1. Building Towers, Cheating Workers
Exploitation of Migrant Construction Workers in the United Arab Emirates
(Dubai, November 12, 2006) – As the United Arab Emirates experiences one of the world’s largest construction booms, its government has failed to stop employers from seriously abusing the rights of the country’s half million migrant construction workers, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Listen
2. Triangle of Death: A Place of Horrors in Katanga Province
Anneke Van Woudenberg, Senior Research for the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch discusses the findings of a research mission to Katanga Province in March-April 2006. Listen
3. US Sent Guantanamo Detainees Home to Torture in Russia
Carroll Bogert is associate director of Human Rights Watch and author of a report on Russia’s treatment of ex-Guantanamo detainees.Listen
4. Audio Commentary by Georgette Gagnon, Deputy Director, Africa Divison of Human Rights Watch: Human Rights Development in Sudan (HRW World Report 2007) Listen
5. Free expression, the treatment of juveniles, and the rights of human rights defenders in Iran
Human Rights Watch researcher Hadi Ghaemi hopes the Human Rights Council’s agenda this year will prominently include Iran, a country with high rates of execution and harsh penalties for activists. Emma Daly speaks to Hadi on what to expect, and what Human Rights Watch hopes to see in the council’s fourth session. Listen
