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1. December 13, 2001 News Release

   Turkey: Violations Block Road to the E.U.

   Turkish Military Needs to Commit to the European Project

   (New York, December 14, 2001)-- Human Rights Watch today cast a dim view on Turkey's progress toward accession to the European Union. In an analysis of the E.U.'s annual progress report on accession countries, Human Rights Watch said Turkey had done little more than "tinsel and ...

2. December 12, 2001 News Release

   Argentina: Support Human Rights Trials

   (Buenos Aires)- The Argentine Government must support court efforts to bring justice for the massive human rights abuses committed under military rule, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. While the country's courts have made notable progress in reinvigorating long-stalled ...

3. December 11, 2001 News Release

   Milosevic to Face Bosnian Genocide Charges

   (The Hague)- Slobodan Milosevic will be confronted with charges of genocide before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague today. Genocide, crimes committed with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, or religious group, is the most serious offense under ...

4. December 11, 2001 News Release

   Refugee Summit: States Must Reaffirm Commitments

   Australia, U.K., U.S. Urged to Protect Refugee Rights

   (New York)-- The governments now meeting in Geneva to affirm their commitment to refugees have actually adopted laws and policies that undermine the letter and the spirit of the Refugee Convention, Human Rights Watch said today. It is ironic that the very same states that conceived the 1951 Refugee ...

5. December 10, 2001 News Release

   U.S.: Waiver Needed for War Crimes Court

   Senate Legislation A "New Low for Human Rights"

   (New York)- European Union governments should quickly express their opposition to the new American Servicemembers Protection Act (ASPA), passed by the U.S. Senate on December 7, Human Rights Watch urged in a letter to E.U. foreign ministers today.      The ASPA would empower the U.S. president to ...

6. December 10, 2001 News Release

   Europe Should Oppose U.S. Law on War Crimes Court

   (New York)- European Union governments should quickly express their opposition to the new American Servicemembers Protection Act (ASPA), passed by the U.S. Senate on December 7, Human Rights Watch urged in a letter to E.U. foreign ministers today.     The ASPA would empower the U.S. president to ...

7. December 7, 2001 News Release

   United Nations: Kabul Security Forces Should Be Expandable

   (New York)-- The proposed international security force for Kabul should be expandable to meet security needs throughout the country, Human Rights Watch urged today. In a letter to the United Nations Security Council on the Bonn Agreement and the interim government of Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch ...

8. December 6, 2001 Letter

   Letter to Security Council Regarding the Bonn Agreement

   Your Excellency, Human Rights Watch greets yesterday's signing of the Bonn agreement on provisional arrangements in Afghanistan with great hope. We are impressed with the range of issues it covers and the way it handles them. Especially because it addresses Afghanistan's most pressing and ...

9. December 5, 2001 News Release

   Pakistan: Refugees Not Moving Voluntarily

   (New York)-- Refugees being moved to camps nearer to the Afghanistan border are not necessarily going voluntarily, as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the government of Pakistan have claimed, Human Rights Watch charged today. More than three thousand refugees have been ...

10. December 5, 2001 Letter

    Afghan Donors Should Include Rights

    HRW Letter to the Afghan Support Group

    Dear Ms/Mr/Ambassador: As the Afghan Support Group meets on Wednesday, Human Rights Watch urges you to ensure that three areas, often low on the priority list for post-conflict planning, are considered: justice and accountability, reintegration of ...

11. December 4, 2001 Statement

    Testimony from Refugees in New Jalozai and Kotkai Camp, Pakistan

    Human Rights Watch conducted the following interviews from November 18-22, 2001 in New Jalozai camp and in Kotkai camp in Bajaur Agency. Lack of choice and insufficient information SFJ is 45 years old. He comes from Jalalabad in Nangarhar province. He fled Afghanistan 30 days ago because of the U.S ...

12. December 4, 2001 News Release

    Israeli Schools Separate, Not Equal

    Palestinian Arab Citizens Face Discrimination in Access to Education

    Israel systematically discriminates against Palestinian Arab citizens in its public school system, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The 187-page report, Second Class: Discrimination Against Palestinian Arab Children in Israel's Schools, is based on Human Rights Watch ...

13. December 4, 2001 News Release

    Afghanistan: Families of Foreign Fighters At Risk

    (New York)- Hundreds of women and children, who are relatives of foreign Taliban fighters, have been left stranded by the fighting in Afghanistan and are at grave risk, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch urged all Afghan forces, the United States, and the international community to ...

14. December 4, 2001 News Release

    Mexico: Military Investigations Shield Army Abuses

    In a new report released today, Human Rights Watch called on Mexico to end military jurisdiction over all cases involving human rights violations. The Mexican justice system currently leaves the task of investigating and prosecuting army abuses to ...

15. December 3, 2001 News Release

    Afghanistan: Three Afghan Commanders Should Be Prosecuted

    (New York)-- Human Rights Watch today urged the United States and Britain to take immediate measures to ensure that three Afghan Taliban commanders alleged to have committed international crimes be held by an outside independent authority until they can be prosecuted before an impartial tribunal. ...

16. December 3, 2001 News Release

    U.S.: Military Commissions Can't Compare to International Courts

    Due Process Standards Much Lower for Proposed U.S. Trials

    Judicial standards permitted by a new presidential order on military commissions would be significantly lower than those at war-crimes courts established by the United Nations, although the U.S. administration has claimed they are similar, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch released ...

17. December 3, 2001 News Release

    Vietnam: Rights Protections Should Be on Donors' Agenda

    (New York)-- Human Rights Watch today urged Vietnam's international donors to press for significant progress in human rights and rule of law when they meet in Hanoi on December 7 and 8. The annual meeting, convened by the World Bank, is attended by forty-five countries and financial ...

18. December 3, 2001 News Release

    Landmines: Almost Half of Korea Mines in U.S.

    (Washington)-- Nearly half of the antipersonnel mines retained by the United States for use in Korea are actually stored in the United States, Human Rights Watch revealed today. The need to keep these antipersonnel mines to defend South Korea is regularly ...

19. December 1, 2001 News Release

    Afghanistan: U.S. and U.K. Should Provide Logistic Support for Detention of Captured Fighters

    (New York)-- With fighting in Kandahar intensifying, Human Rights Watch today issued an urgent appeal to all anti-Taliban forces to ensure the humane treatment of prisoners in their custody. Human Rights Watch also urged the U.S. and British governments to provide logistic support to ensure such ...

20. December 1, 2001 News Release

    U.S.: Ensure Protections for Foreign Detainees

    (New York)-- Human Rights Watch today reiterated its call to the U.S. government to respect the fundamental rights of individuals detained in connection with investigations into the September 11 attacks. Most of those detained are from the Middle East and South Asia, including 208 from Pakistan. On ...

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