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1. September 11, 2002 Statement

   Freedom of Expression, Free Media and Human Rights Defenders

   On the Occasion of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Warsaw

   Freedom of expression, and media freedoms in particular, are in danger in many OSCE participating states. In too many countries, severe restrictions and abuse afflict brave journalists whose writings focus on sensitive topics, such as abuse of power and corruption. These violations are in and of ...

2. September 11, 2002 Statement

   Freedom of Religion

   On the Occasion of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Warsaw

   We appreciate the OSCE’s active engagement to promote freedom of religion in the region. Regrettably, though, this precious freedom is imperiled in many member states. Today, some of the most egregious violations of the right to freedom of religion take place in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and ...

3. September 11, 2002 Letter

   On the occasion of his meeting with President Askar Akaev of Kyrgyzstan

   Letter to President George W. Bush

   During the past year the Kyrgyz government has displayed growing intolerance for its political opposition, enacted draconian laws and used brutal methods to deprive citizens of their right to free assembly and expression, intensified the persecution religious dissidents, and taken an aggressive ...

4. September 11, 2002 News Release

   Sudan: End Crackdown on Press

   The government of Sudan should end its recent crackdown on the press, Human Rights Watch said in a Français Africa Sudan Press Freedom Free Speech ...

5. September 11, 2002 Letter

   Sudan: End Crackdown on Press

   Letter to President El Bashir

   (New York, September 11, 2002) The government of Sudan should end its recent crackdown on the press, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the Sudanese president today. In the past week, the government's National Press Council (NPC) has confiscated entire daily editions of three newspapers. ...

6. September 10, 2002 News Release

   Uzbek Rights Defenders Detained

   Police in Uzbekistan detained two human rights defenders last week in what looks like government retribution for their human rights work, Human Rights Watch said today. Jakhangir Shosalimov, a member of the Independent Human Rights Organization of Uzbekistan (IHROU), and Tursunbai Utamuratov, head ...

7. September 9, 2002 News Release

   Colombia Fails Rights Test

   U.S. Releases Funds While Links Between Military and Paramilitaries Remain

   Colombia has failed to meet any of the human rights conditions that U.S. law imposes as a prerequisite to military aid, three leading human rights groups said today. In a new briefing paper that details Colombia's human rights record, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the ...

8. September 9, 2002 Statement

   Abolition of Capital Punishment and Prevention of Torture

   On the Occasion of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Warsaw

   Human Rights Watch welcomes the OSCE’s engagement on the important human rights issues of capital punishment and torture—two of the most serious violations of fundamental human rights that still persist in the region. In our comments today we would like to briefly highlight some of the most ...

9. September 8, 2002 Statement

   Remarks of Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch to the International Criminal Court Assembly of State Parties

   Distinguished Delegates, this assembly marks a turning point for justice and the rule of law. Too many atrocities have been committed by ruthless leaders who calculated that they could get away with mass murder. They have reasoned, quite accurately, that a bit of violence and intimidation is all it ...

10. September 8, 2002 News Release

    Uzbekistan: U.S. Rubber Stamps Human Rights

    The U.S. State Department has exaggerated Uzbekistan's human rights gains, evidently in order to maintain foreign assistance to that country's government, Human Rights Watch said today. In an August 26 document that has not been released to the public, Secretary of State Colin Powell ...

11. September 7, 2002 Letter

    Google, Alta Vista: Resist Chinese Censorship

    Dr. Eric E. Schmidt, Chief Executive Officer Google Global Headquarters 2400 Bayshore Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 phone: 650-330-0100 fax: 650-618-1499 James Barnett, Chief Executive Officer AltaVista Company 1070 Arastradero Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 P: 650-320-7700 F: 650-320-7399 Dear Dr. ...

12. September 7, 2002 Commentary

    A Major U-turn in U.S. Policy on Peacekeeping in Afghanistan

    Pentagon officials recently signaled a shift in U.S. policy on Afghanistan, admitting that an expansion of international peacekeeping operations beyond Kabul is necessary. The unsuccessful attempt to assassinate President Hamid Karzai on Thursday in Kandahar is intensifying calls for such a move. ...

13. September 5, 2002 News Release

    Indonesia: Investigate Shootings in Papua, No Reprisals

    (New York) Human Rights Watch today condemned the killings of three unarmed civilians in an attack on their vehicles in Papua, Indonesia this past weekend and called for an independent investigation, with the involvement of international human rights experts. Human Rights Watch warned against any ...

14. September 5, 2002 News Release

    Colombia's ICC Declaration a "Prelude to Impunity"

    (New York)- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe should immediately reverse Colombia's decision not to accept, for a period of seven years, the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) over war crimes. The Colombian government only recently admitted having made this decision, which ...

15. September 5, 2002 Letter

    San Pedro INS Detention Center

    Human Rights Watch Letter

    Dear Mr. Hodgson, During the past three years, Human Rights Watch Young Advocates have visited San Pedro Service Processing Center (SPC) five times. The purpose of our visits has been to examine conditions at the INS detention center and to monitor how effectively the INS is implementing its own ...

16. September 3, 2002 Letter

    Colombia: Deny Pending Human Rights Certification

    Joint Letter from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Washington Office on Latin America

    Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Washington Office on Latin America sent a letter today to Secretary of State Colin Powell urging him to deny a pending human rights certification to Colombia. Joint Letter from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Washington Office on ...

17. September 2, 2002 Letter

    Letter to Nursultan Nazarbaev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

    We are writing today regarding the urgent case of Gulgeldi Annaniazov. We are asking that you ensure that Mr. Annaniazov not be delivered to the Turkmen authorities. Human Rights Watch fears that, should Mr. Annaniazov be returned to Turkmenistan, he would face certain loss of liberty and a grave ...

18. August 31, 2002 Impact

    UNHCR Guidelines on Categories of Afghans Still at Risk

    In July, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees drafted guidelines for governments on categories of Afghans who still require protection and should not be returned to Afghanistan. The document referred extensively to Human Rights Watch research on anti-Pashtun violence in northern ...

19. August 31, 2002 Impact

    Attacks on HIV/AIDS Workers in India

    Widespread police harassment of HIV/AIDS outreach workers in India, especially those working with women in prostitution and men who have sex with men, is undermining efforts to contain one of the worst epidemics in the world. HRW released a report, "Epidemic of Abuse: Police Harassment of HIV ...

20. August 31, 2002 Impact

    Nigeria Cracks Down on Vigilantes

    On August 8, the BBC reported that the Nigerian police arrested more than 30 people and "closed down what they described as torture centres belonging to the group known as the Bakassi Boys.... The police action follows growing concern that such vigilante organisations may be used as hired ...

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