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  • Clinton Urged To Take Tough Stand With Nigerian Leader
    Sep 22, 1998

    (New York, September 22, 1998) — Human Rights Watch today urged President Bill Clinton to raise urgent human rights concerns in his September 23 meeting with General Abdulsalami Abubakar, when the new Nigerian head of state visits New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly.

  • Letter to US President Clinton Ahead of Meeting with Nigerian Leader
    Sep 22, 1998

    Mr. President,

    On the occasion of your meeting on September 23 with Nigerian head of state General Abdulsalami Abubakar, I am writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch to raise our concerns with you about the current situation in Nigeria, and to ask you to use the influence of the U.S. to improve respect for human rights in that country.

  • U.S. Urged to Get Involved in Pinochet Case
    Oct 22, 1998

    (New York) - Human Rights Watch today urged the United States government to publicly support and promote the extradition of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet to Spain.

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  • U.S. ‘Neutrality' on Pinochet Blasted
    Nov 25, 1998

    (New York)- Human Rights Watch today criticized the U.S. government for failing to support international efforts to extradite Augusto Pinochet to Spain.

    It also urged the White House to declassify documents that could assist in the prosecution of the ex-Chilean dictator.

  • HRW - Letter to Janet Reno
    Feb 26, 1999

    The Honorable Janet Reno  
    Attorney General of the United States  
    U.S. Department of Justice  
    950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Room 4545  
    Washington, D.C. 20530-0001  
     
    Dear Madame Attorney General:  

  • Reno Urged to Press for Judicial Independence in Peru
    Feb 26, 1999

    U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno should use her presence in Lima next week to insist that Peru fully restore independence of the judiciary, Human Rights Watch said today.

  • CIA, State, NSC Documents Declassified On Chile
    Jun 30, 1999

    The National Security Archive, Center for National Security Studies and Human Rights Watch hailed today's release of more than 20,000 pages of U.S. documents on Chile.

  • Letter to U.S. President Clinton on the Sierra Leone Conflict
    Jun 29, 1999

    Dear President Clinton,

  • Current Human Rights Concerns on Nigeria
    Aug 3, 1999
  • Letter to U.S. President Clinton Regarding Human Rights Concerns in Nigeria
    Oct 27, 1999

    Dear President Clinton: 

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