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Documents for September 23, 2004 – September 29, 2004 |
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by HRW Batch via Scott Edwards
Email: scottisimo (nospam) hotmail.com (verified) |
29 Sep 2004
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+ US: House of Representatives should pass the Mentally Ill Offender
Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004
+ Afghanistan: Warlords Threaten Integrity of Election
+ Bahrain: Activist Jailed After Criticizing Prime Minister
+ Indonesia: Military Tortures Prisoners in Aceh
+ China: Release Housing Rights Activist
+ Aceh at War: Torture, Ill-Treatment, and Unfair Trials
+ The Rule of the Gun Human Rights Abuses and Political Repression in
the Run-up to Afghanistan’s Presidential Election
+ Darfur: Donors Must Address Atrocities Fueling Crisis
+ Cambodia: Protect North Korean Asylum Seekers
+ Iraq: Fair Trials at Issue Letter to Prime Minister Allawi
+ India: After Gujarat Riots, Witnesses Face Intimidation State
Government Fails to Provide Protection; Time for New Delhi to Step In
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Documents for September 23, 2004 – September 29, 2004
US: House of Representatives should pass the Mentally Ill Offender
Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004
Human Rights Watch urges Congress to enact S. 1194, the Mentally Ill
Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004. The Senate
unanimously passed this bill on October 27, 2003. Enactment of this
legislation followed by sufficient levels of appropriations could help
catalyze important and cost-effective reforms across the country in the
way the criminal justice system responds to people with mental illness.
Letter: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/09/29/usdom9416.htm
September 29, 2004
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Afghanistan: Warlords Threaten Integrity of Election
In the run-up to the October 9 presidential election in Afghanistan,
warlord factions continue to threaten voters, candidates and political
organizers, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. These
human rights abuses are jeopardizing the integrity of the country’s
first
national election.
Press Release: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/09/28/afghan9402.htm
September 29, 2004
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Bahrain: Activist Jailed After Criticizing Prime Minister
Bahrain should immediately release prominent human rights activist `Abd
al-Hadi al-Khawaja from detention, Human Rights Watch said today. Al-
Khawaja was summoned to a police station and detained on Saturday,
September 25, a day after he criticized Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa Al
Khalifa for the country’s current economic problems and past human
rights abuses.
Press Release: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/09/29/bahrai9413.htm
September 29, 2004
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Indonesia: Military Tortures Prisoners in Aceh
Indonesian security forces in Aceh are systematically torturing
detainees
suspected of supporting the armed separatist Free Aceh Movement,
Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The detainees’
forced confessions routinely serve as the basis for convictions in
proceedings that fail to meet fair trial standards under Indonesian and
international law.
Press Release: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/09/28/aceh9388.htm
September 28, 2004
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China: Release Housing Rights Activist
The Chinese government should immediately release Ye Guozhu, a
housing rights activist who was arrested after he applied for legal
permission to hold a protest march, Human Rights Watch said today.
Press Release: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/09/28/china9400.htm
September 28, 2004
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Aceh at War: Torture, Ill-Treatment, and Unfair Trials
The Indonesian government has been fighting an on-again, off-again war
with the armed separatist “Free Aceh Movement” (Gerakan Aceh
Merdeka, or GAM) for more than two decades. After a brief ceasefire and
sporadic peace negotiations in late 2002 and early 2003, on May 19,
2003,
President Megawati Sukarnoputri imposed martial law and a state of
military emergency in Aceh.
Report: http://hrw.org/reports/2004/indonesia0904/
September 28, 2004
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The Rule of the Gun Human Rights Abuses and Political Repression in the
Run-up to Afghanistan’s Presidential Election
The election could be prove to be a historic event for a country that
has,
over the last twenty-five years, suffered Soviet occupation, civil war,
failed governance, severe repression of women, and the vicious rule of
the
Taliban. The prospect of a future dictated by ballots, and not bullets
and
bombs, is a cause for great hope.
Background Briefing:
http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/asia/afghanistan0904/
September 28, 2004
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Darfur: Donors Must Address Atrocities Fueling Crisis
Donor governments gathering today in Oslo to discuss humanitarian needs
in Darfur should also take steps to end the serious human rights abuses
responsible for the crisis, Human Rights Watch said today. Donors should
pledge support for civilian protection under an expanded African Union
(AU) mission in Darfur.
Press Release: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/09/27/darfur9390.htm
September 27, 2004
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Cambodia: Protect North Korean Asylum Seekers
Cambodia must not repatriate seven North Korean asylum seekers to
North Korea, where they face detention, torture and even execution,
Human Rights Watch said today.
Press Release: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/09/24/cambod9386.htm
September 24, 2004
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Iraq: Fair Trials at Issue Letter to Prime Minister Allawi
Recent news articles about prospects for trials at the Iraqi Special
Tribunal
raise disturbing questions about the Iraq Interim Government's
commitment to fair trials for senior Ba'ath party officials. Many such
concerns were raised in a letter Human Rights Watch sent to Prime
Minister Allawi on September 24, 2004.
Letter: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/09/28/iraq9410.htm
September 24, 2004
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India: After Gujarat Riots, Witnesses Face Intimidation State Government
Fails to Provide Protection; Time for New Delhi to Step In
As the courts hear cases stemming from the anti-Muslim riots of March
2002, the authorities in Gujarat are intimidating rather than protecting
witnesses who seek to bring the perpetrators of the violence to justice,
Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The central
government in New Delhi must take immediate steps to ensure the
protection of the victims and witnesses of the riots and their
advocates.
Press Release: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/09/23/india9383.htm
September 23, 2004 |
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