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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 - 2016) and selected country reports (1992 - 2016).  Website: www.hrw.org
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China: Release Veteran Journalist Gao Yu

19 November 2014 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Iraq: New Guidelines Silence Media

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

Estimated number of people killed in inter-communal violence in Plateau and Kaduna States, Nigeria, January 2012 - November 2013

12 December 2013 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Maps

Egypt: Threat of Escalating Street Violence

7 July 2013 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Human Rights Watch World Report 2007 - Mexico

11 January 2007 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Annual Reports

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