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The US government should train members of Indonesia's elite special forces only if Indonesia takes sufficient steps toward accountability and reform to deter future abuses, Human Rights Watch said in two letters released today.
Ahead of President Barack Obama's anticipated late-March trip to Indonesia, US officials have suggested that the Defense ....
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Amnesty International has called on the Italian authorities to review a controversial housing plan that has resulted in the forced eviction of hundreds of Roma and paves the way for thousands more over the coming months.In a new briefing paper, The Wrong Answer - Italy's "Nomad Plan" violates the housing rights of Roma in Rome, Amnesty International has warned that th....
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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC( is deeply concerned about violence against civilians during anti-terrorist operations in Aceh. On February 23, a civilian was killed and another severely injured while the police arrested four alleged terrorists. During another crackdown on March 3, a suspect was shot dead. This raises the issue of strong police and military presence i....
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Gandhinagar: It seems that the coming time will be tough for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as a Supreme Court-appointed investigation team summoned him for questioning March 21 over his alleged complicity in the anti-Muslim riots in the state in 2002 that rocked the state.According to the reports, the questioning will be particularly in the death of Congress's forme....
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More than one hundred leading China scholars, writers, and human rights advocates from around the world are today releasing a letter to China's National People's Congress that calls for the immediate and unconditional release of imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo.
Liu, a long-time critic of the government, was sentenced in December 2009 to 11 years in ....
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The Afghan government should urgently act to repeal a law that provides an amnesty to perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said today.
The law was published unannounced in the official gazette, bringing it into force, despite repeated promises by President Hamid Karzai that he would not allow the law to go into effect.
"Afghans have bee....
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