January 23, 2009
Russia/Georgia: All Parties in August/South Ossetia Conflict Violated Laws of War
Both Governments Should Ensure Accountability and Voluntary Returns of Those Displaced
January 23, 2009
DRC: ICC’s First Trial Focuses on Child Soldiers
Congolese Authorities Should Arrest and Surrender ICC Suspect Bosco Ntaganda
January 22, 2009
Sri Lanka: Free Journalists Held Illegally
Due Process Violated in Tissainayagam Case
January 22, 2009
"The Incendiary IDF" by Kenneth Roth
The Israel Defense Forces use phosphorous shells--and forfeit credibility.
January 22, 2009
US: Steps to End Torture Set a New Course
Obama’s Executive Order Reverses Abusive Bush Counter-Terror Policies
January 22, 2009
Europe: Help Close Guantanamo
Offer Humanitarian Protection to Detainees Who Risk Torture or Persecution at Home
January 22, 2009
Zimbabwe: African Leaders Should Intervene
Abusive Policies Deepen Humanitarian Crisis and Need for Protection
January 21, 2009
US: Obama Expected to Order Guantanamo’s Closure
January 21, 2009
Vietnam: Halt Abuses of Ethnic Khmer in Mekong Delta
Government Suppresses Peaceful Protests for Religious, Cultural, and Land Rights
January 21, 2009
Mohammad Sadegh Kaboudvand Awarded Hellman/Hammett Grant
Award for Persecuted Writers Given to Imprisoned Iranian
January 21, 2009
Gaza Crisis: Regimes React with Routine Repression
Arab Governments, Iran, and Israel Ban Gaza Demonstrations; Protesters Beaten and Arrested
January 21, 2009
US: Obama Calls for 120-Day Halt to Guantanamo Military Commissions
Judge Grants Prosecution Request to Suspend Khadr Hearings
January 21, 2009
Guinea: Plan Elections and Hold Rights Abusers Accountable
New Government Should Break With the Past and End Abuses
January 21, 2009
Azerbaijan: Halt Libel Case Against Rights Defender
Government Intolerance of Criticism Undermining Free Expression
January 19, 2009
Russia: Investigate Murder of Prominent Rights Lawyer
Markelov Sought Justice for Abuses in Chechnya