Human Rights Watch -- Annual Report Paints Bleak Picture In Many Former Soviet States
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While the annual report by Human Rights Watch focuses on the crisis in the Sudanese region of Darfur and U.S. prisoner interrogations in the war against terrorism (see Part 1 ), it also has plenty to say about ...
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Corruption, detainee abuse and deplorable prison conditions were a problem throughout much of Latin America last year, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday, singling out Venezuela and Cuba for having the worst human rights records in the region.
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After communism collapsed in Russia during the early 1990s, many analysts warned about the eventual rise of an authoritarian leader who would take control of a weakened, demoralized country
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WASHINGTON -- The ongoing genocide in Sudan's troubled Darfur region was the world's worst human rights abuse last year, the United States said Tuesday in a global report that found freedoms eroding in numerous other nations, including war-torn Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Human rights abuses are growing in Asia as most countries in the region face a breakdown of the rule of law, a Hong Kong-based rights group said on Friday.
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Some countries have taken major strides to improve the rights and reproductive health of women but more must be done to meet goals set at a UN conference a decade ago, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Political freedom is retreating in large parts of the world including Russia, Iran, Pakistan, Venezuela, and China, the independent Freedom House human rights organization reported on Wednesday.
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MOSCOW  - The Defence Ministry said Friday that a Human Rights Watch report on hazing in the Russian military "demands attention" but contended that the problem is not widespread, disputing the idea that the government isn't doing enough to combat it.
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HELSINKI, Nov 19 (IPS) - To human rights activists Turkmenistan is a âblack  holeâ because little of its human rights violations is known to  the outside world.
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Human rights monitors have found a pattern of abuses by government security forces, who have received roughly $22 million in U.S. military aid over the last several years.
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The vision of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is under strain, the UN's human rights chief warns.
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China's human rights record has   deteriorated in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics, with thousands   of people being executed after unfair trials, Amnesty   International said on Thursday.
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NEW YORK, Sep 12 (IPS) - The government of Libya routinely subjects  migrants, asylum seekers and refugees -- primarily from  sub-Saharan Africa -- to serious human rights abuses, including  beatings, arbitrary arrests, forced returns and in some cases,  torture, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released  Tuesday.
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The number of people killed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict dropped sharply in 2007, but human rights abuses in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank increased, an Israeli human rights watchdog said on Monday.
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An internal report prepared by Israel&#39;s foreign ministry paints a gloomy picture for the future of the country&#39;s global standing, giving warning that in the coming decade it could
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The United States and European Union are undermining human rights worldwide by allowing countries with dubious elections like Pakistan and Kenya to pretend they are genuine democracies, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
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By MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON - Fictional gay cowboys and a faux reporter from Kazakhstan suffered human rights abuses in 2006 as crackdowns on flesh and blood victims were extended to the Internet, award-winning films and noted plays worldwide, the State Department says.