Root Causes of Politico-Military Violence Largely Unaddressed

(Nairobi, May 21, 2013) – Côte d’Ivoire’s government has made little progress in addressing root causes of the country’s decade of politico-military violence in the two years since President Alassane Ouattara’s inauguration on May 21, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. These problems threaten the country’s long-term stability despite a strong economic rebound, Human Rights Watch said.

Since War’s End an Erosion of Rights, Absence of Accountability

(Colombo, May 20, 2013) – Respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Human Rights Watch said today. This week marks the fourth anniversary of the brutal civil war's end.

Planned Change is Useful Step but Inadequate

Reject Blanket Amnesty, Prosecute Perpetrators From All Sides

(New York, May 18, 2013) – Three years on, the Thai government has failed to fulfill its promise to impartially prosecute all those responsible for the 2010 political violence, Human Rights Watch said today. Amnesty legislation being proposed by leading members of the ruling Pheu Thai Party would shield perpetrators of serious abuses from accountability and should be rejected.

Harsh Punishments for Cell Phones, Market Activity

(Bangkok, May 16, 2013) – The North Korean government regularly arrests, abuses, tortures, and imprisons citizens for a variety of economic “crimes,” Human Rights Watch said today. The harsh punishment of these “crimes,” which are often no more than attempts to engage in private economic activity to support livelihood and basic rights to food, clothing and shelter, should be investigated by the recently established Commission of Inquiry created by the UN Human Rights Council to examine human rights violations in North Korea.

Government Inaction Will Make Disaster ‘Man-Made’

(Bangkok) – Burma’s government should take immediate action to evacuate to higher ground tens of thousands of Muslims displaced last year by ethnic cleansing in Arakan State in advance of a tropical cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, Human Rights Watch said today.

Video Appears to Show Commander Mutilating a Corpse

(New York, May 14, 2013) – Human Rights Watch has reviewed graphic evidence that appears to show a commander of the Syrian opposition “Independent Omar al-Farouq” brigade mutilating the corpse of a pro-government fighter. The figure in the video cuts the heart and liver out of the body and uses sectarian language to insult Alawites. The same brigade was implicated in April 2013 in the cross-border indiscriminate shelling of the Lebanese Shi’a villages of al-Qasr and Hawsh al-Sayyed.

Une analyse des points inquiétants pour les droits humains

(Tunis) – L’Assemblée nationale constituante de Tunisie devrait modifier les articles du nouveau projet de constitution qui menacent les droits humains. Human Rights Watch a analysé ce projet afin d’identifier les sources de préoccupation relatives aux droits humains.

Le gouvernement devrait assurer aux accusés une procédure régulière et garantir la transparence des enquêtes

(Nairobi, le 9 mai 2013) – Le gouvernement du Tchad devrait honorer ses obligations légales et respecter les normes internationales en matière de droits humains alors qu'il enquête sur un complot présumé visant à le renverser, a déclaré Human Rights Watch aujourd'hui.