• El Salvador: En Los Casos De Derechos Humanos Prevelce la Impunidad
    Sep 1, 1990

    A pesar de una década de promesas por parte de funcionarios del gobierno de llevar ante la justicia a los responsables de serias violaciones a los derechos humanos en El Salvador, la impunidad de oficiales militares y miembros de los escuadrones de la muerte permanece intacta.

  • Ethiopia
    Aug 30, 1990

    For ten days in May of this year, Ethiopia saw its first significant open civilian opposition for fifteen years, in a series of protests led by students. A wave of strikes was sparked by the government execution of 12 army generals on May 19. Earlier in March, the government had promised political tolerance and pluralism.

  • Guatemala: Sole Conviction in Human Rights Case Overturned
    Aug 1, 1990

    A Guatemalan appeals court has freed six National Police officers jailed for the 1987 kidnapping and murder of two university students. The appellate court ruling, which overturned the only conviction to date of security force officers for a crime of political violence, underlines the complete impunity with which the Guatemalan authorities commit gross violations of human rights.

  • Destroying Ethnic Identity
    Aug 1, 1990

    The policy of the Greek government with regard to the Turkish minority seems to be, as described by the Minority Rights Group, a "deliberate policy of discrimination with a long-term aim of assimilation." The findings of the Helsinki Watch mission certainly confirm this analysis.

  • Prison Conditions In Indonesia
    Aug 1, 1990

    The rule of law is only fitfully respected in Indonesia, the world's fifth largest country. This fact is vital to understanding the conditions of Indonesian prisons. Many of the senior staff of the Directorate of Corrections, the unit of the Ministry of Justice responsible for prisons, are able and concerned people with a clear commitment to prison reform.

  • "Mengistu has Decided to Burn Us Like Wood"
    Jul 24, 1990
  • Human Rights in Mexico: A Policy of Impunity
    Jun 1, 1990

    An array of violent human rights abuses committed by public security units have become institutionalized in Mexican society. Americas Watch concludes that this pattern of excessive violence can only mean that either the Mexican government has adopted a policy of tolerating such behavior, or it has lost control over its police, security and prosecutorial agencies.

  • Human Rights in Iraq
    Jun 1, 1990

    A comprehensive investigation of brutal human rights violations told in chillingly dispassionate style, Human Rights in Iraq describes how the Ba’ath regime subjects Iraqi citizens to forced relocation and deportation, arbitrary arrest and detention, torture, “disappearance,” and summary political execution.

  • Ghana: Official Attacks on Religious Freedom
    May 18, 1990

    The Ghanaian government, the Provisional National Defence Council(PNDC), has attempted to crack down on churches and other religious organizations through the imposition of a controversial new law. PNDC Law 221 requires all religious bodies to register with the Ministry of the Interior, so as to make them "accountable" to the government.

  • Liberia: Flight from Terror
    May 1, 1990

    A small group of rebel insurgents attacked the Liberian border town of Butuo in late December 1989, killing an undetermined number of soldiers and immigration officials. The government of Liberia responded to the attack with a show of force, sending two battalions to Nimba County, where Butuo is located.