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Human Rights Watch News.

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  It's About Time: The UN Says Rape is Weapon of War

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Oct 1, 2009 9:26 AM ET

  to the Associated Press.By any account, this is wonderful news, especially after the UN's traditionally timid stance on this issue. But, as Human Rights Watch (HRW) points out, "Any UN resolution is only as good as its follow-up." So the big question is: What now? HRW rightly states tha Read More

  More like this in: Clinton Global Initiative, Associated Press, United Nations, Iraq, Environmental Protection Agency, Refugees, Women For Women International
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  Breaking Free

  By Darragh Worland | Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:35 PM ET

  he was convicted and sent to prison as an adult in 1996. He spent part of his sentence in a maximum security facility cited for poor conditions by Human Rights Watch. But rather than become just another statistic, Betts decided to prove to himself and others that he could do better.Betts Read More

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  Calling on Action

  By Jimmy Langman | Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:43 PM ET

  activists in general -- participate this Saturday, July 25, in a global day of action called United 4 Iran organized by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other groups in more than 50 cities around the world.(Photo courtesy o Read More

  More like this in: Amnesty International, Children, Death, Magazines, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal, Nobel Peace Prize, Newspapers
• Tweeting for a Cause

  By Jimmy Langman | Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:12 PM ET

  efforts are part of the “64 words for Aung San Suu Kyi” campaign, launched May 27, by a coalition of human rights and activist groups including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and U.S. Campaign for Burma.   In addition, 107 former or current political prisoners from 20 nations Read More

  More like this in: Demi Moore, Julia Roberts, Amnesty International, Nobel Peace Prize, Yoko Ono, Myanmar, World, Asia