Articles by Human Rights Watch
Prominent journalists receive death threats
(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Colombia: Prominent Journalists Receive Death Threats Government Must Provide Immediate Security and Pursue Thorough Investigation (Washington D.C., May 18, 2005) – A string of anonymous death threats this week against prominent journalists in Colombia could seriously undermine press freedom in the country, […]
Human Rights Watch calls for journalist’s release; foreign and Iranian journalists barred from visiting Khuzistan province
(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Iran: Reports of Ethnic Violence Suppressed Journalist Arrested; Others Barred From Visiting Khuzistan Province (New York, May 11, 2005) – The Iranian government should immediately release Yusuf Azizi Banitaraf, an Iranian journalist of Arab descent, and allow independent journalists and human rights […]
CAPSULE REPORT: Human Rights Watch report documents how authorities are suppressing speech and political activity in Oromia region
(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Ethiopia: Political Dissent Quashed Election Observers Should Not Fail to Recognize Effects of Systematic Repression (Nairobi, May 10, 2005) – As parliamentary elections approach, the Ethiopian authorities have established new institutions that suppress speech and political activity in the country’s most populous […]
Human Rights Watch calls on Bush to press for Saudi dissidents’ release
(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a 24 April 2005 Human Rights Watch press release: Saudi Arabia: Bush Should Call for Dissidents’ Release Credibility of President’s Call for Mideast Reform at Stake (Washington D.C., April 24, 2005) – U.S. President George W. Bush should call on Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Abdullah to immediately release […]
Judiciary to release report on investigation into torture and abuse of imprisoned bloggers
(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a 5 April 2005 Human Rights Watch press release: Iran: Judiciary Should Admit Blogger Abuse Risk of Cover-up in Official Report on Torture of Internet Journalists (New York, April 5, 2005) – The upcoming report by Iran’s powerful judiciary about the mistreatment and torture of bloggers and internet […]
Criminal court sentences museum director and curator on charges of “inciting religious enmity”
(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Russia: Art Conviction Undermines Free Expression (Moscow, March 28, 2005) – The conviction of a prominent human rights activist for sponsoring a controversial art exhibit highlights a climate of growing intolerance for freedom of expression in Russia, Human Rights Watch said today. […]
Advocate for Uighur community rights released
(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: China: Uighur Prisoner Released, Critical Resolution Abandoned (New York, March 18, 2005) — The United States failed to take a principled stance when it decided against tabling a resolution at the U.N. Commission on Human Rights criticizing China’s poor human rights record, […]
Imprisoned author wins award for besieged writers
(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a 7 March 2005 Human Rights Watch press release: Iran: Dissident Wins Award for Besieged Writers Taqi Rahmani Imprisoned Without Charge for Expressing His Opinions (New York, March 7, 2005) – The Iranian author Taqi Rahmani, who has spent a total of 17 years in prison, was awarded […]