Articles by Human Rights Watch
Heavy media restrictions intensified on eve of presidential elections
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 4 November 1999 Human Rights Watch press release: **Updates IFEX alert of 28 October 1999** No independent political coverage in Tajikistan’s media Heavy media restrictions intensified on eve of presidential elections (New York, November 4, 1999) – On the eve of November 6 presidential elections in Tajikistan, the government […]
Trial of Lebanese singer to begin
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: **Updates IFEX alert of 12 October 1999** TRIAL OF FAMOUS LEBANESE SINGER TO BEGIN Marcel Khalifa Faces Three Years in Prison (New York, November 2, 1999) — The criminal prosecution of the internationally known Lebanese singer and composer Marcel Khalifa is a blatant violation […]
Severe restrictions on freedom of expression in presidential election campaign
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN TAJIKISTAN A FARCE Rights group details electoral manipulation (New York, October 28, 1999)-Presidential elections to be held on November 6, 1999 in Tajikistan will be a farce, Human Rights Watch charged today. The government has excluded opposition presidential candidates from the […]
Call for release of imprisoned writer
SYRIA: RELEASE IMPRISONED RIGHTS DEFENDERS (HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 4 October and 1 April 1999, 29 September, 17 September and 10 September 1998, 11 October and 27 January 1995** (New York, October 25) Human Rights Watch today called on President Hafez al-Assad of Syria […]
Crackdown on independent media continues
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 17 October 1999 Human Rights Watch press release: **For background on Tonet’s arrest and recent harassment of journalists, see IFEX alerts of 8 October, 4 October, 16 September, 14 September, 17 August, 13 August, 11 August and 10 August 1999** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 17, 1999 Crackdown On Angola’s […]
Academic leaders demand release of imprisoned scholar
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 13 October 1999 Human Rights Watch press release: **Updates IFEX alert of 7 October 1999** IMPRISONED KUWAITI SCHOLAR Academic Leaders Demand Release (New York, October 13, 1999) — In an open letter today to the emir of Kuwait, Human Rights Watch’s Academic Freedom Committee called for the immediate release […]
Singer faces three years in prison
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is an 8 October 1999 Human Rights Watch press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DROP LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST LEBANESE SINGER Marcel Khalifa Faces Three Years in Prison (New York, October 8, 1999) –Human Rights Watch today condemned efforts in Lebanon to prosecute the internationally known singer and composer Marcel Khalifa because one […]
Freedom of expression limits taint elections
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release Kazakh Elections Tainted Parliamentary Campaign Manipulation Echoes Presidential Election Tactics (New York, October 5, 1999) – In a new report released ahead of this week’s parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan, Human Rights Watch charged that the government was repeating the manipulation used in the January […]