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Kyrgyzstan: Release Rights Activists

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 18/11/2009

(New York) - The Kyrgyz authorities should immediately release the human rights activists Bakhrom Hamroev and Izzatilla Rakhmatillaev and allow them to continue their fact-finding work without further interference, Human Rights Watch said today. read more

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Afghanistan: Press Karzai to Sever Links with Warlords

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 18/11/2009

(New York) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other foreign ministers attending the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan on November 19, 2009, should press for concrete action to sideline warlords, criminals and human rights abusers, Human Rights Watch said today. re ...

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Statement to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of The United States House of Representatives

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 18/11/2009

Washington, DC Chairman Howard L. Berman U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs 2170 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Chairman, read more

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Indonesia: Release Papuan Flag-Raisers

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 18/11/2009

(New York) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should exonerate three Papuan men convicted of rebellion on November 12, 2009, for raising a pro-independence flag, Human Rights Watch said today. read more

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Cuba: Raúl Castro Imprisons Critics, Crushes Dissent

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 18/11/2009

(Washington, DC) - Raúl Castro's government has locked up scores of people for exercising their fundamental freedoms and allowed scores more political prisoners arrested during Fidel Castro's rule to languish in detention, Human Rights Watch says in a report released today . read more ...

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