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Thailand: End Detention of Lao Hmong Refugees

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 20/11/2009

(New York) - The Thai government should immediately end the detention of 158 Lao Hmong refugees held in poor and abusive conditions for three years, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. read more

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Bahrain: Migrant Workers Denied Pay, Right to Travel

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 04/11/2009

(New York) - Bahrain's Labor Ministry should hold employers who withhold wages and passports from migrant employees accountable, Human Rights Watch said today. Both practices are illegal under Bahraini law, but authorities do little to enforce compliance. read more

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Research Analyzes 270 Global Climate and Energy Policies to Drive Investment

Posted by Environmental Leader on 26/10/2009

Investors can’t justify moving capital into clean-tech technologies until governments mitigate the financial risks involved by enacting climate-change policies that are transparent, long-term and certain, according to DB Climate Change Advisors (DBCCA)To provide investors with an analysis o ...

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Yemen: Get Aid to Trapped Civilians

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 05/10/2009

(New York) -Yemeni authorities should allow aid agencies to help up to 150,000 civilians trapped by fierce fighting in northern Yemen, Human Rights Watch said today.  A visit to Yemen on October 7 and 8, 2009, by John Holmes, the United Nations' emergency relief coordinator, can play an impor ...

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Italy/Libya: Migrants Describe Forced Returns, Abuse

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 21/09/2009

(Rome) - Italy intercepts African boat migrants and asylum seekers, fails to screen them for refugee status or other vulnerabilities, and forcibly returns them to Libya, where many are detained in inhuman and degrading conditions and abused, Human Rights Watch said in a report issued today. read mo ...

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