Informes

(Hong Kong, January 12, 2005) Sri Lanka must take immediate steps to ensure accountability and transparency in managing all donations for the relief and reconstruction work in the tsunami-hit nation, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urged on Wednesday. Corruption…

New York, 7 January 2005 - UNICEF has set up the first centres to protect children from exploitation and criminal trafficking in the Indonesian province of Aceh. Estimates suggest that there may be thousands of children in the region who…

Relief organization sets up child-friendly safe centers to protect children in hardest hit countries The devastation caused by the tsunami has left thousands of children orphaned or separated from their families and more than 100,000 in refugee camps. While child…

New York, NY, January 7, 2005 - The Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children urges the international community to prioritize the protection of displaced women and children survivors of southeast Asia's devastating tsunami. Children are in particular danger of…

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Open Files on Detainee Deaths (London, May 13, 2004) - Mistreatment of prisoners by U.S. military and intelligence personnel in Afghanistan is a systemic problem and not limited to a few isolated cases, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch…

Investigation Should Probe Role of Superiors, Private Contractors (New York, April 30, 2004) -- The promised U.S. investigation into the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners should not stop with the lower-level soldiers who were immediately involved, Human Rights Watch said today. The…

JAKARTA, Apr 1, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The investigative team for the case of the Indonesia's University of Trisakti will publicize the case internationally by sending representatives to the annual meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights…

(New York, May 23, 2003) Australia would put Afghan refugees and asylum seekers at risk if they are returned to an unstable Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch warned today. Australian authorities are maintaining that the country is safe for many Afghans…

Washington -- Many in the audience at the U.S. premiere of the documentary film "Afghanistan Unveiled" wept as the story of Afghan women and children played out on the big screen of the Woodrow Wilson Center's auditorium in Washington…