Articles by Human Rights Watch
Writer, others, tortured and jailed for distributing banned newspaper
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is an 18 August 1999 Human Rights Watch press release: UZBEK TORTURE VICTIMS SENTENCED TO PRISON TERMS Describe Brutal Torture Methods (New York, August 18, 1999) — Disregarding allegations of torture, an Uzbek court today convicted six men with ties to a banned political party in a high-profile political trial. The […]
Journalist’s family arrested because of his critical stance towards regime
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 13 August 1999 Human Rights Watch press release: ARRESTS IN XINJIANG (August 13, 1999, New York) — Human Rights Watch today called for the immediate release of a prominent businesswoman and five others arbitrarily detained earlier this week in the Xinjiang-Uighur Autonomous Region in northwestern China. Rebiya Kadeer, known […]
Government threatens Revolutionary Court trials for “incitement”
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 29 July, 27 July, 26 July and 21 July 1999** IRAN THREATENS REVOLUTIONARY COURT TRIALS FOR “INCITEMENT” Televised Confessions Raise Concerns (New York, August 3, 1999) – The head of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court stated on August 2 that his office […]
Assault on independent press intensifies, two reformist dailies likely to face legal proceedings
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 28 July 1999 Human Rights Watch press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 29 July, 27 July, 26 July, 21 July, 15 July, 8 July 1999 and others** Assault on Independent Press in Iran Intensifies (New York, July 28, 1999) — The assault by Iranian authorities against publishers and editors […]
Journalists among those detained by security forces
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 19 July 1999 Human Rights Watch press release: **Updates IFEX alert of 15 July 1999** Identities of Iran Detainees Must Be Public Iranian Government Should Release Non-Violent Protesters (New York, July 19, 1999) — Human Rights Watch today called on the Iranian authorities to release the names of the […]
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, […]