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Africa Watch
January Zambia/Zimbabwe to interview Malawian refugees
Zimbabwe to conduct research on persecution of the opposition prior to the election
February Ivory Coast to interview Liberian refugees
May-June Senegal to interview Mauritanian refugees
June-August South Africa to conduct research on violence in Natal and Transvaal
September Ivory Coast to interview Liberian refugees
October-November Mozambique to meet with government officials and conduct research on constitutional developments and the conduct of the civil war
November Uganda to attend conference on academic freedom
November-December Angola to research the conduct of the civil war by both sides to the conflict
During 1990 Africa Watch also requested permission to visit Malawi, Mauritania, Kenya, Sudan and Cameroon. Permission was either denied or was not forthcoming.
Americas Watch
January Jamaica to investigate prison conditions
February Dominican Republic to investigate the use of forced labor on state sugar plantations
Mexico to conduct general research and investigate prison conditions
Nicaragua to investigate electoral conditions
Peru to conduct general research on human rights conditions
March El Salvador to research general human rights conditions
April Guatemala to conduct investigation into events in Parraxtut
May Colombia to conduct general research on human rights conditions
June Haiti to conduct general research on human rights conditions
June-July Brazil to investigate rural violence and labor rights
August Costa Rica to attended hearing before Inter-American Court on Human Rights on Peru case
Guyana to investigate electoral conditions
Mexico to meet with new National Human Rights Commission
Paraguay to research violence in the context of land disputes
Peru to meet with new government
September Cuba to attend UN conference and conduct general research on human rights conditions
October Brazil to review exhumation of clandestine graves
November Argentina to conduct interviews with Foreign Ministry and judge on pardons and La Tablada
Ecuador to meet with Andean human rights monitors
Guatemala to investigate electoral conditions
Mexico to visit to La Mesa prison in Tijuana
Nicaragua to conduct general research on human rights conditions
December Guatemala to examine government investigations of human rights abuses
Asia Watch
January Thailand to interview Cambodian refugees and aid workers on Cambodian border and to gather information on violations of the laws of war by all parties to the Cambodian conflict
February Nepal to investigate human rights violations by the Nepali government during pro-democracy demonstrations and to meet with government officials to discuss concerns
May Burma to investigate electoral conditions (also research in Thailand)
June Japan to meet with human rights monitors and Japanese Diet members on human rights concerns
June-July Pakistan to interview Afghan refugees and aid workers in Pakistan about abuses by the mujahedin and the Afghan government
July Afghanistan to meet with government officials and to collect information on the state of political and civil rights and the conduct of the civil war (with Middle East Watch)
October India to investigate prison conditions
November Indonesia to investigate violations of freedom of expression throughout Indonesia and other abuses in Aceh, Sumatra
December India to investigate violations in Punjab and Kashmir
Helsinki Watch
January Romania to establish contact with the new government and evaluate human rights situation following the revolution
January- Romania to observe first trial of top
February Communist Party members and close Ceausescu aides
February Bulgaria to investigate continuing ethnic tension and pre-election conditions
March Yugoslavia to investigate the treatment of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo by Serbian forces
April Bulgaria to discuss a constitutional reform project
May Greece to research human rights violations against the Turkish minority in Western Thrace
Romania to investigate acts of violence and intimidation during the election campaign
Turkey to investigate situation of Kurdish minority and the effects of a decree granting special powers to the regional governor
USSR to investigate the violent clashes in Kazakhstan in December 1986
May-June Bulgaria to evaluate pre-election conditions and follow-up on situation of Turkish minority
July Romania to meet with government officials regarding violent events of June 13-15
August Romania to explore conditions in orphanages and homes for the handicapped
September Poland to conduct follow-up investigation of prison conditions and meet with human rights activists
October Turkey to observe trial against the Executive Committee of the Istanbul Bar Association
November Bulgaria to evaluate situation of Gypsies and Macedonians
December USSR to investigate the violence in 1989 in Baku
Middle East Watch
January Paris-London to conduct research on human rights in Morocco
February- Israel/Israeli to research Israeli
March Occupied Territories accountability for human rights abuses under the rules of engagement in force in the occupied territories
March Paris/Morocco to conduct general research on human rights conditions
May Egypt to investigate prison conditions
July Afghanistan to meet with government officials and to collect information on the state of political and civil rights and the conduct of the civil war (with Asia Watch)
August Saudi Arabia/Bahrain/ to investigate human
October Jordan to investigate expulsions of Palestinians from the Gulf States
November Paris to conduct research on Iran
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