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Cuba: Fidel Castro?s Abusive Machinery Remains IntactMajor Obstacles Remain for Human Rights Despite Fidel Castro?s resignation today, Cuba?s abusive legal and institutional mechanisms continue to deprive Cubans of their basic rights, Human Rights Watch said today. The counterproductive US embargo policy continues to give the Cuban government a pretext for human rights violations.
Source : Human Rights Watch | 19-Feb-2008 06:00
US: Uphold Treaty Against Racial Discrimination
The United States has failed to comply with its obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Subjects detailed in the report include the failure of federal authorities to inform individual states of their obligations under the treaty, the discriminatory treatment of Haitian refugees by the US, and policies that have the effect of denying health care to many African-Americans with HIV/AIDS. In addition, the report presents new data collected by Human Rights Watch demonstrating that racial disparities in the sentencing of children to life in prison without possibility of parole are more pronounced than the US has acknowledged to date.
Source : Human Rights Watch | 07-Feb-2008 06:00
US: Presidential Order Affirms CIA Secret Detentions
Allows Detention in Violation of Geneva Conventions President George W. Bush?s new executive order on the Central Intelligence Agency?s detention and interrogation program is contrary to the Geneva Conventions, Human Rights Watch said today.
Source : Human Rights Watch | 20-Jul-2007 07:00
US: Close Guantanamo ? Not Tomorrow, but Today
No Need to Wait for Transfers or Creation of Military Commissions Human Rights Watch reiterated its call to President George W. Bush in a letter today to close immediately the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. Human Rights Watch said the continued detention of hundreds of men without charge has undermined US efforts to end terrorism.
Source : Human Rights Watch | 22-Jun-2007 07:00
US/Australia: Refugee Deal Trades in Human Lives
Agreement to Swap Refugees Flouts International Law A deal between the United States and Australia to trade refugees housed at Guantanamo Bay for those held on the island nation of Nauru upends international refugee standards, Human Rights Watch said today.
Source : Human Rights Watch | 18-Apr-2007 07:00
US: Stop the Guantanamo Circus
Hicks Pleads Guilty; New Detainee Arrives Two defense lawyers for Guantanamo detainee David Hicks were barred from representing their client yesterday, highlighting the failure of US military commissions to meet fair trial standards, Human Rights Watch said today. Hicks, the first person to be charged before the military commissions authorized by Congress in 2006, pleaded guilty to a single criminal charge.
Source : Human Rights Watch | 27-Mar-2007 07:00