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Broken People(1st Edition)
Caste Violence Against India's "Untouchables"
by Smita Narula, Human Rights Watch, Yes Illustrated
Paperback, 291 Pages, Published 1999 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-228-9, ISBN: 1-56432-228-9

"Among its demands: the repeal of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes ( Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.375 Dalits and journalists throughout the affected areas have blamed the police and district administration for their failure to effectively respond to increasing tensions in the district arising from publicity for the conference. According to Frontline, a bi-monthly news ... S. Viswanathan, " Extreme measures," Frontline, ..."






Landmine Monitor Report 1999
Toward a Mine-free World - International Campaign to Ban Land Mines (Paperback)
by Human Rights Watch
Paperback, 1,085 Pages, Published 1999 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-231-9, ISBN: 1-56432-231-9

"... a national mine awareness campaign and to create a national database." Since the departure of Libyan forces from the north in 1994, there have been a number of mine clearance efforts. A joint Chadian-Libyan initiative to clear landmines in the north in 1995 claims officially to have destroyed 529 antitank mines and 263 others. But, a U.N. official told Human Rights Watch that the Libyans gave the Chadian official responsible fo ..."






Cutting Off the Serpent's Head(1st Edition)
Tightening Control in Tibet, 1994-1995
by Robert Barnett, Tibet Information Network., Human Rights Watch
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1996 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-166-4, ISBN: 1-56432-166-5

"Mickey Spiegel of Human Rights Watch/Asia wrote the last three sections of Part 2 and Appendix II, and did extensive cross-checking of prisoner lists. The report was edited by Sidney Jones, Mickey Spiegel and Cynthia Brown, and produced with the assistance of Paul Lall, all of Human Rights Watch. The research for this report would not have been possible without the generous financial support of Dialoog, Harrison Ford, Wilde Ganzen, ..."






Abandoned to the State
Cruelty and Neglect in Russian Orphanages
by Human Rights Watch, Kathleen T. Hunt
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1999 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-191-6, ISBN: 1-56432-191-6

"The most startling transformation in a group of children has been documented in the work with Irina who was tended to full-time by two ... 346 Human Rights Watch interview, Iliana Danilova, Alla Sergeyeva, Lyuba Fokina, February 15, 1998."






Rwanda
Shattered Lives-- Sexual Violence During the Rwandan Genocide
by Women's Rights Project, Binaifer Nowrojee, Human Rights Watch, Dorothy Q. Thomas, Janet Fleischman
Paperback, 103 Pages, Published 1996 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-208-1, ISBN: 1-56432-208-4

"A circle of political leaders, threatened with the loss of political power, organized the killings with the help of the military, Hutu militiamen and many other civilians. 1 President Juvenal Habyarimana and a close circle of supporters had governed  ..."






South Africa
Prison Conditions in South Africa
by Watch 1266 Africa, Human Rights Watch, Joanna Weschler, Africa Watch Staff, Prison Project, Prison Project Staff
Paperback, 116 Pages, Published 1996 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-126-8, ISBN: 1-56432-126-6

"... of modifying the violent culture of prison life; many prisoners expressed to us their fear of reprisals for talking to our representatives. ... We hope that this contribution to the debate on penal reform in South Africa will encourage the continuation and ... standards for the treatment of prisoners, especially the U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, ... In addition, South Africa signed several human ri ..."






Angola Unravels
The Rise and Fall of the Lusaka Peace Process
by Human Rights Watch, Alex Vines
Paperback, 215 Pages, Published 1999 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-233-3, ISBN: 1-56432-233-5

"Investigations of this incident revealed that UNITA troops had in fact attacked in FAA uniforms in the early hours of the morning, killing eight ANP officers and nine FAA soldiers before the FAA forces withdrew. UNITA then killed six mulattos or white traders; Isidrio Jesus Leitão, Candida Leitão, and Luis Rocha inside a house and Fernando da Silva Morais and Agostinho Bernardo Afonso outside. There were twenty-three dead in the in ..."






Academic Freedom in Indonesia
Dismantling Soeharto Era Barriers in Indiana
by Joseph Saunders, Human Rights Watch
Paperback, 117 Pages, Published 1998 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-186-2, ISBN: 1-56432-186-X

"In 1996, University of Indonesia political scientist Arbi Sanit published an article critical of the government's role in the removal of Megawati Sukarnoputri as head of the opposition Indonesian Democratic Party. Shortly after the article appeared,  ..."






Behind Bars in Brazil
by Joanne Mariner, James Cavallaro, Human Rights Watch
Paperback, 140 Pages, Published 1998 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-195-4, ISBN: 1-56432-195-9

"Joanne Mariner, James Cavallaro, Human Rights Watch (Organization) Cynthia G. Brown. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report was written by Joanne Mariner, associate counsel at Human Rights Watch, with portions contributed by James Cavallaro, Brazil office director of the Americas division of Human Rights Watch; it was edited by Anne Manuel, deputy director of the Americas division, and Cynthia Brown, program director of Human Rights Watch. It ..."






Implausible Deniability
State Responsibility for Rural Violence in Mexico (Americas S.)
by Joel A. Solomon, Human Rights Watch, Sebastian Brett, Cynthia G. Brown, Anne Manuel
Paperback, 95 Pages, Published 1997 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-210-4, ISBN: 1-56432-210-6

"Tila Municipality — Community of Nuevo Limar On August 21, 1996, some fifty supporters of the PRD made their way on foot from the community of Nuevo Limar, in the Tila lowlands, to the municipal capital of Salto de Agua, where they asked the parish priest, Alan Jenkins, for refuge. Members of the six refugee families told Human Rights Watch/Americas that their initial departure from Nuevo Limar was blocked by some sixty civilian gu ..."






Shielded from Justice
Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States
by Allyson Collins, Human Rights Watch
Paperback, 440 Pages, Published 1998 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-183-1, ISBN: 1-56432-183-5

"If the CRB is intended to ease public anxieties following cases like the Jackson shooting, it can have little effect in practice, since, according to its own mandate, it would not be permitted to review the Jackson case until the federal criminal civil rights investigation, now underway, is completed and any civil actions are concluded. Indeed, CRB staff told Human Rights Watch that the board was pulled off the Jackson case after J ..."






The Small Hands of Slavery
Bonded Child Labor in India
by Human Rights Watch, Lee Tucker, Ms. Lee Tucker, Arvind Ganesan
Paperback, 179 Pages, Published 1996 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-172-5, ISBN: 1-56432-172-X

"At least 15 million children work as bonded labourers in India. Whether chained to carpet looms, sweating in silver smithies, or working in the field from dawn till dusk, these children endure miserable lives. They earn little and are beaten often."






Slaughter Among Neighbors
The Political Origins of Communal Violence (Yale Fastback)
by Human Rights Watch
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1995 by Yale Univ Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-06544-2, ISBN: 0-300-06544-2

"Slaughter among Neighbors aims to foster an understanding of contemporary causes of conflict and build the foundation on which to construct sound strategies to prevent or contain the violence."






Civilian Devastation
Abuses by All Parties in the War in Southern Sudan
by Jemera Rone, John Prendergast, Karen Sorensen, Human Rights Watch
Paperback, 294 Pages, Published 1994 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-129-9, ISBN: 1-56432-129-0

"Robert L. Bernstein is the chair of the executive committee and Adrian W. DeWind is vice chair. Its Africa division was established in 1988 to monitor and promote the observance of internationally recognized human rights in Africa. Abdullahi An-Na'im is the executive director; Janet Fleischman is the Washington representative; Bronwen Manby, Karen Sorensen, Alex Vines and Berhane Woldegabriel are research associates; Kimberly Mazyc ..."






Generation Under Fire
Children and Violence in Colombia
by Robin Kirk, 1444 Hrw
Paperback, 66 Pages, Published 1994 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-144-2, ISBN: 1-56432-144-4






Routine Abuse, Routine Denial
Civil Rights and the Political Crisis in Bahrain (Paperback)
by Human Rights Watch, Joe Stork
Paperback, 109 Pages, Published 1997 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-218-0, ISBN: 1-56432-218-1

"Abd al-Wahab Hussain, Ali Qassim Rabi'a, Hisham al- Shihabi, Abd al-Aziz Hasan Ubol. Ibrahim Sayyid Ali Kamal al-Din. Sa'id al-Asboul, Abdallah al- Abbasi. and Abdallah Rashid. 49 Often translated in English as "funeral homes." these are spaces of Shi'a congregation for worship as well as for funerals, weddings, and preparation for the annual procession for 'ashura. commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Ali in the first Islamic centur ..."






The Scars of Death
Children Abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda (Children's rights watch project)
by Human Rights Watch, Rosa Ehrenreich
Paperback, 137 Pages, Published 1997 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-221-0, ISBN: 1-56432-221-1

"Children Abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda Rosa Ehrenreich, Human Rights Watch/Africa, Human ... Bruna Barolla of the Camboni Sisters, Livingstone Sewanyana of the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, Cathy Watson, ..."






Unaccompanied Children Retained by the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
by Rosa Ehrenreich, Human Rights Watch, No Listed
Paperback, 118 Pages, Published 1997 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-209-8, ISBN: 1-56432-209-2

"This issue has not been directly addressed by U.S. courts. But here too, what little case law there is provides support for the view that detained children who cannot afford a lawyer have a constitutional right to government-appointed counsel. The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution prohibit the federal and state governments from denying liberty to any person without due process of law.43 Based on thes ..."






The Limits of Tolerance
Freedom of Expression and the Public Debate in Chile
by Human Rights Watch, Sebastian Brett
Paperback, 169 Pages, Published 1999 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-192-3, ISBN: 1-56432-192-4

""Oficializada baja de 1 0 Carabineros," El Mercurio, July 7, 1 998. Among them was Capt. Eduardo Perales Martinez, who claimed he had been summarily dismissed for telling a joke about the alleged disproportionate share of a recent salary adjustment that went to senior officers. The Carabineros denied that he had been fired because of the joke, but a police official confirmed that his witticism had been taken as an insult to the ins ..."






Colorado
Children in Confinement
by Dorothy Davidson, Lois Whitman, Michael Mcclintock, Human Rights Watch, Mike Mcclintock
Paperback, 111 Pages, Published 1997 by Human Rights Watch
ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-219-7, ISBN: 1-56432-219-X

"Children in Confinement in Colorado Dorothy Davidson, Lois Whitman, Michael McClintock, Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Project. in the available programmes of physical ... Every juvenile has a right to be examined by a physician immediately upon admission to a detention facility, for the purpose of recording any evidence of prior ill-treatment and identifying any physical or mental condition requiring medical attention. 51. T ..."



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