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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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"Eradicating Ideological Viruses": China's Campaign of Repression Against Xinjiang's Muslims

9 September 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

"We Live in Constant Fear":Possession of Extremist Material in Kyrgyzstan

September 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Libya: 45 Sentenced to Death for 2011 Killings

22 August 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Harsh Punishment: The Human Toll of Georgia's Abusive Drug Policies

August 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Amazonians on Trial: Judicial Harassment of Indigenous Leaders and Environmentalists in Ecuador

26 March 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

"I Would Like to Go to School": Barriers to Education for Children with Disabilities in Lebanon

22 March 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Libya: No Free Elections in Current Climate

21 March 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

"I Have to Leave to Be Me": Discriminatory Laws against LGBT People in the Eastern Caribbean

21 March 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

"Caught in a Web": Treatment of Pakistanis in the Saudi Criminal Justice System

7 March 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

In the Freezer: Abusive Conditions for Women and Children in US Immigration Holding Cells

28 February 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

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