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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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Israel/Palestine: Some Officials Backing 'Shoot-to-Kill'

2 January 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Philippines: Don't Reinstate Death Penalty

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

"No Right to Live" - "Kneecapping" and Maiming of Detainees by Bangladesh Security Forces

28 September 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

"Like Walking a Minefield" - Vicious Crackdown on Critics in Russia's Chechen Republic

31 August 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

SADC: Reverse Downward Slide on Rights

30 August 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Submission to the Human Rights Committee in advance of the fourth periodic review of Rwanda

12 February 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Sessional Reports

Israel/Palestine: Human Rights Watch Investigator Shot

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

"Invisible War" - Russia's Abusive Response to the Dagestan Insurgency

18 June 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Malaysia: Reject Police 'Shoot First' Policy

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

Thailand: Ending Kalasin's police reign of terror

24 August 2012 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

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