Articles by Human Rights Watch
Belarus attacks universities and academic freedom
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch statement: (Minsk, July 15, 1999) – The Belarusian government is stifling university activity and campus life in its Soviet-style attack on civil society, Human Rights Watch charged today. A new 49-page report by Human Rights Watch details how President Aleksandr Lukashenka’s government has suppressed research on […]
Censorship, restrictions stunt Internet growth in Mideast
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Censorship, Restrictions Stunt Internet Growth in Mideast Rights Group Surveys Online Freedom of Expression in the Region (Washington, July 8, 1999) – Censorship, restrictions on access, and high prices are stunting Internet growth in the Middle East and North Africa, Human Rights Watch said […]
Newspaper publisher and editor safe in Kosovo
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 15 June 1999 Human Rights Watch press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 26 April, 26 March, 25 March, 23 March and 22 March 1999** NEWSPAPER KOHA DITORE PUBLISHER AND EDITOR SAFE IN KOSOVO (New York, June 15, 1999) – The Albanian-language newspaper Koha Ditore reported today that its publisher, […]
Kosovar Albanian journalist beaten but safe
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 7 June 1999 Human Rights Watch press release: Kosovar Albanian Journalist Beaten But Safe A Kosovar Albanian journalist reported arrested last week has turned up in Albania, beaten but safe, Human Rights Watch has confirmed. Mr. Cerkin Ibishi, a long-time journalist, was reported missing last week by his newspaper, […]
Imprisonment of leading Turkish activist condemned
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: **For background on other cases involving Akin Birdal see IFEX alert of 31 July 1998** Imprisonment of Leading Turkish Activist Condemned (New York, June 3, 1999) On the eve of the imprisonment of well-known human rights activist Akin Birdal, Human Rights Watch today condemned […]
Journalists among those increasingly subject to intimidation and harassment
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 26 May 1999 joint statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Human Rights Watch, Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), Amnesty International (AI), Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (LCHR), and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a program of the International Federation of Leagues of Human Rights […]
Zambian government cracks down on media, opposition
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 25 May 1999** ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON MEDIA, OPPOSITION (Paris, May 26, 1999) – Human Rights Watch today called for Zambia’s donors to continue to attach clear human rights benchmarks for the release of payments support, in light of […]
Four faculty members of Baha’i Institute for Higher Education sentenced
(HRW/IFEX) – Human Right Watch’s Academic Freedom Committee is expressing its grave concern over the conviction and sentencing of four faculty members of the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE). Human Right Watch’s Academic Freedom Committee has learned that on 19 April 1999, the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Isfahan sentenced four followers of the Baha’i […]