In Ferguson, a Police Failure to Communicate

		Having trouble viewing this email? Click here THE WEEK IN RIGHTS August 21, 2014 Follow us on: Dispatches: In Ferguson, a Police Failure to Communicate © 2014 Reuters By Alba Morales Law enforcement in Ferguson, Missouri, has repeatedly blamed outside instigators for violent acts that have led police to use teargas, rubber bullets, and pain-inducing sound cannons against protesters. Yet part of the problem in Ferguson also lies with law enforcement's failure to establish reasonable rules, communicate them clearly, and give protesters and observers a fair chance to comply with them. Read more >> share on: Holder Should Press for Police Reform A lot of the poor policing we're seeing in Ferguson may be going on elsewhere in the United States. US Attorney General Eric Holder should press state and local officials to review their regulations and policies on policing, but he should also look at ways the federal government may be contributing to the problems there. Read more >> share on: Interview: Yes, Iran Does Have Political Prisoners Iran's judiciary claims it has no political prisoners. Human Rights Watch set out to prove them wrong. Researcher Faraz Sanei speaks about the new Human Rights Watch report, who Iran is persecuting and why, and if President Hassan Rouhani – a self-proclaimed moderate – has the ability and willingness to do something about it. See the Latest News in the Middle East/North Africa >> share on: ` Dispatches: Palparan Arrest End of Aquino Apathy on Philippines Impunity? by Carlos Conde Philippine authorities did something extraordinary on Tuesday: in the early morning hours they arrested a former senior security forces official implicated in serious human rights violations. See the Latest News in Asia >> share on: In Kenya, Killings, Disappearances by Anti-Terror Police Kenyan counterterrorism forces appear to be killing and disappearing people right under the noses of top government officials, major embassies, and the United Nations. This horrendous conduct does not protect Kenyans from terrorism – it simply undermines the rule of law. See the Latest News in Africa >> share on: VIDEO Egypt: Mass killings by security forces during military ouster of then-president Mohamed Morsy. Watch now >> PUBLICATION   Locked Up in Karaj: Spotlight on Political Prisoners in One Iranian City. Download Now >> TWEET of the WEEK Here's James Foley as he would want to be remembered before ISIS cruelly cut short his life. http://trib.al/2lZYaWV  pic.twitter.com/RxLxJQfZg7 Follow Ken Roth now >> Thank you for supporting Human Rights Watch. Follow us on: Home | Take Action | Donate | Privacy Human Rights Watch - 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor New York, NY 10118 USA Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700 | news@hrw.org

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