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Deported to Danger

United States Deportation Policies Expose Salvadorans to Death and Abuse

The US government has deported people to face abuse and even death in El Salvador. The US is not solely responsible—Salvadoran gangs who prey on deportees and Salvadoran authorities who harm deportees or who do little or nothing to protect them bear direct responsibility—but in many cases the US is putting Salvadorans in harm’s way in circumstances where it knows or should know that harm is likely.

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  • NATO's Use of Cluster Munitions in Yugoslavia

    The U.S. Defense Department at the end of April announced a move toward the use of more "area weapons" in Operation Allied Force. At the same time, there are reports of NATO's growing shortage of precision-guided weapons.

  • The Enron Corporation

    Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Violations

    This report focuses on a subsidiary of the Enron Development Corporation in India: the Dabhol Power Corporation (DPC).

  • Clinton Administration Policy & H. R. In Africa

    The Clinton administration deserves commendation for its recent efforts to develop a fresh approach toward Africa. The continent is finally receiving high-level attention from the U.S. government, including a trip by Secretary of State Albright in December 1997 and a historic visit from President Clinton in 1998.

  • Exposing the Source

    U.S Companies and the Production of Antipersonnel Mines

    Despite the Clinton Administration's attempts to lay claim to the mantle of global leadership in the effort to ban antipersonnel landmines, the United States has refused to ban or even formally suspend the production of antipersonnel mines. From 1985 through 1996, the U.S.

  • U.S. Blinding Laser Weapons

    The U.S. has pursued the development of at least 10 different tactical laser weapons that have the potential of blinding individuals.

  • Haiti: Security Compromised

    Recycled Haitian Soldiers On the Police Front Line

    The United States-dominated multinational force entered Haiti on September 19, 1994, with a mandate to "use all necessary means...to establish and maintain a secure and stable environment...." The force's presence permitted the reinstatement of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and a reduction in the severe human rights abus

  • HRW Writes to President Clinton Urging NAFTA Summit on Human Rights

    Citing violations of core political rights in Mexico — freedom of expression, freedom of association, freedom of assembly, and the right to vote — this report calls for the Clinton administration to address these and other human rights issues as it engages the Mexican government in trade negotiations.

  • Half The Story

    The Skewed U.S. Monitoring of Repatriated Haitian Refugees

    The May 24 Executive Order authorizing the summary repatriation of Haitian boat people is premised on the view, expressed by President Bush and other U.S. officials, that none of the Haitians risk political persecution upon return to Haiti.