Human Rights Watch

The Syrian government should immediately release three women detained by state authorities since July 31, 2008, unless they have evidence that these women have committed criminal offenses and intend to try them for these, Human Rights Watch said today.

FARC Should Stop Indefensible Attacks

TOP Sponsors Should Back Introduction of a Permanent Olympic Rights Monitor

50th Anniversary of Law Allowing Shoot-to-Kill, Other Serious Abuses

Investigate Violations and Protect Civilians

Russia Should Curb Militias and Allow in Humanitarian Aid

Turkey Should Reject Calls to Suspend the ICC Investigation

Stop Using Weapon Banned by 107 Nations

IOC Should Investigate and Publicize Abuses

Summit Leaders Should Act on Equality for Women

Urgent Need to End Impunity

High Toll from Attacks on Populated Areas

Violent Protests Escalate in Jammu and Kashmir

Intimidation of Opposition, Media Before First Poll Since 1992

(Java, August 13, 2008) – Human Rights Watch researchers in South Ossetia on August 12, 2008, saw ethnic Georgian villages still burning from fires set by South Ossetian militias, witnessed looting by the militias, and learned firsthand of the plight of ethnic Ossetian villagers who had fled Georgian soldiers during the Georgian-Russian conflict over the breakaway region of South Ossetia.

(Tbilisi, August 13, 2008) – Human Rights Watch in Tbilisi has received alarming reports that civilians are trapped in villages in the Gori district of Georgia that are currently under Ossetian control.

Human Rights Watch is deeply concerned about the use of indiscriminate weapons, particularly Grad and Uragan rockets, in populated areas during the conflict over South Ossetia.

Increasing Repression of Activists, Media Sources; No Protests Approved Yet

Justice Key to Building Political Stability

Donors Should Not Fund Rapid Action Battalion