The Year in Rights: Syria, the NSA, and More
war
in Syria to the sweeping surveillance
of the US National Security Agency (NSA). He also spoke on two new treaties that will help protect domestic workers and artisanal miners who have traditionally worked with mercury.
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it.
Around the world, media outlets covered the report launch. Many focused on an essay
about privacy in the age of mass surveillance, which detailed how government collection of data endangers our security, dignity, and our privacy.
Foreign correspondents tweeted World
Report countries chapters relating to where they worked or where they were from.
The most popular World Report article on the website was an essay
by Ken Roth that summarized 2013's trends, such as dealing with mass atrocities, like in Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It also discussed to the danger of "abusive majoritarianism" - elected powers who use their position to assert their will over minorities.
Our country
chapter on Syria garnered heavy web traffic.
...as did our essay on the case
for drug reform.
At the launch press conference in Berlin, Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth spoke on the year's biggest news stories, from the Your tax deductible gift can help stop human rights violations and save lives around the world.
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