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Niger: Warring Sides Must End Abuses of Civilians

Posted on 19/12/2007

Combatants Engaged in Executions, Rape, and Theft Niger’s armed forces and the rebel Nigerien Movement for Justice should end abuses against civilians in the conflict in the northern Agadez region of Niger, Human Rights Watch said today. The rebels took up arms in February 2007 over the percei ...

Niger Human Rights Violations: General Press Release

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Asian Migrant Workers Abandoned to Abuse

Posted on 17/12/2007

Migrants’ Groups Call for Key Reforms on International Migrants Day Governments in Asia and the Middle East must take stronger action to fight rampant abuse against migrant workers, several migrants’ and human rights groups said in a joint letter on the eve of December 18, International Migr ...

Afghanistan Labor Rights: Migrants Forced Labor Press Release

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Colombia: Death Threat Against OAS Representative

Posted on 12/12/2007

Government Should Act Quickly to Investigate and Dismantle Armed Groups in Medellin The Colombian government must act quickly to prevent further threats against representatives of the Organization of American States (OAS) verifying the paramilitary demobilization process, Human Rights Watch sai ...

Colombia Human Rights Defenders: Maltreatment Press Release

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DR Congo: Warring Sides Must Protect Civilians

Posted on 11/12/2007

UN Peacekeepers Must Also Help Civilians at Risk in North Kivu All sides to the renewed fighting in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo must protect civilians at risk, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch also called on United Nations peacekeepers in the area to s ...

Democratic Republic of Congo International Humanitarian Law Press Release

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Kazakhstan: OSCE Chairmanship Undeserved

Posted on 30/11/2007

Kazakhstan’s Chairmanship for 2010 Places OSCE Human Rights Principles at Risk Kazakhstan should not have been named chair-in-office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch said that Kazakhstan’s chairmanship risks ...

Kazakhstan Human Rights Violations: General Press Release

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