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WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's legacy is at stake over a bill that allows the indefinite detention of terrorism suspects without trial, Human Rights Watch said.
LONDON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Human rights groups, in a letter to Chinese officials, said repressive policies prompting Tibetans to commit suicide as a form of protest must stop.
NEW YORK, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch said Washington should lead the way and prosecute former U.S. President George W. Bush for authorizing tactics described as torture.
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch called President Barack Obama's plan to use military commissions to try some U.S. detainees a step back from his campaign promises.
MOSCOW, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- The head of the international rights group Human Rights Watch has been denied a Russian visa, silencing his critical report.
JERUSALEM, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch says indiscriminate Israeli airstrikes caused most of the 900 civilian deaths during the war between Israel and Hezbollah.
NEW YORK, March 4 (UPI) -- U.S. objections to proposed reform of the U.N. Human Rights Commission could deny the new panel credibility without improving it, the New York Times reports.
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A new human rights council will be a top priority for the United Nations in 2006 as it juggles other avenues of reform, the New York Times reported Sunday.
HONG KONG, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Chinese citizens are being attacked, beaten and intimidated for attempting to petition Beijing authorities over grievances, a human rights group said Thursday.
NEW YORK, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A new report says maids in Singapore suffer "grave abuses," including physical and sexual violence, food deprivation and confinement in the workplace. Human Rights Watch says the approximately 150,000 women -- mainly from Indonesia, the Philippines and Sr
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