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Germany Russia: Minister Steinmeier should raise human rights concerns during his trip to Russia Human Rights Watch would like to take the opportunity of your upcoming visit to Russia to urge you to raise two priority human rights concerns: Russia’s implementation of European Court of Human Rights judgments on abuses in Chechnya and Russian government curbs on independent civil society activism. May 8, 2008 Letter Also available in 
Printer friendly version Germany: Press for Human Rights Reform in Russia Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier should press Russia to immediately end impunity for human rights violations in Chechnya and cease harassment of and restrictions on civil society in Russia, Human Rights Watch said today. Steinmeier will travel to Russia on May 12 to meet with government and nongovernmental organization representatives. May 8, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Letter to German Economic Minister Glos on Turkmenistan Your forthcoming trip to Turkmenistan will be a key opportunity to articulate European values and expectations for engagement in Turkmenistan at a time when the government is ending the self-imposed international isolation of the Niazov era. February 21, 2008 Letter Also available in
Printer friendly version Germany: Promote Respect for Human Rights and Justice for Serious Crimes Letter to the President of the Federal Republic of Germany upon his visit to Uganda and Rwanda We write to ask you to use the opportunities offered by your visits to Uganda and Rwanda to contribute, as Germany has so often done in the past, to the promotion of respect for human rights and justice for serious crimes under international law. January 31, 2008 Letter Also available in
Printer friendly version Germany: Continue to Take Lead in Struggle for Justice Conference in Berlin to Discuss War Crimes Court The International Criminal Court (ICC) has made important progress since its creation five years ago, but the court continues to face major challenges, said Amnesty International, the German Red Cross, the United Nation Association of Germany and Human Rights Watch in a joint statement today. This message will be the theme of a two-day conference that the organizations are convening in Berlin on September 21-22, to galvanize public support in Germany for the International Criminal Court. September 21, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Czech Republic: Release Wrongfully Detained Uzbek Refugees Letter to the Czech Republic Calling for the Release of Two Andijan Refugees We write to express our profound concern about the detention by Czech authorities of Omonillo Maksudov and Zohid Mirzaev, both recognized refugees from Uzbekistan residing in Germany. We understand that Czech border police arrested Maksudov and Mirzaev pursuant to an Interpol warrant based on an extradition request posted by the Uzbek government, following their entry into the Czech Republic on July 2. July 25, 2007 Letter Printer friendly version Germany: End Efforts to Strip Iraqis of Refugee Status German Policy Fails to Account for Continuing Violence, Persecution in Iraq Germany should immediately stop revoking the refugee status of Iraqi refugees and should reconsider the cases of more than 18,000 Iraqis who have been stripped of their refugee status, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to German authorities. July 10, 2007 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Letter to the German Government Expressing Concern Over Policy of Revoking Refugee Status for Iraqi Refugees Herrn Dr. Albert Schmid Präsident des Bundesamtes für Migration und Flüchtlinge 90343 Nürnberg Dear Dr. Schmid: July 10, 2007 Letter Also available in
Printer friendly version Betraying human rights in Russia By Allison Gill Published in Público When he was here last week, Prime Minister Jose Socrates told Russia’s President Vladimir Putin that there would be no more European Union moralizing about Russia’s human rights record, saying that “no one should claim to lecture anyone else" [“ninguém pretenda dar lições a ninguém"]. This was a victory for Putin’s increasingly authoritarian policies, a terrible blow to Russia’s besieged civil society, and a bad omen for Portugal’s upcoming presidency of the European Union. June 11, 2007 Commentary Also available in 
Printer friendly version Council of Europe: Secret CIA Prisons Confirmed The Central Intelligence Agency secretly operated illegal prisons for terrorism suspects in multiple locations in Poland and Romania from 2003 to 2005, according to a report released today by the Council of Europe, a European intergovernmental human rights body. June 8, 2007 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Germany: Help Russia by Addressing Putin's Abuses Civil Society Should Not Be Held Hostage to Energy Policy Germany should support Russian civil society by insisting that President Vladimir Putin take concrete steps to improve human rights in Russia, three leaders of Russian nongovernmental organizations said today in Berlin. April 26, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Letter From a Coalition of Human Rights Organizations to Chancellor Merkel on behalf of Annadurdy Khajiev, a Turkmen refugee We are writing today to ask for your support on behalf of Annadurdy Khajiev, a Turkmen refugee who was granted humanitarian status in Bulgaria in 2004 and who is currently at risk of extradition to Turkmenistan. We strongly believe that this case needs your urgent attention and intervention and that because of Germany’s presidency of the European Union you are well-positioned to raise this case with the Bulgarian government. March 28, 2007 Letter Printer friendly version EU: Europe Should Assume Darfur Leadership Action – Not Words – Needed to End Darfur Crisis As European leaders gather in Berlin to celebrate the European Union’s golden jubilee, Human Rights Watch urged that they finally agree to take concrete actions against those responsible for on-going war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. March 24, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version European Parliament: Condemn Complicity in Illegal CIA Activity The European Parliament should condemn European complicity in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program of “extraordinary renditions” and secret detention of prisoners, Human Rights Watch said today. February 12, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version Germany: Victims Appeal Decision on Uzbek Ex-Minister Failure to Prosecute Undermines Commitment to International Justice Uzbek survivors of torture and the 2005 massacre of unarmed protesters in Andijan have appealed a decision by Germany’s federal prosecutor not to open an investigation against former Uzbek Interior Minister Zokir Almatov, Human Rights Watch said today. February 2, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Afghanistan: Slow Progress on Security and Rights Kabul, Donors Should Focus on Accountability and the Rule of Law One year after launching the Afghanistan Compact, President Hamid Karzai’s government and its international backers have largely failed to meet the compact’s benchmarks on improving human rights and basic security, Human Rights Watch said. Members of the international community and the Afghan government will meet in Berlin on January 30 and 31 to assess their implementation of the Afghanistan Compact. January 30, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version Cases Involving Diplomatic Assurances against Torture Developments since May 2005 This briefing paper shows how EU states have relied upon empty promises of humane treatment, known as “diplomatic assurances,” in efforts to justify the return of terrorism suspects to countries where they risk being tortured. In the report adopted today, the European Parliament’s Temporary Committee on illegal CIA activity in Europe focuses on CIA flights and US-sponsored transfers of terrorism suspects. It also calls on EU member states to oppose the use of “diplomatic assurances” on torture in returning terrorism suspects. Europe pioneered the use of these “no torture” promises in the 1990s, well before the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. January 23, 2007 Background Briefing Also available in
Letter to Foreign Ministers Regarding the EU Call to Close Guantanamo Human Rights Watch commends the collective call by the European Union to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center that was made at the E.U.-U.S. summit last month. July 14, 2006 Letter Printer friendly version EU: Push U.S. To Close Guantanamo European governments should take concrete steps to help close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter sent to EU foreign ministers. sent to EU foreign ministers. July 14, 2006 Press Release Printer friendly version Europe: Shrinking Safe Haven for War Criminals ‘Universal Jurisdiction’ Prosecutions Bring Justice for Victims Prosecutors in Europe are using the concept of universal jurisdiction to pursue foreign war criminals in national courts, a strategy that is gaining momentum across the continent and should be expanded, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The theory is that some crimes are so horrendous that they should be tried regardless of the geography of victims and perpetrators. June 28, 2006 Press Release Also available in
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