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Macedonia Council of Europe: Secret CIA Prisons Confirmed The Central Intelligence Agency secretly operated illegal prisons for terrorism suspects in multiple locations in Poland and Romania from 2003 to 2005, according to a report released today by the Council of Europe, a European intergovernmental human rights body. June 8, 2007 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version European Parliament: Condemn Complicity in Illegal CIA Activity The European Parliament should condemn European complicity in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program of “extraordinary renditions” and secret detention of prisoners, Human Rights Watch said today. February 12, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version Europe: Pending Questions on CIA Activities in Europe Council of Europe Deadline Is Today; European Parliament to Begin Hearings European governments must provide detailed information about their participation in or knowledge of the Central Intelligence Agency’s unlawful detention and transfer of terrorist suspects. February 21, 2006 Press Release Printer friendly version ’Crime of Opinion’ is One Thing, But War Crime is Another By Bogdan Ivanisevic, Human Rights Watch researcher on the former Yugoslavia Published in Danas (Belgrade) On January 22, 2005, a large group of law professors, politicians, and artists gathered in Belgrade’s Sava Center to support Vojislav Seselj, indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). A number of participants repeated two legal arguments which, coming from well-known lawyers, purport to represent authoritative criticism of the tribunal. Both arguments, however, are patently false. February 11, 2005 Commentary Also available in 
Printer friendly version Comment: Hague Claims Flawed Washington Daily and a Former US Ambassador Launch Misguided Attack on the UN War Crimes Tribunal By Bogdan Ivanisevic, Human Rights Watch researcher on the former Yugoslavia Published in Institute for War and Peace Reporting This month, the Hague tribunal’s many opponents in Belgrade believed they had a reason to be jubilant. In the space of ten days, a former United States ambassador and a newspaper supposedly close to the current administration criticised the UN court and strongly argued in favour of trying indictees before domestic war crimes courts. Serbia’s nationalists had won an all-powerful ally in their fight against the tribunal – or so it seemed. October 29, 2004 Commentary Printer friendly version Failure to Protect Anti-Minority Violence in Kosovo, March 2004 This 66-page report documents the widespread attacks against Serbs, Roma, Ashkali (Albanian-speaking Roma) and other minorities that took place in Kosovo on March 17-18. Human Rights Watch details the near-complete collapse during the crisis of Kosovo’s security institutions—the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR), international civilian police from the U.N. Interim Administration Mission to Kosovo (UNMIK), and the locally-recruited Kosovo Police Service (KPS). Based on numerous interviews with minority victims and security officials, the report provides a detailed—and previously unavailable—account of what happened in dozens of communities during the riots. HRW Index No.: D1606 July 26, 2004 Report Download PDF, 325 KB, 68 pgs Purchase online Kosovo/Serbia and Montenegro: Joint Statement on the Situation of Internally Displaced and Refugee Minorities from Kosovo The United Nations-administered province of Kosovo has just seen what the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has termed as the worst ethnic clashes since 1999. In this joint statement the organizations call on the European Union and its member states to stop involuntary returns to Kosovo, in accordance with the latest UNHCR guidance, and permit reconsideration of claims by those who have accepted voluntary return. June 16, 2004 Memorandum Printer friendly version Macedonia: End Cruel Limbo for Kosovo Roma Refugees More should be done to address the plight of Kosovo Roma refugees in Macedonia, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today. The Macedonian government, its Western counterparts, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) should redouble efforts to ensure them dignified living conditions. in Macedonian December 10, 2003 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Out of Limbo? Addressing the Plight of Kosovo Roma Refugees in Macedonia The plight of Kosovo Roma refugees in Macedonia—dramatically demonstrated by their protest occupation of a border area between Greece and Macedonia from May until August this year—highlights the gap between international refugee law on the one hand, and the reality for refugees in Europe today on the other. This Human Rights Watch briefing paper analyzes the Macedonia refugee crisis in light of international refugee law and points towards possible solutions that can be found in these relevant international standards. December 10, 2003 Background Briefing Printer friendly version UN: Global Action Needed on Small Arms The global spread and rampant misuse of small arms and light weapons requires a reinvigorated international response, Human Rights Watch said today. More than 100 governments will gather in New York July 7-11 to assess progress in stemming the trade in small arms since a U.N. Program of Action was agreed two years ago. July 7, 2003 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Macedonia: No Amnesty for Violations of Laws of War In a letter sent today to the President of Macedonia, Human Rights Watch expressed concern that a pending amnesty law for crimes related to last year's armed conflict could shield war criminals from prosecution. February 27, 2002 Press Release Printer friendly version Oppose the Current Draft Amnesty Law We are writing to ask you to oppose the current formulation of the draft amnesty law insofar as it would prevent Macedonia from pursuing prosecutions, in its own courts, of individuals responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed during the recent armed conflict. Some have argued that the current draft law could be interpreted to permit domestic prosecution, but we believe that this interpretation should be made explicit in the wording of the law and through debate in parliament. February 27, 2002 Letter Macedonia: Rights Defenders Under Attack Campaign to Intimidate the Helsinki Committee In letters sent today to the President and Prime Minister of Macedonia, Human Rights Watch denounced a recent campaign to discredit and intimidate the Macedonian Helsinki Committee, a local human rights organization. January 19, 2002 Press Release Printer friendly version Stop Intimidation of Rights Defenders Letter to Macedonian Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski We are writing to express our deep concern about an ongoing public campaign against the Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights and its president, Ms. Mirjana Najcevska. January 19, 2002 Letter End Intimidation of Rights Defenders Letter to Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski We are writing to express our deep concern about an ongoing public campaign against the Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights and its president, Ms. Mirjana Najcevska. January 19, 2002 Letter No Immunity for Gross Violations in Macedonia Amnesty For Rebels Should Not Bar War Crimes Prosecutions In a letter to the President of Macedonia, Human Rights Watch cautioned today that a proposed amnesty for ethnic Albanian rebels should not bar prosecution for serious human rights abuses. October 3, 2001 Press Release Printer friendly version No Immunity for Gross Violations in Macedonia HRW Letter to President Boris Trajkovski We are writing to express our concerns about the scope of the proposed amnesty for members of the National Liberation Army (NLA). It has been reported that as a confidence-building measure in the peace process Macedonian authorities have committed themselves to an amnesty for NLA members who disarm voluntarily. While Human Rights Watch is not opposed to an amnesty per se, we urge the Macedonian government to ensure that the terms of any such amnesty respect Macedonia's obligations under international law. October 2, 2001 Letter Macedonian Troops Commit Grave Abuses Role of Interior Minister in Ljuboten Abuses Must be Investigated Macedonian government troops committed grave abuses during an August offensive that claimed ten civilian lives in the ethnic Albanian village of Ljuboten, Human Rights Watch charged in a new report released today. September 5, 2001 Press Release Printer friendly version Crimes Against Civilians: Abuses by Macedonian Forces in Ljuboten, August 10-12, 2001 Macedonian government troops committed grave abuses during an August offensive that claimed ten civilian lives in the ethnic Albanian village of Ljuboten, Human Rights Watch charged in a new report released today. The report, titled Crimes Against Civilians: Abuses by Macedonian Forces in Ljuboten, August 10-12, 2001, charges that Macedonian police troops shot dead six civilians and burned at least twenty-two homes, sheds, and stores in the course of their August 12 house-to-house attack on the village. The rights group pressed for an immediate investigation, including an inquiry into the role of Macedonian Minister of Interior Ljube Boskovski, who was present in the village on August 12, the day the worst violations occurred. Human Rights Watch called on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to make public the results of its investigation into the events in Ljuboten. Human Rights Watch pressed for a separate investigation by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, which has jurisdiction over war crimes committed in the Macedonia conflict. Based on a two-week in-depth investigation, including a visit to Ljuboten, interviews with victims and witnesses, and examination of photographic evidence, the report also documented indiscriminate shelling that claimed another three lives in Ljuboten. 24pp, 3.00 HRW Index No.: (D1305) September 5, 2001 Report Download PDF Purchase online Police Abuse Against Albanians Continues in Macedonia Police abuse against ethnic Albanians remains a serious concern in Macedonia despite the recent signing of a political agreement aimed to end the six-month old conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. August 22, 2001 Press Release Printer friendly version |
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