World
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9/27/2011 10:06:16 AM
Advocacy group Human Rights Watch welcomed Saudi Arabia's decision to allow women to vote and run in municipal elections but said it came too late to allow them to take part in Thursday's polls
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World
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9/22/2011 5:09:45 PM
Human Rights Watch accuses Sudan's government of intensifying its crackdown on opposition groups, banning political parties and arresting hundreds of their members
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World
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International
9/21/2011 11:49:44 AM
The Pakistani government faces tough criticism from Shiite Muslims and human rights watchdog after 29 pilgrims died in the worst attacks on the Shiite minority for a year
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World
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Region
8/30/2011 1:12:47 PM
Between Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and a leaked UN report, Sudan is accused of deadly airstrikes, abductions and attacks on churches; prompting a humanitarian crisis that they ask Sudan to end
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Egypt
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Politics
8/17/2011 10:55:02 AM
Amnesty International ask for charges to be dropped against activist Asmaa Mahfouz, who Tweeted her discontent with Egypt's ruling military
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Business
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Economy
7/11/2011 6:53:50 PM
A report from the ILO marking the World Day Against Child Labour details the dangers for the world's 215 million underage workers
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World
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Region
7/9/2011 2:02:24 PM
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World
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Region
7/9/2011 1:07:45 PM
The testimonies of security officers in the HRW report reveals a 'deliberate policy' to use deadly force against protesters, sparking calls for sanctions and an embargo
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Egypt
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Politics
7/8/2011 12:59:07 PM
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Egypt
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Politics
7/8/2011 12:58:49 PM
A Human Rights Watch statement stresses that Cairo violence highlights the need to reform riot police, investigate violent response by Central Security Forces and create a code of conduct
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Egypt
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Politics
6/7/2011 6:28:25 PM
The leading international human rights organisation spells out the reforms needed for freedom to flourish in Egypt as it calls on the ruling military council to have 'thicker skin' and reply to criticism rather than silence it
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World
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International
5/16/2011 11:30:28 AM
Three days of rioting linked to last month's presidential elections in Nigeria left at least 800 people dead, Human Rights Watch said on Monday
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World
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Region
5/3/2011 12:09:30 PM
Saudi Arabia has detained a Shiite activist in the oil-producing eastern province for taking part in demonstrations against discrimination in March as the Kingdom shows no sign of brooking dissent
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World
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Region
4/20/2011 12:31:15 PM
Saudi Arabia has arrested more than 160 dissidents since February, including writer Nadhir al-Majid, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday, calling for their release
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World
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Region
4/15/2011 12:03:27 PM
A Human Rights Watch report said Syrian government tortured hundreds of its citizens
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World
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Region
4/11/2011 4:55:21 PM
Human rights watchdog tells of children and civilians killed by Gaddafi forces, evacuees tell of campaigns to terrorise unarmed civilians
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Egypt
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Politics
4/6/2011 8:30:38 AM
Human Rights Watch sees the detention of a blogger for criticising the military as a ‘dangerous precedent’ and calls for his release
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World
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Region
3/18/2011 12:44:14 PM
Human Rights Watch urges the international community to protect Libyan civilians against Gaddafi's violent crackdown
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World
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Region
3/17/2011 12:32:54 PM
Amnesty International and Human Rights watch call for the release of political detainees in Syria, a day after Al-Assad regime arrested more than 25 protesters
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World
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Region
2/21/2011 1:04:01 PM
Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi warns of civil war and 'rivers of blood' as Libya's popular uprising reaches the capital
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