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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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Burundi: Gang Rapes by Ruling Party Youth

27 July 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Afghanistan: End 'Moral Crimes' Charges, 'Virginity' Tests

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

Iraq: Women Suffer Under ISIS

5 April 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

"Good Girls Don't Protest" - Repression and Abuse of Women Human Rights Defenders, Activists, and Protesters in Sudan

23 March 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

"I Just Sit and Wait to Die" - Reparations for Survivors of Kenya's 2007-2008 Post-Election Sexual Violence

15 February 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

"I Just Wanted to be Treated like a Person" - How Lebanon's Residency Rules Facilitate Abuse of Syrian Refugees

12 January 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Central African Republic: Amid Conflict, Rape

17 December 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Bashed Up: Family Violence in Papua New Guinea

3 November 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

"Call Me When He Tries to Kill You" - State Response to Domestic Violence in Kyrgyzstan

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

Lebanon: Free Woman Alleging Rape by Soldiers

16 October 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

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