"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 ..."
"op cit; The 60,000-70,000 figure is supplied by the Roma Parliament (Helsinki
Watch interview, January 6, 1993); 20,000-30,000 is by David Crowe op. cit. at
298 and Janos Szonyi, "A ciganyok sorsa a fasizmus evei alatt," (The fate of the
Gypsies during the fascist years,") at 53-57 in Laszlo Szego op, cit. The 5,000
figure is by Laszlo Karsai, A Ciganykerdes Magyarorszagon 1919-1945 (Ut a
cigany Holocausthoz), (The Gypsy question i ..."
"(For accounts of the fighting between Bosnian and Serbian troops between
August 1992 and February 1993, see Tim Judah, "Muslim Offensive Turns War
Against Serbs in Bosnia," The Times of London, September 28, 1992; Tim Judah,
"Serb Forces Move South to Bolster Creaking Defences," The Times of London,
December 30, 1992; Tim Judah, "Belgrade Accuses Muslims of Attack and
Returns Fire," The Times of London, January 18, 1993; "Skelani: ..."
"^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 ..."
Romania Ethnic Hungarians in Post-Ceausescu Romania: Struggling for Ethnic Identity by HelsinkiWatch Paperback, 142 Pages, Published 1993 by Human Rights Watch ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-115-2, ISBN: 1-56432-115-0
Yugoslavia Human Rights Human Rights Abuses in Kosovo 1990-1992 by HelsinkiWatch, Ivana Nizich Paperback, 59 Pages, Published 1992 by Human Rights Watch ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-086-5, ISBN: 1-56432-086-3
"The most recent in this series of attacks affected Oleg Panfilov, a correspondent
for Neiavisimaia Gazeta and a representative ... On June 1 1, also in Moscow,
unknown attackers struck from behind Igor Rotar, another journalist at
Nezaidsimaia ..."
"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 ..."
"... Law for such offenses as "criticizing" or "insulting" the president, public officers,
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk or the military; printing "anti-military propaganda;" ...
Turkish authorities have confiscated and banned dozens of issues of small left-
wing or pro-Kurdish journals and raided editorial offices. ... His publisher, Hikmet
Kocak ..."
"We don't live in a prison anymore; they let us out of the prison. But they are
constantly watching us. If I invited you to my house, they would call me in to the
KGB the very next day. ... publishing house. Restrictions of a free press in
Turkmenistan include censorship and denial of registration to some newspapers
and journals. Ak-Mukhammed Velsapar, the outspoken writer, told Helsinki
Watch"4 In the years of stagnation25 I worked ..."
"Five West Belfast teenagers (known as the "Beechmount Five") are now on
remand in Crumlin Road Prison, charged with the murder of Officer Stephen
Gillespie in an IRA rocket attack on May 1, 1991 (the attack about which Damien
Austin was questioned). Two of these youths are seventeen years old — Kevin
Mulholland and Lawrence Hillick. All were interrogated for seven days in
Castlereagh Interrogation Centre. All made statements implic ..."
Bloodshed in the Caucasus Violations of Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in the Georgia-south Ossetia Conflict by Human Rights Watch, HelsinkiWatch Paperback, 62 Pages, Published 1992 by Human Rights Watch ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-058-2, ISBN: 1-56432-058-8
"A young Ossetian woman told Helsinki Watch that toward the end of January
1991 her home was raided and robbed three times before she and her family
finally decided to leave Gori. The first time, four or five Georgians armed with
machine guns and pistols broke in while she was at home, and stole crystal and
4,000 rubles. They spoke Georgian, were unshaven, and wore civilian clothes
and red hats with pins of Georgian flags in them. " ..."
"... Snestadc Sanloid Sclendei George Soros Susan Weber Soros Michael Sovera
Sve•JaiM Stone RoseTyron Jaylbpbs In UUman Gregory Walknce Rosalind
Whuehead Jerome R Wiesner RogeiWiflans September 24, 1992 VIA
FACSIMILE 011-49-228-562357 Chancellor Helmut Kohl Adenaueralle 139-141
5300 Bonn 1 Dear Chancellor Kohl: Helsinki Watch is an independent, non-
governmental organization created to monitor domestic and international
compliance w ..."
"The chair of Helsinki Watch is Jonathan Fanton and the vice chair is Alice Henkin
. ... Lisa Anderson, Peter Bell, Alice Brown, William Carmichael, Dorothy Cullman,
Irene Diamond,Jonathan F anton, Jack ... Jeri Laber, Aryeh Neier, Bruce Rabb,
Harriet Rabb, Kenneth Roth, Orville Schell, Gary Sick, Robert Wedgeworth."
"The Greeks of Turkey Lois Whitman, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.). M. ,M .'
' omoui. ua. QUIT. Sfforte Mre no* bfini* naile to Imnwdintely repair lon« of the
tanage to nuOre pooilttlp opening of tl>««e eclisele by the end of thli month. TO
that effect « preliminary Aid of ?L f$0,OOC h«« ertn alloorited to the Conroinity by
t^e Turkleh nnthoritlei. Sped*! (ippropriAtione »re ftlio •xpecttd for the repair of
diunagtA reltgioue ..."
"141 The call sent Milic into hiding in Sarajevo, where he remains, unable to
escape the fighting. Since the outbreak of the war in Bosnia-Hercegovina,
journalists working for Sarajevo Television and YUTEL, a Sarajevo-based pan-
Yugoslav television program, reportedly have been targeted by paramilitary
groups in Sarajevo. Nenad Pejic", editor-in-chief of Sarajevo Television, was
forced to flee the country after a public call for his ..."
Struggling for Ethnic Identity Czechoslovakia's Endangered Gypsies (HelsinkiWatch Report) by Rachel Tritt, HelsinkiWatch Paperback, 152 Pages, Published 1992 by Human Rights Watch ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-078-0, ISBN: 1-56432-078-2
"Czechoslovakia's Endangered Gypsies Rachel Tritt Jeri Laber, Lois Whitman.
CULTURAL. AND. LINGUISTIC. RIGHTS. In. The. Communist. Era. The
communists did not recognize the Roma as a nationality and pursued a policy
meant to destroy Romany identity through social integration. The attitudes of the
ruling powers are embodied in "The Gypsy Question in the USSR," in which
Jaroslav Sus gives a Marxist justification for the communist poli ..."
"Other members are: Nan Aron, Vivian Berger, Haywood Burns, Alejandro Garro,
William Hellerstein, Edward Koren, Sheldon Krantz, Benjamin Malcolm, Diane
Orentlicher, Norman Rosenberg, David Rothman and Clarence Sundram. ... Staff:
Executive Director, Aryeh Neier; Deputy Director, Kenneth Roth; Washington
Director, Holly J. Burkhalter; Press Director, Susan Osnos; Counsel, Jemera
Rone; ..."