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From: hrcoord@igc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: Belo Interview - 1
Date: 28 Jul 92 18:05:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700291:000:2432
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jul 28 11:05:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Belo Interview - 1

/* Written  6:15 pm  Jul 27, 1992 by apakabar in cdp:reg.indonesia */

    Reuter, Jakarta, July 27 - East Timor's Roman Catholic bishop,
likening his people to robots, said Indonesia's military should get out
of civilian life and urged Jakarta to consider giving Timorese some
autonomy.
    "I am very worried. Everything is made and built by the military,"
Bishop Ximenes Belo said, in an interview with the Indonesian monthly
magazine Matra published on Monday.
    The Indonesian army, which invaded the former Portuguese colony of
East Timor in 1975, continues to control most aspects of life there and
has been criticised for human rights abuses.
    Criticism of Indonesian rule, which is still not internationally
recognised, has risen since the army fired into a crowd of mourners in
the local capital Dili last November, killing up to 180 people.
    "The military's vast involvement here could mean there's no chance
for civilians to carry on with development. The people and civilians
should be encouraged and allowed to carry on the development, while the
military withdraws," Belo said.
    Belo has often criticised Indonesian rule and locals say he carries
considerable influence among the predominantly Catholic Timorese.
    But he denied the church was opposed to integration with the rest of
the Indonesian archipelago or that it had encouraged disgruntled urban
youth to demonstrate.
    East Timor's military commander, in charge of at least 10,000 troops
in the small territory, last month publicly warned Belo to keep out of
politics.
    Belo did not refer directly to those comments but said accusations
against him only made the church and military more suspicious of each
other.
    "If both of us have the same intention to create peace in East Timor
I think civilian supremacy should be the priority. The armed forces
should only do a purely military job," the bishop said.
    He urged the government to let East Timorese take more control of
the territory.
    "We East Timorese are just like robots. We're told to go here and
there. But who told us was not obvious. They play behind the stage," he
said.
    "Give us special status or more autonomy. We have a different
history and culture...I know we're going to be sunk if we live on our
own. We don't have skilled workers and infrastructure, that's why we
joined Indonesia."
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 22 Jul 92 09:49 PDT
Subject: Portugal's Blackball
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700246:000:1544
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jul 22 09:49:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Portugal's Blackball

/* Written  6:07 pm  Jul 21, 1992 by apakabar in cdp:reg.indonesia */

   AFP, Brussels, July 20 - Portugal prevented its European Community
partners on Monday from carrying on negotiations on a new cooperation
agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), diplomatic
sources said here.
   At a meeting of E.C. foreign ministers, Portuguese minister Joao de Deus
Pinheiro pointed to what he termed Indonesia's non-observance of human rights
in East Timor in explaining Portugal's stand.
   A Portuguese spokesman commented, "Since 1991, the European Community
has made a clear connection between human rights and signature of cooperation
agreements. Moreover, it has condemned Indonesia at the United Nations because
of the situation in Timor".
   Portugal wants the E.C. to ask Indonesia to show some accommodation in the
matter, for instance, by releasing the political prisoners in Timor. East
Timor, a former Portuguese colony, was invaded by Indonesia in 1975 and then
annexed.
   On Monday, Portugal suggested to its partners that the community should
conclude bilateral agreements with the other ASEAN members: Malaysia,
Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore and Brunei.
   An E.C.-ASEAN meeting is scheduled for Manila July 24-26. But diplomatic
sources commented that the agenda, which called for negotiations on renewal
and strengthening of the cooperation agreement between the two sides that has
existed since 1980, could not be followed.
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 22 Jul 92 11:04 PDT
Subject: House Votes on China's Status
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700248:000:799
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jul 22 11:04:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: House Votes on China's Status


/* Written 10:51 am  Jul 22, 1992 by hrcoord in cdp:reg.china */
San Francisco Chronicle
July 22, 1992

House Votes On China's Trade Status

Chronicle Wire Services

Washington - The House voted yesterday to deny China most-favored-
nation trading status, overturning President Bush's one-year
extension of preferential treatment for Beijing.

The bill passed by a vote of 258 to 135, short of the two-thirds
majority needed in both houses to override Bush's threatened veto.

Every year since 1980, China has received the most-favored-nation
status granted to most U.S. trading partners. Bush says continued
contact is the best way of changing Chinese policy and encouraging
improvement in its human rights record.
From: HWANGK@VTCC1.BITNET
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: The 4th Term IFCSS Council Resolution CR4002
Date: 23 Jul 92 18:06:00 GMT


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                IFCSS Council Resolution CR4004
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by Kai Hwang and Jinghong Li / Qi Yenong
7/22/92

        Emergency Resolution on Establishing Task Force
to Coodinate Nationwide Lobby Effort for Chinese Protection Bill


Whereas the 4th Congress passed a resolution providing support to
the 1992 Chinese Student Protection Bill,

Whereas the Chinese Protection Bill is now considered by the US House
Judiciary Committee,

Whereas the HQ is in a transition and the working committees and
personnel arrangements have not been formally established,

Be it resolved,

That the 4th Term IFCSS Headquarters shall immediately call for and
establish a task force to coordinate nation-wide activities to support
the 1992 Protection Bill.  It is further resolved,

That the 4th term IFCSS HQ shall assign a special account to accept
donations for the purpose stated above.  The account shall be managed by
a management board composed of representatives from the Finance
Committee of the Council, the HQ and the Task force.  The said
management board shall be responsible to and report to this Council.

Adopted with unanimous consent

Council Email Conference
July 23, 1992
From: Joe.Francis@dartmouth.edu (Joe Francis)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human,misc.legal,alt.activism
Subject: Re: ADL/Hate Crime Laws
Date: 28 Jul 92 03:14:48 GMT
 <113-PCNews-124beta@ccs.covici.com> <dfs.711986199@ro> 
 <118-PCNews-124beta@ccs.covici.com>  <dfs.712285394@data>
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

In article <dfs.712285394@data>
dfs@doe.carleton.ca (David F. Skoll) writes:

> I realize that you can make arguments against hate crime statutes
> based on the American Constitution.  That just shows that perhaps
> the Constitution or its interpretation may be flawed.

Really?  Exactly what type of flaw are you suggesting?
From: aimlgc@igc.org (Meg Satterthwaite)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: Re: Amnesty International and Gays
Date: 23 Jul 92 17:17:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #R:hpdmd48.boi.hp.com:12950001:cdp:1476700255:000:1742
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!aimlgc    Jul 23 10:17:00 1992


Hello, I'm Meg Satterthwaite, Co-Coordinator of AI Members for
Lesbian and Gay Concerns.  We're a network of AI members working
on increasing AI's effectiveness on human rights abuses against
gay men and lesbians.

I'll just add a little to what the last respondent said: the 1991
International Council Meeting did decide to consider people
imprisoned for their homosexuality as prisoners of conscience.
The decision was taken by consensus, with no one voting against.
The point I want to clarify is that no sections have "exempted"
themselves from work on behalf of gay and lesbian prisoners of
conscience: all sections work on all AI issues.  Gay and lesbian
human rights will be treated in the same manner as the human
rights of other populations, with the movement as a whole working
to protect the rights of wrongfully imprisoned people.

Among AI's work to date has been work on the case of a man
imprisoned in Russia under the sodomy law (now acquitted and
released),  formal expression of  concern to the government of
Greece about the recent prosecution of a lesbian magazine editor
(she is not in jail and so could not be a prisoner of conscience),
and sent a delegation to the Isle of Man after 20+ gay men were
arrested in February.  Most recently, AI has written to President
Chamorro to express grave concern over Nicaragua's new "sodomy"
law.

For  more info on these activities, see the AI Members for Lesbian
and Gay Concerns newsletter (in ai.general on PeaceNet) and see
the press release regarding Nicaragua on this conference (item
number 297).  I'd also be glad to answer more specific questions
or send information.  Contact aimlgc on PeaceNet or send postal
mail to: AIMLGC, P.O. Box 8293, Santa Cruz, CA  95061-8293.
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 27 Jul 92 12:24 PDT
Subject: Report on Sri Lanka
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700285:000:1459
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jul 27 12:24:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Report on Sri Lanka

From owner-slnet@wildhog.Stanford.EDU Mon Jul 27 11:16:12 1992

	May 1992
	ISBN 1-56432-072-2
	84 pages


	SRI LANKA

	Human Rights Accountability in Sri Lanka


	The issue of accountability for past human rights abuses
	gained considerable prominence in the 1980s as
	unprecedented global political change focused attention on
	the crimes of ousted regimes. Unlike most of the nations
	experiencing radical political change and facing
	accountability issues, however, Sri Lanka's political
	system remains intact. It has enjoyed regular elections
	since it gained independence in 1948, but Sri Lanka has
	been torn by a decade-long civil war, several militant
	insurgencies and brutal government anti-insurgency
	campaigns. Demands for past abuses are aimed squarely at
	perpetrators within the current administration and emanate
	from an angry citizenry, from human rights groups, and
	from Sri Lanka's donor nations. This report from Asia
	Watch examines this volatile issue in the context of the
	Sri Lankan conflict and concludes that despite a good
	faith effort by the government to address human rights
	abuses, it will be some time before the principle of
	accountability takes root in Sri Lanka.


	Human Rights Watch 485 Fifth Avenue New York, NY
	10017-6104

	[Price: US $7.00
	 S&H: 20% (in addition)]


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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 25 Jul 92 11:43 PDT
Subject: UPI: Police killed; ANC schedules c
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700264:000:1793
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jul 25 11:43:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: UPI: Police killed; ANC schedules c

/* Written  3:37 pm  Jul 23, 1992 by vamg6792@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu in
cdp:soc.cult.afric */

	JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (UPI) -- South Africa's Human
Rights Commission, a monitoring group aligned with the African
National Congress, said Thursday 64 people were killed in
politically motivated violence in the country in the last seven
days.
	Another 45 people were injured and 1,235 people arrested
for participating in anti-apartheid demonstrations, the commission
said.
	Police say 117 police have been killed since January in
what they describe as politically motivated killings.
	Meanwhile,the ANC, South Africa's Communist Party and the
Congress of South African Trade Unions, announced Thursday they
would call a two-day general strike on Aug. 3 and 4.
	ANC Secretary-General Cyril Ramaphosa made the
announcement at a news conference in Johannesburg, saying the
strike would form part of a week of ``unprecedented action'' as
part of the alliance's ``Campaign for Peace and Democracy''.
	The ANC's announcement follows the breakdown in talks
Wednesday between South African business and trade union leaders
on an accord to avert a protracted general strike to force
President Frederik de Klerk's government out of power.
	``The ball remains squarely in the government's court,''
Ramaphosa said on behalf of the allience.
	``The crisis can only be resolved if the National Party
government responds to our efforts to break the negotiations
deadlock and takes practical steps to meet the package of 14
demands put before the de Klerk regime by the ANC on 23 June
without delay,'' he said, adding that the problem lies with the
government's unwillingness to ``live with democracy and its
consequences.''


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From: mark@cs.hw.ac.uk (Mark Riordan)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human,soc.culture.europe,soc.culture.celtic,eunet.politics,talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: Eire, Ireland? (Was Re: Separation vs. integration)
Date: 28 Jul 92 09:41:57 GMT
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland

In article <tahonen.27@katk.Helsinki.FI> tahonen@katk.Helsinki.FI (Timo Ahonen) writes:
>
>This is exactly what I originally wanted to imply in my posting: I referred 
>to the Republic of Ireland as Eire since I felt that plain Ireland would 
>have been taken as a geographical term, and being a lazy bugger didn't want 
>to write the Republic of Ireland in full. Also this is the way Eire is 
>quite often used in at least Finnish texts when the above mentioned 

The Irish Constitution seems to imply that Eire is OK except
when speaking/writing English. Finnish is fine. Also Irish
people don't really get worked up about this except when the
usage is by the type of person who is being a little deliberate
in their use of the term. As we don't have too many enemies in
Finland I for one see no reason for Finns to worry.

>
MARK

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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 21 Jul 92 09:23 PDT
Subject: GL: Poetry of conscience
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700240:000:2277
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jul 21 09:23:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: GL: Poetry of conscience

/* Written  7:18 pm  Jul 21, 1992 by peg:greenleft in cdp:greenleft.news */
Poetry of conscience

From the Republic of Conscience: An international anthology of 
poetry
Edited by Kerry Flattley and Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Aird Books in association with Amnesty International
192 pp. $16.95
Reviewed by Mario Giorgetti

This collection of poetry demonstrates the necessity for the 
continuing struggle to bring light to the dark corners of this 
world where people are denied their basic human rights.

Oppression and suffering can bring out the best and the worst in 
human nature, but hope and even humour can transcend the worst 
horrors. Such paradoxes are reflected by this anthology, which 
the editors have drawn from all over the world. All the poems, 
arranged generally around such themes as censorship, 
disappearances, aspects of horror and the experience of women, 
were donated by the authors, and proceeds will go to promote the 
work of Amnesty International.

The anthology aims in part to celebrate the work of Amnesty in 
uncovering human rights abuses all over the world. It brings 
together 100 voices from 40 different cultures - from well-known 
poets of our century to poets rarely heard of and unknown but 
nonetheless important in this context because of their particular 
experience and their intensity of feeling for oppressed people.

The task of these 100 poets seems to be to shore up our lives 
against forgetfulness - to remind us of the important things, so 
that the inglorious events of history may not be repeated.

Nowadays there is a general perception that poetry is written for 
poets and for readers with special sensibilities and literary 
tastes. There is a perception also, even among poets, that poems 
should be grand conceptions full of bright images and subtle 
intellectualisations.

It may be so in some cases. This is not the case, however, with 
most of the poems in this collection, which appeal to the heart 
and are inspired in the main by the moral necessity to tell the 
truth and to indict institutionalised cruelty and injustice. 
These poems transmit to us some sense of their authors' anger, 
their strength and their optimism even in defeat.
From: hrcoord@igc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: Haitian Refugee Center Comments on
Date: 28 Jul 92 17:37:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700290:000:1893
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jul 28 10:37:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Haitian Refugee Center Comments on 

/* Written  3:43 pm  Jul 27, 1992 by nigel.allen@canrem.com in cdp:misc.activism. */
Press Release from Haitian Refugee Centre

Haitian Refugee Center Comments on Discovery of Bodies
 To: National Desk, Immigration and Foreign Affairs reporters
 Contact: Rolande Dorancy, executive director, Haitian Refugee
          Center, 212-661-2100, ext. 602, or 305-757-8538

   NEW YORK, July 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the statement
of Rolande Dorancy, executive director, Haitian Refugee Center, Miami:

   "This morning a tragedy was reported.  The bodies of 91 Haitians
washed up on that country's beaches.  Hundreds of other crimes like
this have gone unreported over the past several months. The overthrow
of the Aristide government led to this tragedy.  We must restore the
democratically-elected government of President Aristide.  In the
meantime, the U.S. must provide sanctuary for Haitians fleeing
military thugs.
   "Finally, the U.S. must share the burden of this tragedy if the
Bush administration does not take strong action to restore President
Aristide."

   Cosigned by:

   Center for Central American Refugees, New York City, Washington
D.C., and Plainfield, N.J.;
   New York City Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs;
   New Jersey Immigration Policy Network;
   Salvadoran National Network;
   Church Avenue Merchants Block Association, Brooklyn, N.Y.;
   Haitian Centers Council, Brooklyn, N.Y.;
   Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York, Immigration and
Refugee Services;
   Lutheran Ministries of Florida;
   Ayuda Inc.;
   National Council of Women of Ecuador Inc.;
   Latino Civil Rights Task Force;
   Center for Immigrants' Rights;
   Ilka Tanyapayan.

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From: hrcoord@igc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: Two New Publications
Date: 26 Jul 92 18:18:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700269:000:2646
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Jul 26 11:18:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Two New Publications

From tgill Sun Jul 26 10:55:59 1992

TWO NEW PUBLICATIONS

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TAKING UP THE CHALLENGE: THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

TAKING UP THE CHALLENGE discusses the ways that scientists, social
scientists, engineers and health professionals can become involved
in the human rights movement.  Following a review of ways in which
scientific professional societies responded in the 1970s and 1980s
to violations of the human rights of colleagues in countries
around the world, the booklet then focuses on the application of
scientific methods to the documentation of human rights violations
and to human rights education.  Covering the fields of the
forensic sciences, genetics, statistics, medicine, education,
environmental sciences, anthropology and others, the booklet
describes projects that have assisted local human rights groups in
their investigations of violations of civil and political rights
or that have assisted victims of such violations.  The booklet
also discusses ways in which scientists can help foster concern
for economic, social and cultural rights, currently receiving
greater international attention.
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DIRECTORY OF PERSECUTED SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS AND
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

This Directory lists the cases of more than 300 scientists,
engineers, health professionals and students in related fields
whose human rights have been violated by government agencies or by
unofficial groups enjoying de facto government support.  They
include people who have been imprisoned, frequently for many years
without trial, for the peaceful expression of opinions or the
peaceful exercise of their basic human rights, and people who have
"disappeared" or been murdered.  Entries are arranged
alphabetically by country, and cases are listed by discipline in
an index.  Wherever possible, the directory provides background
information on the circumstances in which the particular human
rights violation occurred.  Each country section begins with
a brief introduction to recent human rights developments and the
names and addresses of government officials to whom letters of
inquiry should be sent.
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Copies of both of the publications listed above are available free
of charge from the Science and Human Rights Program, American
Association for the Advancement of Science, 1333 H Street NW,
Washington DC 20005.