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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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Angolan journalists' acquittal a victory for free speech

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

Honduras: Cybersecurity Bill Threatens Free Speech

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

Singapore: Reject Sweeping Public Order Bill

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

Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Protesters, Journalists Detained

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

Australia: Electoral Bill Will Stifle Public Debate

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

Cambodia: Legislating New Tools of Repression

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

Lebanon: Pattern of Prosecutions for Free Speech

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

Leading Environmentalists Violently Attacked in Russia

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

Turkey: Academics on Trial for Signing Petition

5 December 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

Zimbabwe: End Clampdown on Media

14 November 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

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