hrw.org - 1/14/2009
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The 19th annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide. It reflects extensive investigative work undertaken in 2008 by Human Rights Watch staff, usually in close partnership with human rights activists in the country in question. ...
religiondispatches.org - 1/14/2009
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Crimes Against Humanity …Robert Mugabe [has attempted] to
conceal the appalling situation of his country’s people and...
to prevent the world from knowing how his government’s malignant policies have led to the destruction of infrastructure, widespread ...
(more)
The Horror Mugabe Doesn’t Want the World to See | Human ...
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Human Rights Watch: Obama Must Emphasize Human Rights
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... The 564-page World Report 2009, Human Rights Watch's 19th annual review of human rights practices around the globe, summarizes major human rights issues in more than 90 countries, reflecting the extensive investigative work carried out in 2008 by Human Rights Watch staff. ...
Will international law cause the Obama DOJ to prosecute Bush administration officials who may have authorized torture?
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... position, akin to the difficult position of the Obama administration. Just as domestic prosecutions risk exposing the complicity of Democratic politicians in the Bush administration’s interrogation policies, foreign international law claims would risk a similar sort of blowback, exposing and highlighting the routine CAT violations of foreign states. I am not just referring to European complicity in CIA renditions. Putting aside the European countries and a handful of other countries, virtually every state in the world engages in systematic torture of political opponents, ...
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