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1. August 22, 2000 News Release

   Clinton Should Back Effective Justice in Burundi

   Stopover in Tanzania Offers Rare Chance to Influence Warring Parties

   (New York)- At the August 28 signing ceremony for a Burundi peace accord, President Bill Clinton should pledge U.S. support for prompt, effective justice to punish serious crimes committed during the war, Human Rights Watch said today. Clinton is scheduled to appear at a signing ceremony to mark ...

2. August 22, 2000 Commentary

   Clinton's Nigeria Agenda

   The last time President Clinton visited Africa, he avoided Nigeria like the plague. The year was 1998, and Nigeria was in its fifteenth year of military rule. Photo ops with the Nigerian dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, were definitely not on the White House itinerary. What a difference two years make. ...

3. August 22, 2000 Statement

   Human Rights in Nigeria

   A Briefing for the Visit of President Clinton

   President Clinton will be traveling to Nigeria from August 25 to 27, his second visit to Africa and his first to that country. Clinton's last trip to Africa, in March and April 1998, was the most extensive trip to the continent by a U.S. president, but he did not visit Nigeria, which was at ...

4. August 21, 2000 News Release

   Kashmir: Wave of Attacks on Civilians Condemned

   All Parties Must Respect Civilians' Rights

   (New York) Human Rights Watch today denounced the series of attacks over the weekend on Hindu residents of Kashmir which left ten civilians dead and nine seriously injured. The international monitoring organization called for a judicial inquiry into the attacks and urged all parties to the conflict ...

5. August 21, 2000 Letter

   HRW Letter to Philadelphia Mayor John Street

   In a letter to Philadelphia Mayor John Street Human Rights Watch expressed concern over reports of police ill-treatment of protesters during the Republican National Convention, held at the beginning of August. These allegations are serious and warrant prompt and thorough investigation. We urge you ...

6. August 21, 2000 Commentary

   United States Must Do Part to Stop Executions of Juvenile Criminals

   By Michael Bochenek, Counsel to the Children's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution August 22, 2000 On Thursday, Georgia plans to execute Alexander Williams, who is mentally ill and was a juvenile---age 17--- at the time of his crime. This ...

7. August 20, 2000 News Release

   Colombia Fails Human Rights Requirements of U.S. Aid Package

   The Colombian government has not complied with the human rights conditions contained in the recently-passed $1.3 billion aid package signed by President Clinton. The organization called upon President Clinton, who travels to Colombia on August 30, to urge Colombian authorities to take swift and ...

8. August 20, 2000 News Release

   US: Georgia Should Halt Execution

   Georgia's Board of Pardons and Parole should prevent the execution of Alexander Williams. The execution would be the fifth of a juvenile offender nationwide this year and the first such execution in Georgia since 1993. The United States has not executed five adolescent offenders in a single ...

9. August 19, 2000 News Release

   Indonesia: Lawmakers Let Perpetrators off the Hook

   Human Rights Watch charged today that irresponsible legislators in Indonesia are using human rights arguments to protect perpetrators of serious abuses. A constitutional amendment passed today by the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly makes it far less likely that former President ...

10. August 17, 2000 News Release

    India Must Protect Chin Refugees

    Human Rights Watch today called on India to halt expulsions of ethnic Chin refugees to Burma where many could face persecution from the Burmese military. The Chin are an ethnic and religious minority in north-western Burma. According to local sources, police in the northeastern Indian state of ...

11. August 17, 2000 News Release

    Ban Arms Sales to Indonesia Unless Timor Militias Stopped

    Human Rights Watch today called on the Indonesian army to disband, once and for all, militias operating in West Timor. If it fails to do so, donor countries should reinstitute the ban on commerical military sales to Indonesia imposed in September 1999 at ...

12. August 17, 2000 News Release

    Central Asia Conflict: Parties Must Respect Humanitarian Law

    As armed skirmishes in Central Asia entered their second week, Human Rights Watch said today that both governments and the Islamic insurgents must respect the rules of armed conflict. The group also warned against stepped-up repression in Uzbekistan against religious believers and political ...

13. August 16, 2000 Letter

    Letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Principles of Justice in Sierra Leone

    Dear Mr. Secretary-General,     Human Rights Watch welcomes the commitment shown by the Security Council on August 14, 2000, to bringing the perpetrators of crimes against humanity, war crimes and other serious human rights abuses in Sierra Leone to justice (S/RES/1315). The resolution has asked ...

14. August 16, 2000 Letter

    US: Georgia Should Halt Execution

    Human Rights Watch Letter to Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles

    We are writing to urge the Board of Pardons and Paroles to commute the death sentence of Alexander Williams, who is scheduled for execution on August 24. Mr. Williams is a mentally ill inmate on death row for a crime he committed at the age of seventeen. If his death sentence is carried out, Mr. ...

15. August 14, 2000 News Release

    U.N. Action on Sierra Leone Court Welcomed

    But "Mixed" Tribunal Has Shortcomings

    Human Rights Watch today applauded the United Nations Security Council for supporting the establishment of a special court to try war criminals in Sierra Leone. But the rights group warned that the justice effort in Sierra Leone must examine the criminal responsibility of all parties in order to be ...

16. August 12, 2000 Letter

    Letter to the Governor Bush requesting clemency for Johnny Paul Penry

    We write to urge you to grant a 30 day stay of execution to Johnny Paul Penry, who has a current execution date of November 16, and to announce publicly your opposition to the execution of mentally retarded offenders. We also request you to order the Board to convene a hearing to consider evidence ...

17. August 9, 2000 News Release

    D.R. Congo: Detained Dissidents At Risk

    Rebel Leader Holds Former Aides; Torture Feared

    In a letter released today, Human Rights Watch raised urgent concerns that detained dissidents in the Democratic Republic of Congo are at risk of torture. "We are particularly concerned about the fate of these dissidents because in similar circumstances last year, a detainee died as a result ...

18. August 9, 2000 News Release

    Egypt: Academics Released on Bail

    The Academic Freedom Committee of Human Rights Watch welcomed today's news that Egyptian prosecutors have released on bail Prof. Saad El-Din Ibrahim and some staff members of his pro-democracy think tank who were detained more than a month ago. Ibrahim, as well as Nadia Abd-al Nur and several ...

19. August 9, 2000 Letter

    Letter to Professor Wamba, President of the RCD-ML

    Dear Professor Wamba: Human Rights Watch has just been informed of the recent arrest of certain senior executives close to the deputy general commissioner of the RCD-ML Tibasima Mbogemu Ateenyi. Others are reportedly being subjected to harassment, including brief detentions. In particular, we ...

20. August 8, 2000 News Release

    Malaysia: Anwar Verdict "A Step Backwards"

    Human Rights Watch today condemned the conviction of former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his adopted brother Sukma Dermawan. Both were convicted of sodomy. Anwar was sentenced to nine years in prison; Sukma received six years and four lashes with a rattan cane. "The ...

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