In January 2013, U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay called for an international investigation into what she said may be crimes against humanity in North Korea, including torture and executions…
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The 2012 Hellman/Hammett Awards, presented by Human Rights Watch, honored 41 individuals from nineteen countries around the world for their work in pursuing freedom of expression in the face of…
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The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) report, released November 23rd, 2011 criticized the authority’s handling of the protests in Bahrain earlier this year. The report states that between February…
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Rape victims in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are being forced to work in conditions of slavery in mines producing the coltan and tin ore used in cell phones,…
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On December 3rd through 6th, 2011 in Bangalore, India, a Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) will convene to indict the Agrochemical Transnationals; Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont, and BASF for gross…