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  • Human Rights In Iraq And Iraqi-Occupied Kuwait:
    Jan 7, 1991

    Testimony of Andrew Whitley, Middle East Watch Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee
    January 8, 1991

  • Egyptian Authorities Clamp Down on Dissent
    Jan 2, 1991

    Middle East Watch is concerned that the Egyptian government is using its emergency law and other measures to stifle emerging domestic dissent against the Gulf War.

  • Human Rights in Suriname
    Jan 1, 1991

    A military coup in Suriname in December 1990 reversed the trend toward elected government in South America. Despite this and ongoing civil strife, the government scheduled elections in May 1991. Human Rights in Suriname investigates current abuses in the context of the election campaign as well as ongoing abuses including executions, committed by the military and military-allied armed bands.

  • Indonesia: Human Rights Abuses In Aceh
    Dec 27, 1990

    Since mid-1989, the special region of Aceh on the northern tip of Sumatra has been the site of massive human rights violations. The abuses have been sparked by actions of an armed opposition group, the Acheh/Sumatra National Liberation Front, more commonly known as Aceh Merdeka or the Free Aceh Movement, and a heavy-handed response from the Indonesian military.

  • Romania's Orphans: A Legacy of Repression
    Dec 1, 1990

    Shortly after Nicolar Ceauscu was overthrown on December 22, 1989, the world was exposed for the first time to the shocking images of Romania's orphans, expecially its handicapped children and babies with AIDS.

  • Egypt: Election Concerns
    Nov 15, 1990

    On November 29, Egyptian voters will go to the polls to elect 444 representatives to the People's Assembly, Egypt's national legislative chamber, which passes laws and nominates the President of the Republic every six years.

  • Guatemala: Rights Abuses Escalate as Elections Near
    Nov 8, 1990

    As Guatemala prepares for presidential elections scheduled for November 11, 1990, the nation is in the grips of the worst human rights crisis since the military turned over government to civilians in 1986.

  • Retreat from Reform
    Nov 1, 1990

    Despite the South Korean government’s June 1987 promise of reforms, there is a wide disparity between the rhetoric of democracy achieved and the reality of the retreat from reform. The government of President Roh Tae-Woo has failed to deliver on promises of reform in two key areas: worker rights and freedom of expression.

  • Government Moves to Curb Academic Freedom
    Nov 1, 1990

    Report on academic freedom and government curbs on free expression in Zimbabwe.

  • Liberia: A Human Rights Disaster
    Oct 26, 1990

    In the course of less than a year, Liberia has become a human rights disaster. Over half its population has been displaced from their homes, including over 500,000 who are refugees in West Africa. All parties to the conflict have committed grave abuses of human rights against civilians, violating the humanitarian standards governing non-international armed conflict.