Articles by Human Rights Watch
Kosovo newspaper resurrected in Macedonia
(HRW/IFEX) – The Albanian-language newspaper “Koha Ditore” resumed publication from Macedonia on 22 April 1999. **Updates IFEX alerts of 26 March, 25 March, 23 March, and 22 March 1999** Before its March closure by Serb police, “Koha Ditore” was the largest and most influential Albanian-language newspaper in Kosovo. On 22 March, the newspaper and its […]
Book seized
(HRW/IFEX) – On 14 April 1999, a Chilean judge ordered the immediate confiscation of all copies of “The Black Book of Chilean Justice” by journalist Alejandra Matus. Police, acting on the orders of a Santiago appeals court, raided the warehouse of the publishers, Planeta, and made off with the entire stock of the book, which […]
Calcutta Institute censorship criticised
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: INQUIRY NEEDED INTO CALCUTTA INSTITUTE CENSORSHIP (New York, April 9) – Human Rights Watch today urged the Indian government to ensure that political tensions in the country do not spill over and restrict academic freedom. In an open letter to Indian president K.R. Narayanan, […]
Serb officials harass Radio B92 journalists
(HRW/IFEX) – Human Rights Watch has learned that on 30 March 1999, Serbian officials visited the offices of Radio B92 in Belgrade and took all the names and addresses of its journalists. **Updates IFEX alerts of 1 April, 29 March, 25 March and 24 March 1999** Radio B92 is Serbia’s largest and most important independent […]
Human Rights Watch condemns crackdown on Albanian media in Kosovo
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is an HRW press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 22 March, 19 March, 16 March, 15 March and 12 March 1999; for background on the Law on Public Information see IFEX alerts of 23 October and 21 October 1998** FOR RELEASE March 22, 1999 For further information contact: Fred Abrahams (1-212) […]
Human Rights Watch denounces arrest of dissident writer
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is an 11 March 1999 Human Rights Watch press release: **Updates IFEX alert of 11 March 1999** HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH DENOUNCES ARREST OF VIETNAMESE DISSIDENT (New York, March 11, 1999) — Human Rights Watch denounced the arrest of geologist and writer Nguyen Thanh Giang on March 4, 1999 on the streets […]
Attacks on Serbian media called “alarming”
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is an 11 March 1999 Human Rights Watch press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 9 March and 8 March 1999** ATTACKS ON THE SERBIAN MEDIA CALLED “ALARMING”, Press Freedom Central to Kosovo Crisis (New York) The Yugoslav government’s crackdown on press freedom has assumed alarming proportions, Human Rights Watch charged today. […]
Academic dismissed
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is an HRW press release: For Immediate release March 2, 1999 For more information: Joseph Saunders, 212-216-1207 Human Rights Watch urges inquiry into dismissal of Malaysian academic (New York, March 2)–Human Rights Watch today called on the Malaysian government to launch an independent investigation into the dismissal last week of Professor […]