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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

Lebanon: A year on, no answers on deaths in custody

4 July 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Indonesian reporter dies in police custody

26 June 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Philippines' Retiring Police Chief Should Answer for Deaths

17 April 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Closing Nalufenya Will Not End Torture in Uganda

12 April 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Mali: Deaths, Torture in Army Detention

9 April 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

The Mysterious Death of a Papuan Child

27 March 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Iran: Stop Persecuting Families of People Who Died in Jail

13 March 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

World Report 2018 - Syria

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

Lebanon: Deaths, Alleged Torture of Syrians in Army Custody

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

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