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Human Rights Watch

The largest human rights organization based in the United States, Human Rights Watch started in 1978 as Helsinki Watch, monitoring the compliance of Soviet bloc countries with the human rights provisions of the Helsinki Accords. In the 1980s Americas Watch was established to monitor abuses by both sides in the war in Central America, and thereafter other committees were set up to cover other regions of the world such as Asia and Africa. In 1988 all the "Watch" committees were united to form Human Rights Watch. The organization's researchers conduct fact-finding investigations into human rights abuses in all regions of the world, and their findings are then published in dozens of books and reports every year.

This database contains annual reports (1996 - 2013) and selected country reports (1992 - 2013).  Website: www.hrw.org
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"Chained Like Prisoners" - Abuses Against People with Psychosocial Disabilities in Somaliland

25 October 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Laos: Pledge Action on Rights, Stop 'Disappearances'

19 January 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

"Treated Worse than Animals" Abuses against Women and Girls with Psychosocial or Intellectual Disabilities in Institutions in India

3 December 2014 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Abandoned by the State: Violence, Neglect, and Isolation for Children with Disabilities in Russian Orphanages

15 September 2014 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Ghana: Urgent Need to Fix Mental Health System

19 November 2013 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Russia: Withdraw Charges Against Protester

5 October 2013 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Kazakhstan: Drop Religious Incitement Charges

22 May 2013 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Laos: Clinton Should Urge End to Abuses at Drug Center

10 July 2012 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

China/Thailand: Account for Uighur Man Turned Over to Chinese Officials

10 August 2011 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Uzbekistan: Activists Harassed After TV Broadcast

27 April 2011 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

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