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  • June 2008

    • Mexico Overhauls Justice System

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 18, 08 2:30 AM CDT

      Mexico Overhauls Justice System

      Sweeping reforms of Mexico's criminal justice system were signed into law by President Felipe Calderon yesterday. US-style public trials and presumption of innocence will replace Mexico's slow, closed-door system that proceeds almost exclusively through briefs, reports the Washington Post. The reforms also give investigators power to hold suspects 80 days without charges.      More »

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      Mexico  • Felipe Calderon  • Human Rights Watch  • drug cartels  • justice system

  • April 2008

    • China Sends 30 to Prison in Mass Tibet Trials

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 30, 08 7:43 AM CDT

      China Sends 30 to Prison in Mass Tibet Trials

      A Chinese court sentenced 30 people yesterday, including six monks, for taking part in the March protest riots in Tibet, the New York Times reports. The sentences ranged from three years to life in prison. Human Rights Watch watch said the trials were secret and defendants weren’t allowed representation, calling them “political punishment masquerading as a legal process.” More »

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      China  • Tibet  • Dalai Lama  • Human Rights Watch  • riot  • Tibetan monks

    • Guardian System Has Saudi Women 'Perpetual Minors'

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Apr 21, 08 3:55 PM CDT

      Guardian System Has Saudi Women 'Perpetual Minors'

      Women in Saudi Arabia need to gain a male guardian’s consent to do almost anything, living as “perpetual minors,” the Telegraph reports. Research by Human Rights Watch found that male permission is needed to go to a doctor, travel, and even get dressed. In addition, strict segregation denies women access to public libraries and educational institutions. More »

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      women  • Islam  • Saudi Arabia  • women's rights  • sexism  • Human Rights Watch  • Islamic Sharia law  • gender discrimination  • repression

    • Zimbabwe Begins Recount; Opposition Rejects Move

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 19, 08 12:08 PM CDT

      Zimbabwe Begins Recount; Opposition Rejects Move

      Zimbabwe began a partial recount today of votes from last month’s parliamentary elections despite objections from the opposition party and fears that the deadlock could turn violent. The recount in 23 of 210 constituencies is expected to last 3 days and could reverse the initial results that handed defeat to the country’s ruling party, Reuters reports. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • Human Rights Watch  • Harare

    • US Military to Finally Release AP Photog

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 15, 08 3:20 AM CDT

      US Military to Finally Release AP Photog

      A Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer detained in Iraq for two years will finally be released tomorrow, the US military has announced. Bilal Hussein, 36, was held on suspicion of having links to insurgents but was never brought to trial, and the military has now determined he's not a threat to security, AP reports. More »

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      US Marine Corps  • Human Rights Watch  • UN Security Council  • Committee to Protect Journalists

    • China Arrests 45 in 'Olympic Terror Plot'

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 10, 08 8:37 AM CDT

      China Arrests 45 in 'Olympic Terror Plot'

      China has rooted out two terrorist groups plotting to kidnap Olympic athletes and attack tourist hotels during the games, the Ministry of Public Security announced today. Chinese forces rounded up 45 suspects and seized explosives and “jihadist” literature in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang. But China has often cried “terrorism” as a means of repressing dissent in Xinjiang, human rights groups note. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • kidnapping  • jihad  • Human Rights Watch  • terror plots  • terrorist groups  • East Turkestan Islamic Movement  • Xinjiang

  • March 2008

    • Kenya Gov't Linked to Militia

      newser  |  BBC  |  Mar 5, 08 2:15 PM CST

      Kenya Gov't Linked to Militia

      Kenya's government might have played a direct role in sanctioning recent ethnic violence. A source tells the BBC that senior officials met with the violent Mungiki militia, with the aim of recruiting the outlawed group as a "defense force" to help protect the ethnic Kikuyu population. In January, Mungiki thugs allegedly used machetes to attack non-Kikuyu in the Rift Valley. More »

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      Kenya  • Human Rights Watch  • Kikuyu  • ethnic violence  • militia  • Mungiki

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • US Backs Sham Democracies, Watchdog Says

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jan 31, 08 6:25 PM CST

      US Backs Sham Democracies, Watchdog Says

      Human Rights Watch says Western powers accept too many sham democracies out of political convenience, the BBC reports. The group's annual report slams the tendency of the US and EU governments to allow autocrats to claim “the mantle of democracy" without granting authentic political freedom. It also said the US and others undermine the global commitment to human rights by committing their own violations while fighting terrorism. More »

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      Bush administration  • European Union  • human rights  • Human Rights Watch

  • December 2007

    • Burmese Junta Downplays Protest Death Toll: Report

      newser  |  CNN  |  Dec 7, 07 1:30 PM CST

      Burmese Junta Downplays Protest Death Toll: Report

      The quashing of pro-democracy demonstrations in September was significantly bloodier than the Burmese junta claims, says a Human Rights Watch report released today. Although the government acknowledges only 10 deaths during the suppression of the protests, 20 killings have been verified by eyewitnesses in Yangon alone, and the rights group projects a much higher total, CNN reports. More »

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      United Nations  • Burma  • Myanmar  • junta  • Burma protest  • Human Rights Watch

  • September 2007

    • Beefed Up Security Will Welcome Sharif

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Sep 9, 07 12:07 PM CDT

      Beefed Up Security Will Welcome Sharif

      In advance of ousted PM Nawaz Sharif's return tomorrow after a 7-year exile, Pakistan banned political rallies and has arrested thousands of activists, the AP reports. "Nothing can be more pleasing to me than freeing Pakistan from the clutches of military dictatorship," said Sharif, who anticipates being arrested upon arrival in Islamabad, but  still plans to reclaim his seat from President Pervez Musharraf. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Nawaz Sharif  • security  • Human Rights Watch

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