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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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Jakarta police 'shoot to kill' order may foster summary executions

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

DR Congo: Repression persists as election deadline nears

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

Letter to Philippine police chief Oscar Albayalde

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

Gambia: 2 Togolese among victims in migrant murder case

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

Angola: Video shows apparent execution by police

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

Burundi: Killings, abuse ahead of referendum

18 May 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Gambia: Ex-president tied to 2005 murders of Ghanaian and Nigerian migrants

16 May 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Libya: Battle for City Endangers Civilians

14 May 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

No One Is Buying Duterte's Denials Over Drug War Deaths

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

India: Manipur Victim Families, Activists Harassed

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

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