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October 1, 1991 Report

El Salvador’s Decade Of Terror

The most comprehensive account now available on human rights violations in El Salvador, A Decade of Terror documents the civil war between an armed insurgency and the military-backed government, and explains how it has led to a decade of ferocious…
September 16, 1991 Report

Out of Sight

Hidden under the reforms initiated by President de Klerk since February 2, 1990, human rights violations continue unabated in Bophuthatswana, one of South Africa's four so?called "independent" homelands. In the past 18 months political violence has…
September 2, 1991 News

The Coward's War: Landmines in Cambodia

The impact of landmines in Cambodia and call for a ban

Published as Cambodia emerged from decades of conflict, The Coward's War documents how antipersonnel landmines were used by all warring factions. As internally displaced persons were preparing to return from the Thai border, the report describes the…
September 1, 1991 Report

Prison Conditions in Czechoslovakia

The Helsinki Watch report summarized Czechoslovak prison conditions in 1988 as follows: Inmates are often packed into overcrowded, stuffy, smelly, filthy, dark cells that are too hot or too cold; guards brutally abuse them, physically and verbally;…
September 1, 1991 Report

A Victory Turned Sour

Following the liberation of Kuwait, the thirst to avenge the horrors of the Iraqi occupation spawned a new round of human rights victims this time at Kuwaiti hands. Despite calls to defend human rights in rallying support for the war against Iraq, the…
September 1, 1991 News

Israel's Truth-Telling Without Accountability

Inquest Faults Police in Killings at Jerusalem Holy Site but Judge Orders no Charges

Middle East Watch commends the extensive investigation published by Israeli Magistrate Ezra Kama on July 18 into the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif killings.  However, Middle East Watch is disturbed that, in light of evidence establishing criminal conduct…
August 1, 1991 Report

Punjab in Crisis

Violence between separatist Sikh militants and government forces in Punjab has escalated to unprecedented levels, claiming thousands of civilian lives. Since 1984, the security forces have adopted increasingly brutal methods to stem the militant movement…

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