Articles by Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch condemns “sham” trial of prominent blogger
(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Iran: Blogger Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison Government Broadens Its Crackdown on Freedom of Expression (New York, February 24, 2005) — The Iranian government sentenced the prominent blogger Arash Cigarchi to 14 years in prison for expressing his opinions on the […]
Journalists prevented from reporting on military abuses
(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Nepal: Media Blackout Heightens Risk of Abuses (New York, February 16, 2005) – The Nepalese army is preventing local journalists and rights activists from publicizing abuses by the military or criticizing any government action, Human Rights Watch said today. Since February 1, […]
Human Rights Watch concerned that Nepal is plunging deeper into a massive human rights crisis; danger of “disappearances” escalates
(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Nepal: Danger of “Disappearances” Escalates International Monitoring, Pressure Vital to Protect Rights (New York, February 9, 2005) — Nepal is plunging deeper into a massive human rights crisis following last week’s seizure of power by King Gyanendra and the Royal Nepalese Army, […]
Journalist and other peaceful critics arrested in clampdown on dissent; security forces raid book fair booth, confiscate literature
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Egypt: Peaceful Critics Arrested in Clampdown on Dissent Mubarak Government Should Release Detained Parliamentarian, Activists (New York, February 4, 2005) – The Egyptian government should immediately release a member of parliament and other peaceful critics arrested in recent days on politically motivated charges, Human […]
Journalist banished to remote south of the country, launches hunger strike to protest authorities’ refusal to allow him to visit family
(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Tunisia: Internal Exile Used to Silence Dissident (Paris, February 1, 2005) – Tunisian authorities should stop harassing journalist and former political prisoner Abdallah Zouari, and end his banishment in the remote south of the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Since Zouari […]
Lawyer Shirin Ebadi in danger of arrest
(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) ? The following is a 16 January 2005 Human Rights Watch press release: Iran: Nobel Winner in Danger of Arrest Shirin Ebadi Will Defy Summons, She Says (New York, January 16, 2005) – An Iranian Revolutionary Court order threatening the arrest of Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi places all human rights […]
Journalists receive death threats after testifying about their torture in detention
(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Iran: Journalists Receive Death Threats After Testifying Presidential Commission Heard Their Testimony of Torture During Detention (New York, January 6, 2005) — After testifying to a presidential commission about their torture during detention, a group of Iranian journalists have received death threats […]
Media asserts independence but risks remain
(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Ukrainian Media Asserts Independence but Risks Remain (Kiev, December 24, 2004) – An easing of the Ukrainian government’s stranglehold on the media is welcome, but may not be enough to counteract the effect of prior censorship before the new run-off elections for […]