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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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Iraq: Judges Disregard Torture Allegations

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

Ethiopia: Torture in Somali region prison

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

Addressing torture in Uganda

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

Yemen: Detained African Migrants Tortured, Raped

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

Ukraine: Justice Needed for Former Secret Prison Detainees

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

Russian Activists Forcibly Disappeared, Allegations of Torture in Custody

1 February 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Ukraine: Failing Its Human Rights Commitments

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

Lebanon: Deaths, Alleged Torture of Syrians in Army Custody

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

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