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China: Secret Black Jails Hide Severe Rights Abuses

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 11/11/2009

(New York) - Since 2003, large numbers of Chinese citizens have been held incommunicado for days or months in secret, unlawful detention facilities known as "black jails" by state agents who violate detainees' rights with impunity, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released toda ...

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India: End Manipur Killings

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 17/07/2009

(New York) - The Manipur state government in northeastern India should act to end a cycle of unpunished violence, including killings, by security forces and armed groups, Human Rights Watch said today. read more

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Bahrain: Investigate Abduction, Beating of Rights Activist

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 12/05/2009

(New York) - Bahrain should immediately begin a thorough and impartial investigation into the abduction and torture of the human rights activist Ja'far Kadhim Ibrahim, Human Rights Watch said today. Men whom Ibrahim believed were working for a Bahraini security agency abducted him on the night ...

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Sri Lanka: Human Rights Situation Deteriorating in the East

Posted by Jonathan Cohen on 24/11/2008

(New York, November 24, 2008) The Sri Lankan government should take immediate steps to address the deteriorating human rights situation in the countrys Eastern Province, where there has been an increase in killings and abductions in recent weeks, Human Rights Watch said today. read more

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