Indonesia: New Aceh Law Imposes Torture
Law Violates Basic Rights, Fails to Protect Victims of Sexual Violence
Banned, Censored, Harassed, and Jailed
37 Writers from 19 Countries Receive Hellman/Hammett Grants
Israel: Stop Blocking School Supplies From Entering Gaza
Blockade Deprives Students of Paper, Pens, Textbooks
Sri Lanka: Tensions Mount as Camp Conditions Deteriorate
Government Should Immediately Release 250,000 Displaced Persons from Illegal Detention
Time to Tear Down the Wall of Caste
UN Rights Official Calls on World to End Caste Discrimination Like It Did Apartheid
Chicago Police Stonewall on Rape Investigations
Nobel Spotlights Need for Obama to Act on Rights
Stand up for Persecuted Human Rights Activists; Shut Guantanamo
US: New Legislation on Military Commissions Doesn’t Fix Fundamental Flaws
Proceedings to Try Detainees at Guantanamo Remain Substandard
China: Media Summit Participants Should Push For Press Freedom
Address State Censorship, Restrictions on Foreign Journalists
Morocco: Stop Undermining Civic Groups
End Bureaucratic Maneuvers That Hinder Associations
Limitations on Human Rights in the Context of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
A reply to Boggio et al.
Chechnya: president wins Estemirova “defamation” trial
Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov has won a defamation case against human rights group Memorial and its head, Oleg Orlov. But the trial has given the organisation a chance to address the injustices in the region.
India: Too Many Women Dying in Childbirth
Despite National Commitment, Many Unable to Access Services
Human Rights Watch Honors Top Rights Defenders
Defenders Work to End Abuses in Burma, Congo, Ethiopia, and Russia