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Open Letter from Human Rights Watch to Heads of Government and Heads of State Regarding possible attendance at the opening or closing ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing Open letter from Human Rights Watch to heads of government and heads of state regarding possible attendance at the opening or closing ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. April 9, 2008 Letter Printer friendly version China: Leaders Should Not Attend Olympics Without Rights Improvements Leverage Beijing’s Desire for Recognition into Durable Rights Change World leaders should defer accepting invitations to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing until the Chinese government makes key human rights improvements, Human Rights Watch said in an open letter today. In order to secure leaders’ participation, the Chinese government should allow an independent international investigation into events in Tibetan areas since March 10, lift restrictions on the press nationwide, stop jailing dissidents, and increase pressure on Sudan. April 9, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version US: Torch Arrival Illuminates Olympic Rights Abuses San Francisco Mayor Should Deplore Rights Crackdown in China San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom should use the Olympic torch’s passage through San Francisco on Wednesday, April 9 to defend the freedom of expression and assembly and to highlight ongoing abuses in China linked to the Beijing Games, Human Rights Watch said today. April 8, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Human Rights Watch Letter to President Iajuddin Ahmed Human Rights Watch sent a letter on April 8, 2008, to President Iajuddin Ahmed of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh regarding the National Human Rights Commission. April 8, 2008 Letter Printer friendly version Nepal: Violence Threatens Elections Government and Party Leaders Should Ensure Peaceful Vote Nepal’s government and party leaders should ensure the long-awaited constituent assembly elections on April 10 are free of violence, candidate intimidation, and efforts to suppress voter turnout, Human Rights Watch said today. The newly elected lawmakers will draft a new constitution, and are expected to ratify a pledge by the main political parties to turn Nepal into a federal republic. April 8, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version India: UN Rights Council Should Tackle Impunity Government Scrutinized for Failing to Protect Minority Rights The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) should insist that the Indian government take strong steps to hold accountable members of its security forces responsible for torture, arbitrary detentions, killings, and “disappearances,” Human Rights Watch said today. The HRC should also demand that the government fulfill its responsibility to protect and support vulnerable communities, including Dalits, tribal groups, religious minorities, and women. April 7, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version France: Torch Relay Should Not Mask Olympic Rights Abuses French President and Paris Mayor Should Highlight Rights Violations in China President Nicolas Sarkozy and Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë should use the occasion of the Olympic Torch’s passage through Paris on Monday, April 7, to highlight ongoing abuses in China linked to the Beijing Games, Human Rights Watch said today. April 7, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version UK: Olympic Torch Illuminates Lack of China Rights Policy “No Strategy” to Address Tibet, Olympic-Related Rights Crises In welcoming the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay outside 10 Downing Street, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is sending the Chinese government exactly the wrong message on its ongoing crackdown in Tibet and on human rights advocates in China, Human Rights Watch said today. April 4, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version China: Activist’s Jailing Spotlights Olympics’ Negative Effect on Rights Governments, IOC Must Press for Hu Jia’s Release The jailing of China’s leading human rights activist, Hu Jia, reflects a further hardening of Beijing’s stance towards dissent in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Human Rights Watch said today. April 3, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Nepal: Letter to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala We wish to express our grave concerns regarding restrictions imposed by your government on the rights of non-refoulement, movement, assembly, and expression of the Tibetan community in Nepal. As a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the government of Nepal is responsible for the protection of the human rights of any individual living within its borders. April 1, 2008 Letter Printer friendly version China: International Olympic Committee Operating in Moral Void The Ethics Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should articulate human rights standards for host countries to end the moral void in which it operates, Human Rights Watch said in a letter released today. The IOC, which is scheduled to hold meetings in Beijing from April 1 to April 12, has refused to publicly articulate concerns about the human rights situation in China. April 1, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Nepal: Stop Abusing and Arresting Tibetans Restore Tibetans’ Rights to Assembly, Expression and Movement The Nepali police’s recent abuses of and threats to deport Tibetan protestors in Kathmandu betray the government’s own record of restoring rights, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said in a joint letter to the government today. April 1, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Fifth Meeting of the EU Network of Contact Points on Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Letter to Heads of Delegations to the Article 36 Committee We are writing in advance of the upcoming Article 36 Committee meeting in Brussels, at which you will discuss the EU Network of contact points in respect of persons responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (EU Network). With this letter, the undersigned organizations wish to share their assessment of the EU Network’s achievements to date and urge the Article 36 Committee to support the strengthening of the EU Network, notably through the creation of a permanent secretariat. April 1, 2008 Letter Printer friendly version South Africa: Lead UN to Action on Somalia, Darfur and Burma Use Security Council Presidency to Save Lives South Africa should use its Security Council presidency in April 2008 to make significant progress on human rights crises in Somalia, Darfur and Burma, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to South Africa’s minister of foreign affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and members of the United Nations Security Council. “The Security Council should be signaling hope to civilians in crisis, but so far it has failed the people of Darfur, Burma and Somalia,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. “South Africa should lead the Security Council in a major new international effort to end horrible abuses in these places and save lives.” March 31, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version China: Letter to Ethics Commission of International Olympic Committee On April 10, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will meet in Beijing. The meeting will take place less than four months before the scheduled opening of the Games in China, and amidst growing international alarm over China’s human rights record, particularly after the recent events in Tibet. There is also broad concern about the jailing of dissidents who publicly linked human rights and the Olympics, and other abuses directly related to preparations for the Games. March 31, 2008 Letter Printer friendly version Cambodia: Infamous Grenade Attack Still Unpunished FBI Should Revive Probe of Alleged Perpetrators Promoted by Hun Sen The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) should reopen its long-stalled investigation into the grisly grenade attack on an opposition party rally in Phnom Penh 11 years ago that left at least 16 dead and more than 150 injured, Human Rights Watch said today. The FBI investigation, which made significant progress in 1997, has been effectively abandoned. March 30, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version UN: Rights Council Chooses Consensus Over Victims Council Fails to Act on Tibet and Remains Timid on Darfur The UN Human Rights Council showed little resolve to take on states responsible for serious human rights violations in its session ending today, Human Rights Watch said. Although the council took action on Burma and Somalia, it ignored other human rights crises such as Tibet, and adopted a disturbingly weak resolution on Darfur. March 28, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version South Africa: Lead UN to Action on Somalia, Darfur and Burma During Security Council Presidency Letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Africa March 28, 2008 Letter Printer friendly version Thailand: Imam’s Killing Highlights Army Abuse in South Bringing to justice the killers of an imam detained by the military in Thailand’s southern Narathiwat province will be a key test for the Thai authorities, Human Rights Watch said today. Violence is escalating in the south, where the Thai military is fighting a Muslim separatist insurgency that has frequently targeted civilians. March 26, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Nepal: Fears for Safety of Tibetans in Kathmandu Police Threaten to Return Peaceful Tibetans Protesters to China The government of Nepal should end arbitrary detention, threats and harassment against peaceful Tibetan protesters, Human Rights Watch said today. Government forces are pre-emptively arresting Tibetans in Kathmandu as they attempt to move around the city on foot, in taxis, or on buses. The police have directly threatened several individuals in detention with deportation to China. March 26, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version |
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