• A letter To President William J. Clinton
    A letter signed by a coalition of thirteen U.S.-based international human rights and domestic civil rights groups, requesting that your administration compile and publish an annual report on the state of human rights in the United States.
    January 28, 1998
  • Human Rights Watch/Helsinki and Lawyers Committee for Human Rights Demand that the Croatian Government Cease Investigating Ivan
    In a letter sent today to President Franjo Tudjman, Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa, and Public Prosecutor Marjan Hranjski, Human Rights Watch/Helsinki and the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights demanded that the government of the Republic of Croatia cease its criminal investigation of Ivan Zvonimir Cicak, president of the Croatian Helsinki Committee, in what appears to be yet another attempt to silence this vocal critic of official Croatian policy. Mr. Cicak is being investigated on suspicion of "disseminating false information," in violation of article 191 of the Croatian Criminal Code.
    August 28, 1997
  • Human Rights Watch Calls For Unequivocal Rejection of The Latest Demands On Investigative Team In The DR Congo
    In a letter delivered today to the office of the Secretary General Kofi Annan, Human Rights Watch expressed grave concern about the new conditions on the United Nations investigative team in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
    August 28, 1997
  • Human Rights Watch Calls For Unequivocal Rejection of The Latest Demands On Investigative Team In The Democratic Republic of Con
    -In a letter delivered today to the office of the Secretary General Kofi Annan, Human Rights Watch expressed grave concern about the new conditions on the United Nations investigative team in the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to diplomatic sources, the investigative team in Kinshasa received a letter yesterday signed by Conogolese Minister of Reconstruction Etienne-Richard Mbaya and Minister of International Cooperation Thomas Kanza imposing three new conditions.
    August 27, 1997
  • Human Rights Watch Asks South Africa to bar Arms Transfers to Any Party in the War in Sudan
    In a letter to the South African government, Human Rights Watch/Africa and the HRW Arms Project ask South Africa to take steps to guarantee that arms it sells are not used in the conflict in Sudan. This would include preventing other states from transferring the arms to the government of Sudan, to the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army, and to others fighting in Sudan.
    August 27, 1997
  • Human Rights Watch Comments on the Civil Liberties and Social Order Consultation Document
    This letter is respectfully submitted in response to your invitation for written comments on the Civil Liberties and Social Order Consultation Document (the Consultation Document) issued by your office on April 9, 1997, which proposes changes to Hong Kong's laws on regulating public demonstrations and registration of private organizations. Human Rights Watch/Asia is a division of Human Rights Watch, a non-governmental organization that monitors and reports on human rights conditions around the globe and maintains an office in Hong Kong. We welcome the opportunity to comment on these issues of critical importance to Hong Kong's future.
    May 1, 1997
  • Response to Armenian Government Letter on the town of Khojaly, Nagorno-Karabakh
    As Executive Director of Human Rights Watch/Helsinki (formerly Helsinki Watch), I wish to respond to the March 3 Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement regarding the 1992 slaughter of Azeri civilians in the town of Khojaly in Nagorno Karabakh. In it, the Ministry argues that the Popular Front of Azerbaijan was responsible for the civilian deaths, supporting this argument by referring to an interview with former President Ayaz Mutalibov and, incredibly, to a 1992 report by our organization.
    March 23, 1997
  • Letter to Tunisian President Ben Ali on the Case of Mr. Kamel Masmoudi
    Human Rights Watch/Middle East is writing this open letter to request respectfully that you direct your attention to the case of Mr. Kamel Masmoudi, a Canadian-Tunisian dual national who was recently imprisoned in Tunisia. On the basis of the information available to us, it appears that he has been sentenced to a long prison term for charges that are political in nature, and that this sentence followed a trial where his due-process rights were not fully respected.
    April 27, 1995