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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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China: Ratify Key International Human Rights Treaty

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

"We Could Disappear At Any Time": Retaliation and Abuses Against Chinese Petitioners

8 December 2005 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Restrictions on AIDS Activists in China

15 June 2005 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Still at Risk: Diplomatic Assurances No Safeguard Against Torture

15 April 2005 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Devastating Blows: Religious Repression of Uighurs in Xinjiang

1 April 2005 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

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