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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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Tightening the Grip: Concentration and Abuse of Power in Chávez's Venezuela

17 July 2012 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

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

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

"They Own the People," The Ampatuans, State -Backed Militias, and Killings in the Southern Philippines

16 November 2010 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Beaten, Blacklisted, and Behind Bars: The Vanishing Space for Freedom of Expression in Azerbaijan

26 October 2010 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Looser Rein, Uncertain Gain: A Human Rights Assessment of Five Years of King Abdullah's Reforms in Saudi Arabia

27 September 2010 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Universal Periodic Review: Rwanda

5 July 2010 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Universal Periodic Review: Liberia

12 April 2010 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Human Rights Watch UPR Submission: Ethiopia, April 2009

April 2009 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Turkmenistan: Universal Periodic Review Submission

18 July 2008 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

A Call to Action: The Crisis in Zimbabwe

14 August 2007 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

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