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Libya bows to pressure and agrees to probe 'execution' of Gaddafi

24.10.11
Libya's leader has ordered an investigation into the death of Colonel Gaddafi following international pressure for an inquiry... more

Libya rebel claims UK knew he was being tortured

06.09.11
A Libyan rebel commander has claimed UK intelligence agents knew he was being tortured but did nothing to help him... more

Women forced to sell sex for food in Haiti's quake nightmare

30.08.11
Women are being forced to sell sex for food in Haiti because of 'serious' failings in the reconstruction effort after last year's earthquake, human rights campaigners warn... more

Discerning drinker: South Africa accused

25.08.11
This week a report from Human Rights Watch accuses the South African wine industry of a catalogue of mistreatment of its workers - in truth, there are also many winemakers trying to clean up the industry's act... more

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger 'whitewash'

02.08.11
A report published by the Sri Lankan government on its defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels is dismissed as a whitewash by Human Rights Watch ... more

Gaddafi troops 'are almost out of fuel' after rebels cut key pipeline

13.07.11
Rebels fighting Colonel Gaddafi's troops have broken the stalemate and the civil war is at a tipping point... more

Hundreds killed in post election rioting

17.05.11
At least 800 people killed in post election violence that swept across northern Nigeria as it became clear that a northern candidate would not succeed in unseating the southern president ... more

Britain seeks UN help to target Gaddafi wife's £18bn

19.04.11
Britain and France want to target Colonel Gaddafi's billionaire wife in a new round of United Nations sanctions, UN sources have revealed... more

French march on Ivory Coast palace

11.04.11
French troops moved into the heart of Abidjan in Ivory Coast after UN and French helicopters fired rockets into the presidential palace where Laurent Gbagbo is clinging to power... more

King of Morocco announces plans for constitutional reform

10.03.11
King Mohammed VI announces a broad revision of Morocco's constitution, a move aimed to boost democracy in the North African country amid recent turmoil in the Arab world ... more

Western aid now does more harm than good

01.03.11
As the International Development Secretary reveals his review of overseas aid, he should try a radical rethink... more

Pro-Gaddafi forces 'kill 14 protesters in day of rage'

17.02.11
At least 14 protesters calling for the overthrow of Libya's president Muammar Gaddafi are killed in clashes with pro-government forces across four cities, it has been claimed... more

It's dialogue or a coup, Egypt's vice-president warns crowds

09.02.11
Egyptian opposition groups were infuriated today over a vague ultimatum by vice-president Omar Suleiman that the protesters have two options: "dialogue" or "coup".... more

It's dialogue or a coup, Egypt's vice-president warns crowds

09.02.11
Egyptian opposition groups are infuriated as vice-president offers protesters the ultimatum: "dialogue" or "coup"... more

Lord's Resistance Army murders children to weak to walk

12.08.10
A Ugandan rebel group has killed at least 255 adults and children in the past 18 months in Congo and Central African Republic, according to Human Rights Watch... more

This is Britain’s chance to uphold the Olympic ideal

17.03.10
The Olympics have a chance to work on their pledge to of "promoting a peaceful society" as the torch passes to London... more

Campaigner on human rights ‘stabbed to death for his political views’

16.03.10
Friends of a human rights campaigner found murdered in his London home fear he may have been the victim of a political killing... more

Muslim-Christian rioting in Nigeria kills 200

20.01.10
Soldiers patrol streets as more than 200 die in religious clashes in Nigeria... more

1,400 massacred by Congo's army

14.12.09
More than 1,400 civilians have been killed so far this year in eastern Congo during army operations to oust militiamen from the area, Human Rights Watch said... more

Brazil police kill 11,000

09.12.09
Police in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have killed more than 11,000 people in the past six years, many execution-style, according to a report... more

Chinese 'use jails to curb complaints'

12.11.09
Up to 10,000 people are kidnapped a year on their way to complain about China's government - which has become a lucrative industry that police refuse to stop, it was claimed... more

China executes two Tibetans

27.10.09
Two Tibetan men have been executed in Lhasa for their part in anti-Chinese riots last year, Human Rights Watch said... more

British Museum caught up in human rights row

24.08.09
British Museum urged to 'take a stand' over the rights of migrant workers in the oil-rich desert sheikdom of Abu Dhabi... more

WORLD: I’ll lead probe into dissident murder. says Chechen president

16.07.09
Chechnya’s leader says he will personally oversee the investigation into the murder of a human rights activist — even though the victim’s colleagues accuse his security forces of being involved... more

MI5 'used James Bond clause over the torture of detainees'

04.02.09
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to be quizzed by Parliament over allegations that British security services used a "James Bond-style get-out clause" to collude with torture of terror suspects... more

China refuses to lift ban on key websites

01.08.08
Politically sensitive websites in China remain closed to foreign journalists despite promises that all restrictions would be lifted during the Beijing Olympics... more

Legends of rock perform with sons for human rights

04.06.08
Roger Waters and Patti Smith will perform with their sons in an evening of entertainment in aid of Human Rights Watch... more

The human side of Hollywood

20.03.07
The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival will show a series of films, documentaries and animations all with a human rights theme at cinemas across London.... more


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