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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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Indonesia: Release Gay Men at Risk of Torture

9 April 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

We Feel We Are Cursed': Life under ISIS in Sirte, Libya

18 May 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Slavery: The ISIS Rules

5 September 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Malaysia: Court Convicts 9 Transgender Women

22 June 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Malaysia: Court Victory for Transgender Rights

7 November 2014 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Indonesia: Aceh's New Islamic Laws Violate Rights

3 October 2014 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Malaysia: End Arrests of Transgender Women

23 June 2014 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Syria: Extremists Restricting Women's Rights

13 January 2014 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Sudan: Doctors Perform Amputations for Courts

27 February 2013 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Saudi Arabia: Free Ex-Judge Sentenced to 15 Years

13 February 2013 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

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