Human Rights Watch

Friday, Nov 30, 2012 11:33 PM UTC

Egyptians see flashes of Mubarak in Morsi

The protests that have seized Tahrir Square in Cairo are eerily reminiscent of those from just a year ago

Erin Cunningham, GlobalPost Topics: GlobalPost, Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Human Rights Watch, Mohamed Morsi

Monday, Nov 26, 2012 9:42 PM UTC

Marijuana arrestees do not become violent felons

A Human Rights Watch report calls links between pot possession and violent crime a "red herring"

Natasha Lennard Topics: Crime, NYPD, marijuana, legalization, Human Rights Watch, Marijuana arrests

Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 3:16 PM UTC

America’s nation-building hypocrisy

For all the talk of starting at home, the US is still pouring billions into the Middle East. When will it stop?

Nick Turse, TomDispatch.com Topics: Human Rights Watch, TomDispatch.com, Bahrain, Qatar, Washington Post, Afghanistan, Iraq

Wednesday, Oct 10, 2012 7:55 PM UTC

Rights groups: Ban solitary confinement of youths

The ACLU and Human Rights Watch say the government should ban solitary for offenders under 18

David Crary, Associated Press Topics: ACLU, From the Wires, Prisons, Human Rights Watch, Solitary Confinement

Monday, Oct 1, 2012 7:39 PM UTC

US record on child soldiers mixed

President Obama again exerted pressure on Congo to end use of child soldiers, but Yemen gets a free pass

Natasha Lennard Topics: Child Soldiers, Human Rights Watch, Child abuse, Human Rights, Yemen, Barack Obama, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Friday, Nov 30, 2012 11:33 PM UTC

Egyptians see flashes of Mubarak in Morsi

Monday, Nov 26, 2012 9:42 PM UTC

Marijuana arrestees do not become violent felons

Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 3:16 PM UTC

America’s nation-building hypocrisy

Wednesday, Oct 10, 2012 7:55 PM UTC

Rights groups: Ban solitary confinement of youths

Monday, Oct 1, 2012 7:39 PM UTC

US record on child soldiers mixed

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