Brad Adams
Brad Adams
Brad Adams is the executive director of the Asian division of Human Rights Watch and has been in the position since 2002. Adams worked in Cambodia for five years prior to his work at Human Rights Watch, he was the senior lawyer for the Cambodia field office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. He also worked as the legal advisor to the Cambodian parliament's human rights committee. Adams is a member of the State Bar of California...
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The Cambodian government doesn't seem to understand the sad irony of threatening critics of the prime minister on International Human Rights Day, but the rest of the world does. Cambodia seems to be traveling down the path to becoming an elected dictatorship. It is time for Cambodia's friends in the international community to reengage politically and make it clear to the government that it has to meet its human rights commitments.
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There is compelling evidence suggesting that U.S. personnel have committed acts against detainees amounting to torture or cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment.
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It is essential for the public to know that aid is being handled in a non-arbitrary, non-discriminatory manner.
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I've been with some pretty decent teams here, ... but the difference is we have leadership across the board at all positions, something we lacked in the past.
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It's time for the Chinese government to give a full account of what has happened to these five men, including any charges against them. Independent doctors and lawyers should be allowed to meet with them to ascertain their condition.
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The message is clear: If you criticize the government, you will be thrown in jail.
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That local officials continue to deny this incident even took place is typical of efforts to cover up human rights abuses in the region. It is thus vital that the authorities clarify the legal status of the detainees and allow immediate access to them.
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Discrimination is forcing many people to live as outcasts, and the Chinese government tolerates it instead of combating it,
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This is a pretty typical pattern for March.
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This is sure to make the AIDS crisis worse.
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It is time for China to confront the blood collection scandal,
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This brazen attack, carried out in broad daylight, ingrained impunity more than any other single act in recent Cambodian history. But that appears to have been one of its purposes.
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They (the critics) shouldn't be standing on a trap door for the next three years that can be opened on the whim of Hun Sen.
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These are welcome moves in the right direction, but not sufficient and do not evidence a change of heart.