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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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Sri Lanka: Repeal Draconian Security Law

29 January 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Australia: Espionage Bill Threatens Democratic Values

28 January 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

World Report 2018 - United States

18 January 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Annual Reports

Palestine: Reform Restrictive Cybercrime Law

20 December 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Mexico: Reject Internal Security Law

7 December 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Ethiopia: New Spate of Abusive Surveillance

6 December 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Thailand: Prominent Scholar Faces 15-Year Term

6 December 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Russia: Threats, Alleged Torture in Bombing Case

5 December 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

China: Police 'Big Data' Systems Violate Privacy, Target Dissent

19 November 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

China: Release Gravely Ill Critics

17 November 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

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