The Courage of Strangers(Updated) Coming of Age With the Human Rights Movement by JeriLaber Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2005 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-58648-288-6, ISBN: 1-58648-288-2
"After Jeri Laber earned a Master's degree in Russian studies at Columbia University, she became a part-time writer and editor and a full-time wife and mother. Then one day in 1973 she read an article about torture that altered her life and subsequently the lives of countless others around the world. The Courage of Strangers tells how Laber became a founder and the executive director of Helsinki Watch, which grew to be Human Rights Watc ..."
The Courage of Strangers(1st Edition) Coming of Age with the Human Rights Movement by JeriLaber, Vaclav Havel Hardcover, 405 Pages, Published 2002 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-58648-014-1, ISBN: 1-58648-014-6
"The intimate, beautifully told memoir of a woman who helped create Human Rights Watch and bring about the fall of Communism-and in the process became free and independent herself. After Jeri Laber earned a Master's degree in Russian studies at Columbia University, she became a part-time writer and editor and a full-time wife and mother. Then one day in 1973 she read an article about torture that altered her life and subsequently the li ..."
A Nation Is Dying(1st Edition) by JeriLaber, Barnett R. Rubin Hardcover, 179 Pages, Published 1988 by Northwestern University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-0771-7, ISBN: 0-8101-0771-6
Destroying Ethnic Identity The Turks of Bulgaria (A Helsinki Watch report) by JeriLaber Paperback, 58 Pages, Published 1987 by Human Rights Watch ISBN-13: 978-0-938579-66-3, ISBN: 0-938579-66-5
"They were Mehmet Rafiev and Remzi Mehmedov. "You can mention these
names," he told me. "They are probably dead." In 1987, in Istanbul, I interviewed
a woman8 who had left Bulgaria in November 1984 and who did not wish her
name to ..."
"Here is the great basic American cookbook—with more than 1,990 recipes, plain and fancy—that belongs in every household.Originally published in 1896 as The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer, it became the coobook that taught generations of Americans how to cook. Completely updating it for the first time since 1979, Marion Cunningham made Fannie Farmer once again a household word for a new generation of cooks.What ..."
"In a letter to an organizer of the conference, Presidential Adviser Mario Nobilo
stated that the conference could not be held because such a meeting could be
used "as an excuse for the repression of the island's Croatian inhabitants by
Serbian forces." Mr. Nobilo also stated that "any discussion [regarding] the future
military status of this strategically important island can be organized only when
the Republic of Croatia regains i ..."
The Courage of Strangers Coming of Age With the Human Rights Movement by JeriLaber 416 Pages, Published 2005 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-58648-966-3, ISBN: 1-58648-966-6
"The unusual starting time, 8:50 A.M., was geared to Orville's routine of dropping
his small sons off at school at the start of the day. After a series of absences,
Orville appeared one Wednesday morning, looking wan and peaked. His mind
seemed to be elsewhere as he chaired the meeting, and at one point he lost his
way in the agenda. That was the last time I saw him. Soon afterward he was
hospitalized. Orville died in June 1987. He ..."
Destroying ethnic identity(1st Edition) The Kurds of Turkey (A Helsinki Watch report) by JeriLaber, Lois Whitman Paperback, 73 Pages, Published 1988 by U.S. Helsinki Watch Committee ISBN-13: 978-0-938579-41-0, ISBN: 0-938579-41-X
"... Elizabeth Holtzman*, Lawrence Hughes, Susan Jacoby*, Tamar Jacoby, Anne
Johnson*, Philip M. Kaiser, Russell Karp*, Stephen Kass*, ... Leon Lipson,
Richard Maass, Elizabeth McCormack, Robert McKay, Nancy Meiselas*, Theodor
Meron*, Arthur Miller, Toni Morrison*, ... Jerome Wiesner, Roger Wilkins * Board
Member Staff Jeri Laber, Executive Director; Catherine A. Fitzpatrick, Research
Director;"
State of flux Human rights in Turkey : December 1987 update (A Helsinki Watch report) by Lois Whitman, JeriLaber, Helsinki Watch Staff Paperback, 159 Pages, Published 1987 by Helsinki Watch Committee ISBN-13: 978-0-938579-68-7, ISBN: 0-938579-68-1
"... severely ill during his interrogation, and was taken to the state hospital; he was
then to be transferred to Ankara, but died on route on November l2, l983.
Cumhuriyet, October 30, 1986. q Three policemen were tried in November l986
for torturing Bek- tas Ayyildiz, owner of the Ayyildiz Publishing House. Ayyildiz
said he was taken to the police station by officers Lutfi Denizli, Naci Ugur and
Bekir Bostanci, after they found so ..."
"Here is the great basic American cookbook—with more than 1,990 recipes, plain and fancy—that belongs in every household.Originally published in 1896 as The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer, it became the coobook that taught generations of Americans how to cook. Completely updating it for the first time since 1979, Marion Cunningham made Fannie Farmer once again a household word for a new generation of cooks.What ..."
The Russian Key A Novel by JeriLaber 224 Pages, Published 2021 by Simon And Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-951627-73-7, ISBN: 1-951627-73-3
"Yes, he became the lover of Yvette Szabo, whose husband, Laszlo Szabo, a colonel in the secret police, was later tried as a traitor and executed.” “Can you tell me more?” “I don't know the details. You should speak to Miklos Szabo, ..."
The Courage of Strangers Coming of Age with the Human Rights Movement by JeriLaber Published 2005 ISBN-13: 978-1-283-13932-8, ISBN: 1-283-13932-4
"Nowhere are politics and religion more intertwined than in Tibet where Tibetan
Buddhism is an integral part of Tibetan national identity, the Dalai Lama is both a
spiritual and political leader, and many Tibetans see political independence as
the only way of ending the Dalai Lama's exile and ensuring his return. Because
monasteries and nunneries are so frequently centers of support for the Dalai
Lama, Chinese authorities see the co ..."
Russia The Ingush-Ossetian Conflict in the Prigorodnyi Region by Human Rights Watch, JeriLaber, Rachel Denber Paperback, 100 Pages, Published 1996 by Human Rights Watch ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-165-7, ISBN: 1-56432-165-7
"There was no central authority in Ingushetiya. but rather a hodge-podge of
regional councils. ... October 2 1-22, 1992 • Clashes broke out in the village of
Yuzhny, leading to six deaths, including two Ossetian policemen. The police had
gone to ..."
"^er 1992, when approximately eleven Erk members held seats in the Uzbekistan
parliament. ... the Milli Majlis was created to coordinate a grouping of opposition
organizations (parties, movements, trade unions and other social and political ..."
"The largest part of the joint command was the Republican or Dniester guard,
which began to be formed in 1988 from Workers Detachments for Cooperation
with the Militia (ROSM),43 and were activated on the order of Igor' Smirnov on
September 27, 1991. Guardsmen are fulltime, paid soldiers, and are
recognizable by the red head- and left arm-bands they wear; some also wear
Soviet Army uniforms. On January 9, 1992, DMR authorities report ..."