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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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"Special Measures" - Detention and Torture in the Chinese Communist Party's Shuanggui System

6 December 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Cambodia: Free 'ADHOC Five' Rights Defenders

1 December 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Morocco: Convictions Based on Tainted 'Confessions'

21 November 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Iraq: Forces Drag, Mutilate Dead ISIS Fighters

15 November 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Grounds for Concern: Belgium's Counterterror Responses to the Paris and Brussels Attacks

3 November 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Uganda: UPR Submission

1 November 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Ethiopia: State of Emergency Risks New Abuses

31 October 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Legal Analysis of Ethiopia's State of Emergency

31 October 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

China: New Rules Gag Lawyers

25 October 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

UAE: Speech Charges Violate Academic's Rights

12 October 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

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