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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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South Sudan: People with Disabilities, Older People Face Danger

31 May 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

India: 'Cow Protection' Spurs Vigilante Violence

27 April 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Living in Hell: Abuses against People with Psychosocial Disabilities in Indonesia

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

License to Harm: Violence and Harassment against LGBT People and Activists in Russia

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

Cleaning Human Waste: "Manual Scavenging," Caste, and Discrimination in India

25 August 2014 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Malaysia: End Arrests of Transgender Women

23 June 2014 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

"We Are a Buried Generation," Discrimination and Violence against Sexual Minorities in Iran

15 December 2010 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

"Their Future is at Stake," Attacks on Teachers and Schools in Pakistan's Balochistan Province

13 December 2010 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Thailand: Insurgents Target Teachers in South

10 September 2010 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Zimbabwe: Drop Charges Against Rights Defenders

30 May 2010 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

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