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Syria: Restore Jailed Lawyers Credentials

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 13/11/2009

(New York) - The Damascus Bar Association should reverse this week's decision to permanently disbar the lawyer and rights activist Muhanad al-Hasani, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch also urged Syrian authorities to free al-Hasani, who is in detention awaiting trial on charges ...

Press release Detention without Trial Human Rights Defenders International Humanitarian Law Middle East/N. Africa Prison and Jail Conditions Syria

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China: Protest against government “hook” by chopping little finger off

Posted by Oiwan Lam on 09/11/2009

Xujun Eberlein from Inside-out China blogs about a 18-year-old man Sun Zhongjie's act of chopping off his little finger off to protest against the Shanghai Traffic Management Bureau's “hook” on “black taxi driver”.

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Israel: Stop East Jerusalem Home Demolitions

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 06/11/2009

(Jerusalem) - Israeli authorities in East Jerusalem should immediately stop demolishing Palestinian homes in violation of international law, Human Rights Watch said today. read more

Press release Internally Displaced People International Humanitarian Law Israel and the Occupied Territories Middle East/N. Africa Racism and Discrimination

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Laos: Concert to raise funds for typhoon victims

Posted by Mong Palatino on 04/11/2009

A charity concert will be held in Vientiane, Laos this Friday to raise funds for the typhoon victims in the southern provinces of Saravane, Sekong and Attapeu.

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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

Press release Bahrain Immigration and the Treatment of Non-Citizens International Humanitarian Law Labor Middle East/N. Africa Migrants Migrants Forced Labor Workers Forced Labor & Trafficking

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