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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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"What Are You Doing Here?" - Police Abuses Against Afghans in Pakistan

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

Burma: Discriminatory Laws Could Stoke Communal Tensions

23 August 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Bolivia: Amicus brief on NGO regulations

5 August 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Bolivia: Fix Laws That Undermine Rights

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

Kenya: Security Bill Tramples Basic Rights

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

South Korea: Stop Using Criminal Defamation Laws

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

Off the Radar, Human Rights in the Tindouf Refugee Camps

18 October 2014 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

US: Send Guantanamo's Yemenis Home

7 April 2014 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Vietnam: Revise Constitution to Protect Rights

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

US: Ensure Rights of Libyan Detainee

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

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