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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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"We Want to Live As Humans": Repression of Women and Girls in Western Afghanistan

17 December 2002 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

All Our Hopes Are Crushed: Violence and Repression in Western Afghanistan

5 November 2002 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Afghanistan: The Forgotten War: Human Rights Abuses and Violations of the Laws of War Since the Soviet Withdrawal

1 February 1991 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

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