Most Requested Documents

The following list represents the most requested documents from April 2, 2007 to April 8, 2007.

1. UN: Rights Council Remains Timid in Face of Abuses
Darfur Resolution Provides Basis for Further Action
(Geneva, March 30, 2007) – The UN Human Rights Council closed its fourth regular session today having failed to take action to address many of the world’s most urgent human rights situations, Human Rights Watch said today. The council adoption of a compromise text regarding the crisis in Darfur, however, was a welcome if small step forward.
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2. US Sent Guantanamo Detainees Home to Torture in Russia
New Report Shows Why 'Diplomatic Assurances' Don't Work
(New York, March 29, 2007) – Former Guantanamo detainees who were sent home to Russia in 2004 experienced torture and other abuse despite Moscow’s pledge to the US government that they would be treated humanely, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.
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3. People Fleeing Somalia War Secretly Detained
Kenya, US and Ethiopia Cooperate in Secret Detentions and Renditions
(New York, March 30, 2007) – Kenya, Ethiopia, the United States and the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia cooperated in a secret detention program for people who had fled the recent conflict in Somalia, Human Rights Watch said today.
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4. Nigeria: Elections Threatened by Violence and Abuse of Power
Government Must Act Against Political Violence, End Election-Related Abuses
(Lagos, April 4, 2007) – The Nigerian government’s partisan meddling in the electoral process and its unwillingness to tackle political violence threatens to undermine nationwide polls scheduled for April 14 and 21, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today.
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5. Q & A: Crisis in Darfur
What has happened in Darfur?
Since early 2003, Sudanese government forces and ethnic militia called “Janjaweed” have engaged in an armed conflict with rebel groups called the Sudanese Liberation Army/Movement (SLA/SLM) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). As part of its operations against the rebels, government forces have waged a systematic campaign of “ethnic cleansing” against the civilian population who are members of the same ethnic groups as the rebels.
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