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Multimedia: Audio Commentaries | Photo Essays | Podcasts | Videos Russia on Trial Chechnya and the European Court of Human Rights The European Union should seize every opportunity to press Russia to end human rights abuses in Chechnya and other parts of the North Caucasus and ensure perpetrators are brought to justice April 6, 2008 Video Disappearances in Sri Lanka Human Rights Watch research determined that the Sri Lankan government is responsible for widespread abductions and “disappearances” that are a national crisis. Human Rights Watch urged the government to reveal the whereabouts of the “disappeared,” immediately end the practice, and hold the perpetrators accountable. March 6, 2008 Video Video: Dan Rather Reports - Bombs Left Behind Long after a cease fire in the Iraeli-Lebanese conflict, thousands of unexploded bombs--cluster munitions--still cover the battlefields and are wounding many unintended victims--civilians. © 2008 HDNet (Run time 23:42) February 13, 2008 Video Video: President Musharraf Shows His True Colors Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf responds to a question posed by Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Roth asked Musharraf whether, in the interest of free debate before the February 18, 2008 parliamentary elections, he would release the judges and lawyers who were being held under house arrest but had not been charged with any crime. February 11, 2008 Video Human Rights Watch World Report 2008: Press Conference in Washington DC The established democracies are accepting flawed and unfair elections for political expediency. January 31, 2008 Video Video: Political Leadership in Pakistan Ali Dayan Hasan, Asia researcher, talks exclusively to CNN's Zain Verjee on the future of Pakistan. © 2008 CNN December 30, 2007 Video Video: Crackdown in Burma Human Rights Watch research determined that Burmese security forces shot into crowds using live ammunition and rubber bullets, beat marchers and monks before dragging them onto trucks, and arbitrarily detained thousands of people in official and unofficial places of detention. December 7, 2007 Video Video: India - Protecting the Killers A Policy of Impunity in Punjab India From 1984 to 1995, Indian security forces arbitrarily detained, tortured, extrajudicially executed and "disappeared" tens of thousands of Sikhs during counterinsurgency operations against Sikh militants, who were also responsible for many abuses. October 18, 2007 Video Video: Egypt - Faces of a Crackdown Video Interviews with Former Muslim Brotherhood Detainees The Egyptian government has intensified its arrest campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood ahead of elections to the upper house of parliament. May 30, 2007 Video Wal-Mart Training Video Through a conversation among a human resources manager, two newly hired workers, and two current workers, the video explains Wal-Mart's philosophy on unions, criticizes unions, and highlights possible detrimental consequences of union formation. (Run time: 1:52) May 2, 2007 Video Video: The Iraqi Refugee Crisis Human Rights Watch's refugee policy director, Bill Frelick, talks about the situation for refugees and displaced persons in Iraq. © 2006 The President and Fellows of Harvard College (Run time: 1:24:32) May 1, 2007 Video Video: Children in the Ranks Support the Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007 Of 10 governments worldwide implicated in the recruitment or use of children as soldiers, nine receive US military assistance. This video features an interview with Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. (Run time 04:51) April 25, 2007 Video Video: Council of Europe Underperforming on Human Rights Kenneth Roth addressing the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly during a special debate on the state of human rights and democracy in Europe on April 18, 2007. April 19, 2007 Video A Weapon out of Control A short film documenting the lethal effects of the use of cluster munitions worldwide, with commentary, new statistics and analysis from military experts at Human Rights Watch. Footage shows how cluster munitions have endangered civilian populations from the Vietnam era through current conflicts in Iraq and Lebanon. February 20, 2007 Video Also available in 
Human Rights Watch World Report 2007: Press Conference in Washington DC Human Rights Watch Launches World Report 2007 on Guantanamo Anniversary With US credibility undermined by the Bush administration’s use of torture and detention without trial, the European Union must fill the leadership void on human rights. January 12, 2007 Video Video: Kenneth Roth Appears on the Colbert Report US: Mark Five Years of Guantanamo by Closing It January 11, 2007 Video Video: Kofi Annan's International Human Rights Day Address Human Rights Watch hosted Kofi Annan, who has supported human rights more vigorously than any secretary general in United Nations history. As he nears the end of his term, Kofi Annan shared his thoughts in candid form. December 8, 2006 Video Darfur Bleeds Photojournalist Tim Hetherington travelled with Human Rights Watch to Chad to investigate the spillover of violence from the neighboring conflict in Darfur, Sudan. This video documents their findings in the village of Jawara, where 118 people were killed by Sudanese Janjaweed militia and local Chadian recruits over the course of two days in April, 2006. December 1, 2006 Video Video: The Use of Dogs for Cell Extractions in U.S. Prisons Arizona training video showing how dogs were used for cell extractions. Unlike other states, in Arizona once the dog had a hold of the prisoner, the officers would pull on the dog’s leash and drag the dog and the prisoner, gripped by the dog's jaws, out of the cell. October 10, 2006 Video Video: Girls Abused in New York’s Juvenile Prisons Juanita Crawford, 19, spent a year and a half at Lansing Correctional Facility. September 25, 2006 Video |
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