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Albania
In advance of Albania’s first contested elections under Communist rule on March 31, we took part in a fact-finding mission from March 7 to March 12 as part of the first team of independent human rights investigators to have officially visited the country…
Prison Conditions in Israel and Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip
In describing the conditions experienced by all major categories of inmates including criminal and security offenders, Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel, and Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Middle East Watch investigates issues of…
Prison Conditions in India
Despite the checks and balances inherent in India’s democratic structure designed to curb government lawlessness, the institutional basis for the prison system has become grossly unfair. In some major cities anyone unlucky enough to be arrested faces a…
Whatever Happened To The Iraqi Kurds?
Where Are They Now?
The Kurds and Kurdistan
Two Decades of Persecution by the Saddam Hussein Regime
Chemical Bombings
Halabja
Subsequent Chemical Gas and Conventional Attacks
Turkey's Government Under Pressure
The Kurdish Refugees'…
Academic Freedom and Human Rights Abuses in Africa
The report details a range of human rights violations against the academic community, defined as persons teaching, studying, researching and working at an institution of higher learning.
Prison Conditions in Mexico
Mexico’s prison system is characterized by massive overcrowding, deteriorating physical facilities, poorly trained and vastly underpaid guards and other prison officials, system-wide corruption, and, most fundamentally, lack of money. One positive feature…
Reuters' Gaza Correspondent Enters Fifth Week in Investigative Detention
Case Belies Israel's Claim Palestinian Journalists Arrested Only for Underground Activities
Middle East Watch today called on Israeli military authorities to release immediately journalist Taher Shriteh, whom they have held in investigative detention since January 28 without filing charges against him.
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Under the Toughest Curfew Since 1973, West Bank and Gaza Palestinians Face Growing Hardship
Most Palestinians Still Unprotected from Iraqi Missile Attack, Despite Israeli Court Ruling
On January 18, Middle East Watch condemned Iraq's Scud missiles attacks on Tel Aviv. By firing indiscriminately into heavily populated areas in Israel and later in Saudi Arabia, Iraq has blatantly violated one of the fundamental tenets of the laws of war…
Human Rights In Iraq And Iraqi-Occupied Kuwait:
Testimony of Andrew Whitley, Middle East Watch Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee
Testimony of Andrew Whitley, Middle East Watch Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee
January 8, 1991
Egyptian Authorities Clamp Down on Dissent
Middle East Watch is concerned that the Egyptian government is using its emergency law and other measures to stifle emerging domestic dissent against the Gulf War. In a letter to President Hosni Mubarak dated February 11, Middle East Watch said that a…