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Human Rights Watch Work on Women in State Custody Iran: Investigate Detention Deaths Two Alleged Prison Suicides Raise Suspicion Iranian authorities should investigate the sudden deaths of two people while in custody in northwestern Iran, Human Rights Watch said today. January 18, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Saudi Arabia: Rape Victim Punished for Speaking Out Court Doubles Sentence for Victim, Bans Her Lawyer From the Case A court in Saudi Arabia doubled its sentence of lashings for a rape victim who had spoken out in public about her case and her efforts to seek justice, Human Rights Watch said today. The court also harassed her lawyer, banning him from the case and confiscating his professional license. November 16, 2007 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Letter to EU Foreign Ministers on EU-Libya Relations EU governments should make human rights a priority in this "new era" of EU-Libya relations. August 2, 2007 Letter Printer friendly version Human Rights Watch Statement at the Fifth Session of the Assembly of States Parties On November 24, 2006, Richard Dicker, director of the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch, addressed the ICC Assembly of States Parties during its general debate. November 24, 2006 Oral Statement Printer friendly version Custody and Control Conditions of Confinement in New York’s Juvenile Prisons for Girls This 136-page report provides an in-depth look at the abuses and neglect suffered by girls confined in two remote New York State juvenile facilities known as Tryon and Lansing. The facilities are operated by the New York Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) and are the only two higher-security facilities in New York State holding girls. HRW Index No.: G1804 September 25, 2006 Report Download PDF, 1400 KB, 136 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book Libya: A Threat to Society? Arbitrary Detention of Women and Girls for “Social Rehabilitation” This 40-page report documents numerous and serious human rights abuses that women and girls suffer in "social rehabilitation" facilities in Libya. These include violations of their rights to liberty, freedom of movement, personal dignity, privacy and due process. Libyan authorities are holding many women and girls in these facilities who have committed no crime, or who have completed a sentence. Some are there for no reason other than that they were raped, and are now ostracized for staining their families’ “honor.” Officials transferred the majority of these women and girls to these facilities against their will, while those who came voluntarily did so because no genuine shelters for victims of violence exist in Libya. HRW Index No.: E1802 February 28, 2006 Report Also available in
Download PDF, 319 KB, 41 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book Libya: Women, Girls Locked Up Indefinitely Without Charge ‘Protective’ Facilities Serve as Places of Arbitrary Punishment The Libyan government is arbitrarily detaining women and girls indefinitely in “social rehabilitation” facilities, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Officially portrayed as protective homes for women and girls “vulnerable to engaging in moral misconduct,” these facilities are de facto prisons. February 27, 2006 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Colombia: Women Face Prison for Abortion Human Rights Watch Joins Challenge to Restrictive Abortion Laws In Colombia, women can be imprisoned for up to four and a half years for having abortions even in cases of rape or when their lives are at risk. In a brief to Colombia’s Constitutional Court, Human Rights Watch said the country’s penal sanctions for abortion are inconsistent with international human rights obligations and should be declared unconstitutional. June 27, 2005 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Saudi Arabia: Foreign Workers Abused Torture, Unfair Trials and Forced Confinement Pervasive In Saudi Arabia foreign workers—who comprise one-third of the kingdom’s population—face torture, forced confessions and unfair trials when they are accused of crimes, Human Rights Watch said today in a report that offers a rare glimpse into the Saudi justice system. July 15, 2004 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Honoring the Killers Justice Denied For "Honor" Crimes in Jordan This 37-page report documents the killings and attempted murders of women by male family members who claim they are defending family "honor." The report also details the cases of women, threatened with "honor" crimes, who languish in prison for years while held in protective custody. HRW Index No.: E1601 April 20, 2004 Report Also available in
Download PDF, 216 KB, 37 pgs Purchase online Nigeria: Debunking Misconceptions on Stoning Case In the days leading up to the appeal court judgment in the case against Amina Lawal, Human Rights Watch received a barrage of phone calls. From around the world came a huge wave of sympathy for the Nigerian woman who had been found guilty of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning. When she won her appeal on September 25, there was a collective sigh of relief--and another stream of requests for Human Rights Watch to comment on the verdict. October 27, 2003 Advocacy Impact Michigan Legislature Denies Inmates Have Rights In an unprecedented move, the Michigan Legislature today passed a law declaring people detained in its jails, prisons and juvenile detention centers are not "persons" entitled to basic human rights protection. December 8, 1999 Press Release Printer friendly version U.S. Department of Justice Bargains Away Rights of Women Prisoners Settlement Agreement Lacks Adequate Protections for Female Inmates Sexually Abused by Prison Staff In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, Human Rights Watch condemned "as grossly inadequate" the settlement agreement reached between the Department of Justice and the Michigan Department of Corrections in The United States of America v. Michigan. June 11, 1999 Press Release Printer friendly version Letter to Attorney General Janet Reno Dear Attorney General Reno: I am writing to express Human Rights Watch's deep concern about the gross inadequacy of the settlement agreement recently negotiated between the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice in the case United States of America v. Michigan. The Department of Justice filed suit against MDOC in March 1997, alleging that inmates at the Crane and Scott correctional facilities were subject to sexual abuse and misconduct as well as unlawful invasions of privacy. June 11, 1999 Letter Printer friendly version Human Rights Watch Challenges Michigan’s Subpoena To Reveal Confidential Information Human Rights Watch today announced it was challenging a subpoena from the Michigan Department of Corrections to reveal confidential information from its research on rape in Michigan women’s prisons. Human Rights Watch investigated human rights abuses in Michigan beginning in 1994 and subsequently published a report, All Too Familiar: Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons. In September 1998, Human Rights Watch published Nowhere to Hide: Retaliation Against Women in Michigan State Prisons. October 15, 1998 Press Release Printer friendly version Women Raped in Prisons Face Retaliation Michigan Failing to Protect Inmates, Says Rights Group In a report released today, Human Rights Watch documents how women inmates who have been raped by guards in Michigan prisons are suffering retaliation from their attackers. September 21, 1998 Press Release Printer friendly version Nowhere to Hide: Retaliation Against Women in Michigan State Prisons In December 1996 Human Rights Watch released All Too Familiar: Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons, a report documenting pervasive sexual harassment, sexual abuse and privacy violations by guards and other corrections department employees in state prisons in California, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, and New York.1 The report also exposed the failure of states to respond to women's reports of sexual abuse and harassment. The failure was twofold: states failed to conduct impartial investigations of allegations of sexual abuse, and they further failed to protect women who reported these abuses to prison authorities, leaving them vulnerable to retaliation by guards. July 1, 1998 Report Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons A National Pattern of Misconduct and Impunity In All Too Familiar: Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons, released today, the Human Rights Watch Women's Rights Project charges that in state prisons from Georgia to California, male officers are sexually abusing female prisoners with nearly total impunity. State and federal officials in a position to address such misconduct often deny that it exists or fail to take adequate steps to prevent it. As a result, sexual misconduct in U.S. state prisons for women is emerging as an explosive national problem. December 7, 1996 Press Release Printer friendly version All too Familiar: Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons Being a woman prisoner in U.S. state prisons can be a terrifying experience. If you are sexually abused, you cannot escape from your abuser. Grievance or investigatory procedures, where they exist, often do not work, and correctional employees continue to engage in abuse because they believe they can get away with it. The sexual misconduct documented in “All Too Familiar” takes many forms. Male correctional employees vaginally, anally, and orally rape female prisoners and sexually assault and abuse them. In some instances, male officers violate their most basic professional duty and engage in sexual contact with female prisoners absent the use of force or offer of any material exchange. Despite the growing number of women at risk and its obligations under domestic and international law, the U.S. government has largely abdicated its responsibility to guarantee in any meaningful way that the women who are incarcerated in its state prisons are not being sexually abused by those in authority over them. HRW Index No.: 1-56432-153-3 December 1, 1996 Report Police Abuse of Women in Pakistan In "Double Jeopardy: Police Abuse of Women in Pakistan," released today, Asia Watch and the Women's Rights Project, two divisions of the New York-based Human Rights Watch, charge the government of Pakistan with responsibility for an epidemic of unpunished police violence against women. The 106-page report finds that more than 70 percent of women in police custody are subjected to physical and sexual abuse by law enforcement agents, yet not a single police official has been subjected to criminal penalties for such abuse. June 21, 1992 Press Release Printer friendly version | |  | |
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