Turkey: Urge Visiting Sudanese Leader to End Atrocities
When Sudanese President Omar El Bashir arrives in Ankara on January 21 for a state visit, the Turkish government should publicly urge him to end the ongoing atrocities in Darfur, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the Turkish government.
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EU to Aid Senegal in Preparing Hissène Habrés Trial
The arrival of a European Union delegation in Dakar on Monday to assist Senegal in preparing the trial of Hissène Habré will boost efforts to bring the former Chadian dictator to justice, a group of African and international human rights organizations said today.
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UAE: Meetings Should Address Migrant Workers Rights
When labor ministers from 22 Asian and Middle Eastern countries meet in Abu Dhabi this week to discuss Asian contract migrant workers, they should address widespread violations of migrant workers rights, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Japan: Mekong Meeting Should Not Ignore Rights Abuses
Human Rights Watch Sends Letter to Foreign Minister Koumura
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India: Urgent Inquiry Needed Into Nandigram Violence
The West Bengal state government in India should immediately create an independent and impartial inquiry into serious acts of violence in Nandigram since early 2007, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International India said today.
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Shoppers: It's BYO Bag in China
BEIJING (AP) -- Declaring war on the "white pollution" choking its cities, farms and waterways, China is banning free plastic shopping bags and calling for a return to the cloth bags of old - steps largely welcomed by merchants and shoppers on Wednesday....
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Fire at South Korean Warehouse Kills 40
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Fire tore through a refrigeration warehouse under construction in an industrial district south of the capital Monday, killing 40 workers and sending toxic fumes into the air, officials said....
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Liberian's War Crimes Trial Opens
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Prosecutors launched their war crimes case against former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Monday, taking testimony from an expert on blood diamonds and showing video of a Sierra Leone miner whose hands had been hacked off....
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Indonesia's Suharto in Stable Condition
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Former Indonesian dictator Suharto's health was improving Monday, with fluids successfully being drained from his heart and lungs and his appetite slowly returning, days after he was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, doctors said....
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Sri Lanka: Truce End Shows Need for UN Monitors
Warring Sides Should Better Protect Civilians
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