End Inhumane and Illegal Treatment of Gilad Shalit Marking five years since the capture of Gilad Shalit, Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights organizations state: Hamas must immediately end inhumane and illegal treatment of Gilad Shalit.

Dec 12, 2010 (Amman) - Jordan's military prosecutor at the State Security Court should immediately free a former parliamentary candidate and drop politically motivated charges against him, Human Rights Watch said today. Tahir Nassar, who unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the November 9, 2010 elections, was charged on November 27 with "stirring up sectarian strife" in his election manifesto.

November 29, 2010 - (Cairo) - Elections to Egypt's People's Assembly on November 28, 2010, were marred by reports that opposition supporters were barred from polling stations and subjected to violence, Human Rights Watch said today. There were reports of numerous irregularities including arrests and harassment of journalists, denial of access for opposition candidate representatives to 30 polling stations visited by Human Rights Watch across the country and widespread allegations of voter fraud.

November 5, 2010 - (Dakar) - The special unit to maintain security during the second round of Guinea's presidential elections, on November 7, 2010, should act with discipline, minimum force, and neutrality, Human Rights Watch said today. While the first round of elections took place in June in relative calm, the run-off election will take place amid heightened ethnic and political tensions.

November 4, 2010 - (New York) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should uphold freedom of religion in Indonesia and repudiate statements by his religious affairs minister calling for the banning of the Ahmadiyah religion, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the Indonesian president.