World,Human Rights Watch, The Week in Rights, January 8, 2015

THE WEEK IN RIGHTS January 8, 2015

FRANCE: AN ATTACK ON FREE EXPRESSION

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COMMENTARY

 

• Deadly cargo: explosive weapons in populated areas
  
  Stephen Goose
  & Ole Solvang
• Throwing Justice Under the Bus Is Not the Way to Go
  
  Richard Dicker
• Dispatches: Relieving the Philippines’ Overcrowded Jails
  
  Carlos H. Conde
• Laos remains silent on civil society leader missing for two years
  
  Shaivalini Parmar
• Dispatches: A Deadly Start to 2015 for Philippine Journalists
  
  Phelim Kine
• Dispatches: An Overshadowed Atrocity
  
  Belkis Wille
• Dispatches: Top 10 Conflicts Where Students Need Protection in 2015
  
  Bede Sheppard
• For-Profit Justice Means Taxing the Poor
  
  Christopher Albin-Lackey
• Dispatches: Making 2015 ‘Unforgettable’ in China
  
  Sophie Richardson

REPORTS

 

• No Way Out
  Child Marriage and Human Rights Abuses in Tanzania
  
• Care When There Is No Cure
  Ensuring the Right to Palliative Care in Mexico
  
• “Those Terrible Weeks in their Camp”
  Boko Haram Violence against Women and Girls in Northeast Nigeria
  
• Toxic Water, Tainted Justice
  Thailand’s Delays in Cleaning Up Klity Creek
  
• License to Harm
  Violence and Harassment against LGBT People and Activists in Russia
  
• Ending the Era of Injustice
  Advancing Prosecutions for Serious Crimes Committed in South Sudan’s New War
  
• "Treated Worse than Animals"
  Abuses against Women and Girls with Psychosocial or Intellectual Disabilities in Institutions in India
  
• Operation Likofi
  Police Killings and Enforced Disappearances in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
  
• Rights in Retreat
  Abuses in Crimea
  

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AFRICA »

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  DR Congo: Wanted Rebel’s Troops Instill Fear
  JANUARY 6, 2015

• South Sudan: Obama Should Support Arms Embargo
  JANUARY 8, 2015
• South Sudan: Joint Letter to President Obama regarding Arms Embargo
  JANUARY 8, 2015
• Central African Republic: Multimedia Feature Recounts 2014 Violence
  DECEMBER 30, 2014
• Central African Republic: Muslims Trapped in Enclaves
  DECEMBER 22, 2014

AMERICAS »

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  Mexico/US: Obama Should Press Peña Nieto on Justice
  JANUARY 5, 2015

• Mexico/US: Letter to President Obama regarding President Peña Nieto's human rights record
  JANUARY 5, 2015
• Lifting the Embargo Means Cuba Can No Longer Play Victim
  DECEMBER 19, 2014
• US/Cuba: Obama’s New Approach to Cuba
  DECEMBER 18, 2014
• Bolivia: Fix Laws That Undermine Rights
  DECEMBER 15, 2014

ASIA »

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  North Korea: Nothing to Celebrate on Leader’s Birthday
  JANUARY 6, 2015

• Laos remains silent on civil society leader missing for two years
  JANUARY 8, 2015
• Bangladesh: Crackdown on Opposition, Media
  JANUARY 8, 2015
• Dispatches: Making 2015 ‘Unforgettable’ in China
  JANUARY 7, 2015
• Sri Lanka: Violence, Intimidation Threaten Vote
  JANUARY 6, 2015

EUROPE/CENTRAL ASIA »

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  France: An Attack on Free Expression
  JANUARY 8, 2015

• Attack on Charlie Hebdo Office
  JANUARY 7, 2015
• Ukraine: Civilians Need Greater Protection
  JANUARY 6, 2015
• Russia: Don't Get Tagged on Social Media in Russia
  DECEMBER 31, 2014
• Civilians Despair as Both Sides Break the Rules in East Ukraine
  DECEMBER 24, 2014

MIDDLE EAST/N. AFRICA »

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  Morocco: Sahrawi Activist Facing Military Tribunal
  DECEMBER 22, 2014

• Tunisia: Blogger Convicted by Military Court
  JANUARY 6, 2015
• Syria: Escalating Assault on Rebel-Held District
  DECEMBER 23, 2014
• Jordan Resumes Death Penalty, Executes 11
  DECEMBER 21, 2014
• Iran: Let Afghans Seek Refugee Status
  DECEMBER 21, 2014

UNITED STATES »

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  US: Act on Immigration Reform in 2015
  JANUARY 8, 2015

• Q & A President Obama’s Executive Immigration Actions
  JANUARY 8, 2015
• For-Profit Justice Means Taxing the Poor
  JANUARY 7, 2015
• Mexico/US: Letter to President Obama regarding President Peña Nieto's human rights record
  JANUARY 5, 2015
• Mexico/US: Obama Should Press Peña Nieto on Justice
  JANUARY 5, 2015

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