"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 ..."
"The number of infected persons is estimated to be nearly 50 million in Central
Africa and elsewhere. The provision of a safe drinking water supply is essential in
the control and eradication of the disease. Water protected at the source from
contamination by individuals shedding the parasite, or water boiled or filtered
before it is consumed, is considered safe. See Michael Katz, Dickson D.
Despommer, and Robert W. Gwadz, 2d ed., P ..."
Colombia's Killer Networks The Military-Paramilitary Partnership and the U.S (English and Spanish Edition) by Arms Project, JemeraRone Paperback, 170 Pages, Published 1997 by HumanRightsWatch ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-203-6, ISBN: 1-56432-203-3
"Although Jimenez attempted to launch a broader investigation, the Disciplinary
Tribunal, then in charge of resolving some jurisdictional disputes between
military tribunals and civilian courts, ruled that the case belonged to the military,
which dismissed all charges. At the time, Defense Minister Gen. Fernando
Landazabal ordered members of the armed forces to contribute from their
salaries to the legal defense of the accused.18 In ..."
Children in Sudan Slaves, Street Children and Child Soldiers by JemeraRone, HumanRightsWatch Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1996 by HumanRightsWatch ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-157-2, ISBN: 1-56432-157-6
"In the sole facility for girls, the Dar Bacha'er Home for Girls, the parents were
sometimes contacted but even then they and the girls ... 9 Interview, Abdullah
Hassan, Dar Bacha'er Home for Girls, Omdurman, May 9, 1995 Religious
Freedom No ..."
"The motion for change of venue due to the climate of fear in Rio Maria, made by
the private prosecutors for the victim's family (acusadores particulares) , will not
be decided until the appeals are resolved. Two defendants remain in custody.
Carlos Cabral Pereira The brother-in-law of the Canutos, a PC do B activist, and
since Ribeiro de Souza's death in February 1991, president of the Rural Workers'
Union of Rio Maria, Cabral was ..."
"Ten years after the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero, human rights conditions in El Salvador have deteriorated to their worst levels since the early 1980s, illustrating the failure of US human rights policy in El Salvador throughout the decade. This report details a wide range of violations by both the Salvadoran Armed Forces and the FMLN in 1989, and also provides a summary of human rights abuses in El Salvador in the last deca ..."
"Anthropologist Sharon E. Hutchinson lived in Tharlual, where a Leek Nuer chief
resided, during her fieldwork among the Leek Nuer in the early 1980s.157 She
described their clearance: By late 1984 I had learned that my principal field sites
in both eastern and western Nuerland had been destroyed. Tharlual had been
overrun and razed by a band of northern Baggara (Misseriya) Arabs that had
been armed with automatic weapons and ammunit ..."
"Julia Martinez, 35, Juan Benitez, 10, and Jose Benitez, 5, his wife and sons, died
when a bomb fell on the red tiled roof of their house at about 10 a.m. He found
the house totally destroyed: there was nothing left of it; the ground around it and
trees were burned, and other houses were damaged as well. At the time of the
bombing, there was no fighting going on. Other civilians died as well. He saw the
body of Juan Blanco, a driver ..."
"According to the same witness, the same group of soldiers arrested the boy's
father, Pablo Manzanares Maierna, 60, ... As of October 9, 1987, the whereabouts
of the two detainees was unknown. ... On dates unspecified in the testimony,
government forces are said to have killed Martin Pravia, 18; Pablo Escorcia Diaz,
45; Mercedes Zamora Lizano, 35; Luis Arcede Rugama ... In our letter of
December 31, 1987 to President Ortega, America ..."
"Inside were Nazario Gonzalez, a conscript in the Sandinista army; German
Saballos, 33, a militia member; Saballos' 24-year-old companera Juana
Gonzalez; Saballos' daughter Reyna, 3, and son Arlen Javier, 1; and two other
soldiers. The soldiers returned fire for the better part of an hour, villagers said,
then fled. Nazario Gonzalez was killed. Saballos escaped, along with the two
other soldiers, who were wounded, villagers said. Ju ..."
"The victims were promptly driven to the hospital in Santa Ana where they
received emergency treatment which saved their lives. During their 15-day stay in
the hospital, ... Members of the co-op suspect that the former owners, the
Salaverria family, were behind the violence. The family has denied involvement.
... The Salaverria family lost two other haciendas in this part of the country to the
agrarian reform, and has been seeking t ..."
"The military court filed charges against police officers Melvin Jose Davila Sosa
and Omar Amador Valle. Hulls, who had a long criminal record, died at a health
care center on Corn Island; the nurses testified that he had several bullet wounds
..."
Carnage Again Preliminary Report on Violations of the Laws of War by Both Sides in the November 1989 Offensive in El Salvador by JemeraRone, Americas Watch Staff, Americas Watch Committee 53 Pages, Published 1989 by HumanRightsWatch ISBN-13: 978-0-929692-86-9, ISBN: 0-929692-86-1
"Schmitz said that although the area is known to be dangerous, "lately there has
not been much combat."0 The survivorsH told others in their congregations that
Sister " Ricardo Castillo, "Injured Bishop Fails to Identify Attackers," Ino_!o§
ninggon_£o§§, January 4, 1990. 1' Americas Watch was not able to interview
either of the survivors. Bishop Paul Schmitz and sister Francisca Colomer, who
were hospitalized in Managua, were evacuat ..."
Kampuchea After the Worst [Paperback] by Lawyers Committee for HumanRights by Hester Minnema, JemeraRone Paperback, 161 Pages, Published 1990 by Lawyers Committee For HumanRights ISBN-13: 978-0-934143-29-5, ISBN: 0-934143-29-3
Update on El Salvador The HumanRights Crisis Continues in the Wake of the FMLN Offensive by JemeraRone, Anne Manuel 86 Pages, Published 1989 ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-005-6, ISBN: 1-56432-005-7
Update on El Salvadore The HumanRights Crisis Continues by JemeraRone Paperback, Published by HumanRightsWatch ISBN-13: 978-99906-1-498-5, ISBN: 99906-1-498-9
"The victims were identified as Alberta Barahona Martinez, 16, Josef ina Martinez,
16, Maria Argue ta, 18, and Agapito Guevara, 30. Although at least two guerrillas
were in the town at the time of the attack, none were near these four victims ..."