays and lesbians. Those convicted can... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:14:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1970468-report-cameroon-officials-torture-gay-suspects.html 2013-03-21T18:14:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1968034-rights-group-to-libya-destroying-town.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — An international rights group on Wednesday urged the Libyan government to halt the "systematic destruction" of a town whose residents backed ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi during the country's civil war. The town of Tawergha was used as a staging ground by Gadhafi's forces to launch attacks on nearby Misrata, Libya's third largest c... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:25:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1968034-rights-group-to-libya-destroying-town.html 2013-03-20T19:25:15Z