THE WEEK IN RIGHTS - Human Rights Watch - November 14, 2013

	THE WEEK IN RIGHTS November 14, 2013
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Mexico’s Missing and 'Disappeared'


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Last February, the Mexican government announced that it was revising and updating a database of more than 26,000 people who had been reported missing or “disappeared.” The current database has many inconsistences and incomplete data, and lacks the names of many people reported disappeared. 

The government still needs to live up to this promise. It should also launch serious investigations to search for the disappeared and bring those responsible to justice.

Mexico has no national system that allows states to share and search for information on missing persons – or to alert police and check hospitals, prisons, and other institutions when someone has disappeared. The lack of such a registry has also made it difficult to determine the scale of disappearances nationwide. 

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Australia must not look the other way on Sri Lanka by Elaine Pearson  Sydney Morning Herald When Sri Lankan authorities detained Australian Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon for publicly criticising their human rights record, it reinforced why Sri Lanka is a poor choice of host for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.  See the Latest News in Asia >> share on:

NSA: Our Analogue Spying Laws Must Catch Up with the Digital Era by Kenneth Roth The Guardian News that US intelligence services tapped the phones of allied leaders has generated understandable outrage in Europe. But far more significant is the American government's practice of monitoring the communications of millions of ordinary people, who have no legal redress in the United States because they are foreigners.  See the Latest News in Europe/Central Asia >> share on:

In Syria, Widespread Use of Incendiary Weapons  Syria has used incendiary weapons to inflict terrible harm on civilians, including many children. Yet where is the international outcry? Other countries should condemn Syria’s use of incendiary weapons just as they have its use of chemical weapons and cluster bombs.  See the Latest News in the Middle East/North Africa >> share on:

In the US, a Catch-22 for Asylum Seekers  The US government leaves many asylum seekers little choice other than begging or working illegally to survive. The work and aid restrictions imposed on asylum seekers, apparently to discourage frivolous applications, harm and degrade the very people who most need support and protection.  See the Latest News in the United States >> share on:

VIDEO Mexico’s “war on drugs.”  Watch Now >>

VIDEO Syria’s use of incendiary weapons.View now >>

TWEET of the WEEK Natasha Taubina & Alina Diaz, amazing activists, w Ashton Kutcher @aplusk at @hrw dinner in LApic.twitter.com/WcAApkL8XE  Follow Emma Daly >>