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Human Rights Watch Background Briefings
Africa
Human rights defenders are under intense and violent attack. The new administration of President Andrés Pastrana has done little to sever continuing ties between Colombia's military and the paramilitary groups responsible for most of the nation's egregious human rights violations, including numerous violent attacks on human rights defenders.
Attorney General Reno In Colombia
March 3-4
Human Rights Watch Backgrounder

"During her visit to Beijing, Albright will lay the groundwork for Premier Zhu Rongji's summit meetings in Washington, D.C. in early April. Albright is expected to raise human rights issues brought up by President Clinton during his visit to China last year on which there has been no progress, and in some cases, major setbacks have occurred.
Secretary of State Albright's trip to Asia: China, Indonesia and Thailand
Background Briefing: China
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