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1. February 7, 2001 News Release

   Yugoslavia: International Justice Required

   Link E.U. Aid to Cooperation with International Tribunal

   (Brussels)- As European Union officials prepared to travel to Belgrade, Human Rights Watch urged that the E.U. insist on Yugoslav cooperation with the international war crimes tribunal. "The end of the abusive Milosevic regime is a welcome development," said Holly Cartner, Executive ...

2. February 6, 2001 Letter

   Cooperation by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with the ICTY

   Open Letter to E.U. Foreign Ministers

   We are writing to you as a matter of urgency, to ask you to make accountability for war-time abuses in the former Yugoslavia a priority of E.U. policy and to take immediate steps to ensure that all of those indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) are ...

3. February 4, 2001 News Release

   Greece: Immigration Bill Violates Human Rights

   The draft immigration bill under consideration by the Greek parliament violates migrants' rights and threatens refugee protection. "All migrants have rights," said Holly Cartner, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch's Europe and Central Asia Division. "But this deeply ...

4. February 4, 2001 News Release

   Rights Groups Call on Aristide to Act On Reform Agenda

   Six international human rights organizations called upon incoming Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to adopt a series of important reforms, outlined in a joint statement. The series of measures, framed as an "agenda for democratic and human rights reform," include investigating and ...

5. February 3, 2001 News Release

   Mexico's Decision to Extradite Accused Argentine Torturer Hailed

   (Washington)- Human Rights Watch today applauded the decision of Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castañeda to authorize the extradition to Spain of Ricardo Miguel Cavallo. Cavallo, a former military official from Argentina implicated in atrocities committed during that country's seven-year ...

6. February 2, 2001 News Release

   Serbian Government Promotes Rights Abuser

   New Interior Ministry Appointee Commanded Police in Kosovo

   Recent changes in the Serbian Ministry of Interior raise serious concerns about the new government's commitment to human rights and accountability. Two high-ranking police officials from the Milosevic era have been removed from office, but another official with a terrible record of human ...

7. February 2, 2001 News Release

   Hong Kong: Tung Should Speak Out Against Beijing's Pressure

   (New York) Human Rights Watch today urged Hong Kong Chief Executive C.H. Tung to affirm his commitment to protecting freedom of association and assembly, especially when the exercise of those freedoms angers Beijing. The appeal came as Chinese officials increased pressure on the Hong Kong ...

8. February 1, 2001 News Release

   East Timor Justice at a Crossroads

   (New York)- Human Rights Watch today called for stepped-up efforts to bring to justice those responsible for the killing, mass destruction, and forced expulsions that wracked East Timor last September. In a report issued yesterday, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on East Timor concluded ...

9. February 1, 2001 News Release

   Congo, Rwanda Responsible for Severe Abuses

   U.S. Should Urge Kabila, Kagame to Protect Civilians

   (Washington, DC)- The two African leaders at a Congressional prayer breakfast this morning are fighting a war that has caused massive civilian casualities, and U.S. officials meeting with them should make that the focus of their dialogue, Human Rights Watch said today. President Joseph Kabila of ...

10. February 1, 2001 News Release

    Sales to Chinese Police Questioned

    Human Rights Watch today called on Motorola Corp. to reassess its promotion and sale of communications equipment to the police in China. Motorola has actively pursued sales of two-way radios to Chinese authorities, including placing a prominent advertisement in a Chinese police magazine. "The ...

11. February 1, 2001 Background Briefing

    Rwanda- President Paul Kagame's Washington Visit

    (New York)- President Paul Kagame will be in Washington today to present his government's program of democratization, justice and reconciliation. He and his supporters claim substantial progress in restoring a nation devastated by a genocide that killed at least half a million Tutsi and ...

12. January 31, 2001 Letter

    Human Rights Watch Comments on Greek Immigration Bill

    Dear Member of Parliament:     Human Rights Watch is writing in regard to the immigration bill currently under consideration by the Greek parliament. We recognize that the bill's intent is to improve upon past laws regarding the residence and employment of foreigners in Greece, and to meet the ...

13. January 31, 2001 Background Briefing

    Backgrounder on the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Joseph Kabila, newly installed president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has inherited an intractable war, a near void of civil institutions, and a legacy of human rights abuses committed under the rule of his father, the late President Laurent Kabila. The new president has tried to ...

14. January 30, 2001 News Release

    Palestinian Authority: Halt Executions

    In a letter made public today, Human Rights Watch expressed grave concern that the Palestinian authority is reverting to a pattern of executions without due process after a twenty-two month hiatus. Human Rights Watch called on Palestinian President Yasir Arafat to immediately suspend all executions ...

15. January 30, 2001 News Release

    Zanzibar: Violence Condemned

    Tanzanian Security on the Rampage

    The Tanzanian police and army are using unrestrained force to shoot, injure, and kill people on Pemba and Zanzibar islands. Over the weekend of January 27-28, 2001, supporters of the opposition party the Civic United Front (CUF) planned a peaceful demonstration to protest last year's flawed ...

16. January 30, 2001 News Release

    Egypt: Cotton Co-Ops Violate Child Labor Laws

    Children overworked, mistreated, exposed to pesticides

    Egyptian children employed by cotton-farming cooperatives work long hours, routinely face beatings at the hands of foremen, and are poorly protected against pesticides and heat, Human Rights Watch said in a new report "." The children are employed under the authority of the Agriculture ...

17. January 29, 2001 Letter

    Letter to Palestinian Authority President Yasir Arafat

    Human Rights Watch is deeply concerned that after a twenty-two month moratorium on executions, the Palestinian Authority is reverting to a pattern of executions without due process, as evidenced by the January 13, 2001 public execution of Allam Bani Ouda in Nablus and the execution of Majdi Mikkawi ...

18. January 29, 2001 News Release

    Re-instatement of Pinochet Charges Hailed

    (New York)- Human Rights Watch hailed today's indictment of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet as a historic contribution to international justice. The defendant, charged with kidnaping and murder by investigating judge Juan Guzman, now faces arrest, fingerprinting, and other police ...

19. January 28, 2001 News Release

    Israel: End "Liquidations" of Palestinian Suspects

    Human Rights Watch urged Prime Minister Ehud Barak to halt Israel's policy of "liquidation" of Palestinians suspected of attacks on Israeli security forces and civilians. "This is in essence a policy of killing without public accountability," said Hanny Megally, executive ...

20. January 28, 2001 Letter

    Letter to Ehud Barak: Halt "Liquidations"

    Human Rights Watch is deeply disturbed by Israel's openly declared policy of "liquidation" of individuals it suspects of planning or participating in attacks on the Israel Defense Force (IDF) or Israeli civilians. Israeli officials have argued that during periods of armed conflict ...

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