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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 09 Nov 92 15:01 PST
Subject: E Timor: UN Rep Visit
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Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Nov  9 15:01:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: E Timor: UN Rep Visit

/* Written  8:47 pm  Nov  9, 1992 by tapol@gn.apc.org in igc:reg.easttimor */
UN representative visits East Timor
Source: AFP 
Dateline: Jakarta
Date: 9 November 1992
French original received. This is a translation.

[Comment: This visit went ahead on the very day that the Indonesian
government rejected a request by Amnesty International to visit
East Timor in order to monitor the situation there on 12 November. 
  Keeping Mr Treat's visit secret was clearly intended to hide his
presence from the Timorese.]

A member of the UN Sub Commission on Human Rights, Mr William
Treat, has been to East Timor on a 2-day visit, according to
Antara, the Indonesian news agency.

According to the agency, the objective of the visit, which was not
announced in advance, was to "find ways of improving relations
between Indonesia and the international community generally".

Mr Treat expressed the hope that competent Indonesian officials
would allow international non-governmental organisations charged
with defending human rights to visit East Timor, added the agency.

This is the first visit of an international observer for six
months.  In October, the Indonesian authorities refused to allow
Australian MPs to enter East Timor, an ex-Portuguese colony annexed
by Jakarta in 1976.
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 09 Nov 92 09:07 PST
Subject: Burma: Says War with Karen Continue
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700773:000:1878
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Nov  9 09:07:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Burma: Says War with Karen Continues

From @pucc.Princeton.EDU:SEASIA-L@MSU.BITNET Sun Nov  8 20:45:38
1992

RTw  11/07 2324  BURMA SAYS WAR WITH KAREN REBELS WILL CONTINUE

    BANGKOK, Nov 8, Reuter - Burma will keep up the battle against
Karen rebels despite a suspension ordered in April, a senior
member of Rangoon's military junta said, quoted by Burmese radio.
    "The war...has to continue," Major-General Khin Nyunt told
staff at Rangoon University, according to a radio report on
Saturday monitored in Bangkok.
    "The...guerrillas continue to attack our positions which has
forced the government to resume military operations against them,"
he said.
    Khin Nyunt is first secretary of Burma's State Law and Order
Restoration Council (SLORC), the junta established after the
military crushed a pro-democracy movement in 1988.
    Thai army sources say the Burmese government has deployed
thousands of fresh troops in its eastern states bordering Thailand
since early last month to launch an offensive against the ethnic
minority Karens, who have been waging a secessionist war since
1948.
    The deployment has taken place despite Rangoon announcing in
April that it would suspend operations against the rebels.
    Karen and Thai army sources say more than 200 Burmese soldiers
and rebels have been killed since fighting resumed last month.
    Khin Nyunt accused Karen rebels of sabotaging a national
convention scheduled for January 9, the radio said.
    "If the national convention fails...the Karen guerrillas are
to blame," he said.
    Thai army sources said that about 200 Burmese troops who
crossed into Thailand on Thursday in pursuit of Karenni rebels
returned to Burma on Saturday.
    The Karenni are an offshoot of the Karen Nation United (KNU),
the umbrella Karen organisation.
 REUTER SUT DF JS
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 11 Nov 92 20:11 PST
Subject: Re: AI UA349/92 ANGOLA Legal concern
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Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Nov 11 20:11:00 1992


/* Written  1:21 pm  Nov 11, 1992 by sharrison in igc:ai.uan */
for USA readers:

there is no Angola embassy in Washington at this time

PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY. Check with the Colorado
office between 9:00 am and 6:00 pm, Mountain Time, weekdays
only, if sending appeals after December 23, 1992.

If you have any questions about this Urgent Action appeal or
the Urgent Action Network in general please contact:

Scott Harrison
Urgent Action program office
PO Box 1270
Nederland CO 80466
303 440 0913 (voice)
303 258 7881 (fax)
sharrison@igc.org (e-mail address)

If you are not a member of Amnesty International USA, we
would like to send you information.
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 11 Nov 92 19:46 PST
Subject: Rights Conference in New York - Nov
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700783:000:1563
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Nov 11 19:46:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Rights Conference in New York - Nov

/* Written  8:23 pm  Nov 10, 1992 by dawar@gradient.cis.upenn.edu in igc:soc.cult.india */

		      CONFERENCE ON RIGHTS IN INDIA
	AIPSG Conference: Definitions * Perspectives * Solutions

		  Saturday, November 21, 1992  10am - 7pm
	  501 Schermerhorn, Columbia University, New York City

-The Definition of Rights in Present Day India
-The Conception of Rights in the Indian Constitution
-Rights and the Notion of "Anti-Indian" in Official Discourse
-Why do Rights Groups Target the State?

-The Human Rights Situation in:
	Tamil Nadu
	Kashmir
	Andhra Pradesh
	Assam, the North East and other parts of India

-Rights of Dalits and Tribal Peoples
-Repressive Laws in India in Comparative Perspective
-Which Way for Women's Rights in India?
-The Rights Movement in India at the Crossroads.

Participants at the conference will include:

Smitu Kothari, Editor, "Lokayan Bulletin", New Delhi
Dr. Raj Mishra, IPSG Michigan
Prof. Sanjib Baruah, Bard College, New York
Dr. Vinay Lal, Columbia University
Shonali Bose, UCLA
V. Siddharth, Secretary AIPSG
Kalpana Kannabiran, Stree Shakti Sanghathana, Hyderabad
and many others.

Documentary Films:
 -The Valley that Refuses to Die (on the Narmada project)
 -From Rhino to Bajrang: The Army in Assam

Lunch and Dinner will be available.  Child care facilities are being 
provided.
For more information call: (212) 749-5719
or write: Association of Indian Progressive Study Groups
	  Earl Hall, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 11 Nov 92 20:11 PST
Subject: Re: AI EX087/92 TURKMENISTAN DP
Nf-ID: #R:cdp:1476700785:cdp:1476700787:000:366
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Nov 11 20:11:00 1992


/* Written  9:46 am  Nov 11, 1992 by sharrison in igc:ai.uan */
for USA readers:

Ambassador or Representative of Turkmenistan
Embassy of the Russian Federation
1125 16th St NW
Washington DC 20036

PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY. Check with the Colorado
office between 9:00 am and 6:00 pm, Mountain Time, weekdays
only, if sending appeals after December 22, 1992.
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 05 Nov 92 08:02 PST
Subject: Re: AI FI152/92 ALGERIA Death penalty
Nf-ID: #R:cdp:1476700761:cdp:1476700763:000:748
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Nov  5 08:02:00 1992


/* Written  2:28 pm  Oct 30, 1992 by sharrison in igc:ai.uan */

for USA readers:

Ambassador Nourredine Yazid Zerjouni
Embassy of the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
2118 Kalorama Road NW
Washington DC 20008

PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY. Check with the Colorado
office between 9:00 am and 6:00 pm, Mountain Time, weekdays
only, if sending appeals after December 10, 1992.

If you have any questions about this Urgent Action appeal or
the Urgent Action Network in general please contact:

Scott Harrison
Urgent Action program office
PO Box 1270
Nederland CO 80466
303 440 0913 (voice)
303 258 7881 (fax)
sharrison@igc.org (e-mail address)

If you are not a member of Amnesty International USA, we
would like to send you information.
From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: Canadians urge arms sale ban
Date: 12 Nov 92 20:53:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700799:000:1821
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Nov 12 12:53:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Canadians urge arms sale ban

/* Written 10:04 pm  Nov 11, 1992 by etantor@web.apc.org in igc:reg.easttimor */
End Arms Sales on Anniversary of Timor Massacre, 
Peace Groups Urge


Media Release
For Immediate Release
Nov. 11, 1992

Toronto -- David Suzuki, Nobel Prize winner John Polanyi and over 
30 organizations are marking the first anniversary of a massacre in 
East Timor by calling for a ban on Canadian weapons sales to 
Indonesia. 

In an open letter to appear in The Ottawa Citizen and Vancouver Sun, 
the prominent Canadians and groups say that on November 12, 1991 
Indonesian soldiers opened fire on an unarmed crowd of Timorese 
villagers, killing over 200 women, men and children.

Also signing the letter: Bishop John M. Sherlock, Bishop Remi J. De 
Roo, Noam Chomsky, Maude Barlow, singers Bruce Cockburn and 
Raffi, and 12 Members of Parliament, including two parties' human 
rights critics.

Representatives of all the major Canadian churches are signatories.

According to statistics from the Department of External Affairs, 
Canada sold military goods to East Timor in 1991. 

"We're saying these weapons sales to Indonesia have to stop 
immediately, Canadian arms are contributing to a genocide in East 
Timor," says David Webster, a spokesperson for the East Timor Alert 
Network. 

East Timor, a tiny country in the South Pacific, was invaded by 
Indonesia in 1975. Since that time more than 200,000 people -- a 
third of the East Timorese population -- have been killed, according 
to Amnesty International. 

The open letter is a joint project of The Canadian Peace Alliance and 
The East Timor Alert Network. 

For more information:
David Webster, East Timor Alert Network
(416) 539-9589

Gideon Forman, Canadian Peace Alliance
(416) 588-5555
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
From: elee6l3@Rosie.UH.EDU
Subject: Victory for the "TRUTH"
Reply-To: elee6l3@Rosie.UH.EDU
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:59:10 GMT



   RTw  11/10 0614  SRI LANKAN JUDGE ACQUITS NEWSPAPER EDITOR

       COLOMBO, Nov 10, Reuter - A Sri Lankan newspaper editor who
   published an interview with an ex-policeman blaming politicians
   for political murders was cleared on Tuesday on charges of
   inciting the public.
       High court judge T.B. Weerasuriya said he saw nothing wrong
   with the publication. "The public has a right to know."
       Lokubanda Wanigasekera and Weera Dharmadasa, editor and
   publisher of the Aththa (Truth) newspaper, had been charged by the
   government of trying to incite and inflame the public through an
   article on April 8 this year.
       In the article, former senior policeman Premadasa Udugampola
   gave a list of names of young people killed by pro-government
   death squads during a crackdown on leftwing rebels trying to oust
   the government.
       Udugampola accused some government politicians of involvement
   in the killings. His allegations stunned the nation and forced him
   to go into hiding.
       He said death squads, known as Black Cats, had killed nearly
   40,000 young people, most of whom Udugampola claimed were
   opposition supporters and not rebels.
       Thousands of young men were killed or went missing between
   1988 and 1991 during the crackdown. Estimates by human rights
   groups range from 12,000 to 60,000.
       The government has filed similar charges against two weeklies
   who published the same details.  REUTER FS SM
From: efstse@epsilon.eecs.nwu.edu
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: AMNESTY ACCUSES TURKEY OF FAILING TO TACKLE ...
Summary: It just makes you sick!
Date: 11 Nov 92 15:01:15 GMT
Organization: X
Originator: efstse@epsilon.eecs.nwu.edu

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RTw 11/10 0636 AMNESTY ACCUSES TURKEY OF FAILING TO TACKLE ...
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AMNESTY ACCUSES TURKEY OF FAILING TO TACKLE RIGHTS ABUSES
 (Eds: Release at 0001 GMT Nov 11)
    LONDON, Nov 11, Reuter - The Turkish government has failed to fulfil pledges
to improve human rights and political killings and torture in Turkey continue
unabated, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
    "It is time for the Turkish government to face up to its responsibilities
under international law and bring perpetrators of human rights violations to
justice," the London-based human rights organisation said in a report.
    Amnesty said political killings were reported "virtually daily" and security
forces appeared to be implicated in many of them.
    At least 100 unarmed civilians in southeast Turkey had been killed this year
by security forces shooting at peaceful demonstrators or randomly firing on
residential areas in retaliation for attacks by rebels in the Kurdistan Workers
Party (PKK), Amnesty said.
    It condemned rights abuses, including "executions" of prisoners and the
killing of unarmed civilians by the PKK and other opposition groups but said
this could never justify the violation of human rights by the Turkish
government.
    "There has been too much talk and too little action on the part of the
Turkish authorities," the Amnesty report said.
    The pattern of killings had changed in the past 12 months, it said, with
more than 100 Kurdish men -- journalists, local politicians and others -- shot
dead in "mysterious murders."
    Many of the victims had previously been threatened, detained or tortured by
the police and there was growing evidence to suggest that security forces
colluded in such killings and may instigate them, the organisation said.
    Detainees had told Amnesty they were severely beaten and subjected to
electric shocks and various forms of sexual assault.
    They said that victims and their relatives who tried to take legal action
against torturers had been threatened by police.
    "Despite repeated appeals by Amnesty International for the establishment of
commissions of inquiry, the government has failed to initiate any form of public
inquiry into the killings," Amnesty said.

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From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: freedom of speach under attack
Date: 4 Nov 92 18:55:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700757:000:2482
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Nov  4 10:55:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: freedom of speach under attack

/* Written  3:59 pm  Nov  3, 1992 by codehuca@igc.apc.org in igc:carnet.alerts */
URGENT COMMUNIQUE
NUMBER : 11  
COUNTRY: PANAMA
              FREEDOM OF SPEACH UNDER ATTACK
The Commission for the Defense of Human Rights in Central
America (CODEHUCA) received information from the National
Human Rights Commission in Panama (CONADEHUPA) about an
attack against the B.B. radio station of Mr. Andrs Vega
Domplin.
FACTS:
On October 18 1992, at 3:00 a.m., men in civilian clothes
broke the main entrance door of the radio station B.B., and
registered papers and throw them on the floor. According to
Mr. Vega, the unknown men were looking for something, but
obviously they couldn't find it. The materials they took with
them are of little value. Before leaving they tried to set
the building on fire.
Besides this attack, another violation was reported to us,
namely the disappearance of MARCELINO GONZALEZ, 17 years old,
native of Pipa de los Pozos, who, during the last two weeks,
spent the night at the radio station. At this moment we do
not have any information on his whereabouts.
It is important to point out that this is the third attack
against this station. The first one happened on January 7
1990, during which all the transmissions and antennas were
set on fire. At the same time the station was also hindered
in its work by the "Closure of the A.M. Frequency". The
second attack was an attempt to set the building on fire.
Therefore, we are sending this message to our Solidarity
Network and request you to speak out against this attack, and
the violations of the freedom of speech and constitutional
rights. Especially because at this moment the political
situation in Panama is critical, and the administration od
justice is ineffective.  Popular sectors and the media have
also pointed out that sectors linked to unlawful enterprises
are being favoured. Because of the defencelessness of the
Panamanian people, we request you to send your messages to
the following addresses:
ADRESSES:
Lic. Guillermo Endara Galimany     Baltazar R. Aizpur#a
President of the Republic          Panamanian Syndicat of
of Panama                          Journalists
P.O. Box: 3434                     Secretary General
Panama City                        FAX: (00507) 250857
FAX: (00507) 270076
Please send a copy of any reaction you receive to your
messages to CODEHUCA, Secretar!a de Denuncia.
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 09 Nov 92 10:54 PST
Subject: CAMEROON: Journalists' group voices
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Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Nov  9 10:54:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: CAMEROON: Journalists' group voices

/* Written 12:09 am  Nov  9, 1992 by newsdesk@igc.apc.org in igc:ips.englibrary */
Copyright Inter Press Service 1992, all rights reserved.  Permission to re-
print within 7 days of original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

Title: CAMEROON: Journalists' group voices ''serious concern''


washington, nov 6 (ips) -- a major u.s. journalists' watchdog
group expressed ''deep concern'' friday about what it called
continued efforts by the cameroon government of president paul
biya to ''intimidate the local and foreign media'' since the
country's first multi-party elections last month.

the new york-based committee to protect journalists (cpj) sent
a telex to biya thursday in which it also called on him to follow
through on election pledges to abolish prior censorship.

biya was re-elected to the presidency in oct. 11 elections
which were widely denounced as fraudulent and unfair by opposition
parties and international monitors.

while the u.s. state department said the fact that ''truly
competitive, multiparty'' elections took place was a ''real step
forward,'' it also concurred in the judgment of observers from the
national democratic institute (ndi) here that the balloting was
marked by ''serious and widespread irregularities, committed
mainly by the government.''

it blamed the government for a rise in what it called
''dangerous tension'' in the country which has been ruled by biya
for 10 years.

cpj charged that since the election, eight journalists and
other newspaper workers have been detained by government security
forces, six others have been beaten, while at least four who
worked for government-owned media have been threatened or
suspended from their positions.

two journalists have gone into hiding, and the third has fled
his home, according to cpj.

in addition, four independent douala-based weeklies, suspended
by the government earlier this year, have not been permitted to
resume publication.  these include 'galaxie', 'challenge hebdo',
'le messager', and 'la nouvelle expression', cpj said.

all of these actions, according to the watchdog group,
''violate a journalists' right 'to hold opinions without
interference and to seek, receive and impart information and
ideas', guaranteed by article 19 of the universal declaration of
human rights''.

the cpj called on biya to order government officials to cease
their harassment of journalists and launch an official
investigation into the beatings incidents. (end/ips/jl/yjc/92)
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 11 Nov 92 20:11 PST
Subject: Re: AI EX098/92 TURKEY Fear of torture
Nf-ID: #R:cdp:1476700788:cdp:1476700789:000:506
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Nov 11 20:11:00 1992


/* Written  5:34 pm  Nov 10, 1992 by gn:rmitchellai in igc:ai.uan */
The address of the diplomatic representative in the UK
is as follows:
 
His Excellency Mr Candemir Onhon
Embassy of Turkey
43 Belgrave Square
London SW1X 8PA
 
------------------------------------------------------
 
If you have any queries about this Urgent Action or about
the UA scheme in general, please contact:
 
Ray Mitchell
Amnesty International British Section
99 - 119 Rosebery Avenue
London
EC1R 4RE
 
email: gn:rmitchellai
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 11 Nov 92 20:11 PST
Subject: Re: AI UA349/92 ANGOLA Legal concern
Nf-ID: #R:cdp:1476700791:cdp:1476700792:000:513
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Nov 11 20:11:00 1992


/* Written  3:48 pm  Nov 11, 1992 by gn:rmitchellai in igc:ai.uan */
The address of the diplomatic representative in the UK
is as follows:
 
His Excellency Senhor Jose Primo
Embassy of Angola
98 Park Lane
London W1. Fax: 071 495 1635
 
------------------------------------------------------
 
If you have any queries about this Urgent Action or about
the UA scheme in general, please contact:
 
Ray Mitchell
Amnesty International British Section
99 - 119 Rosebery Avenue
London
EC1R 4RE
 
email: gn:rmitchellai
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 11 Nov 92 11:45 PST
Subject: TAPOL on anniversary of terror
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700781:000:2789
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Nov 11 11:45:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: TAPOL on anniversary of terror

/* Written  9:27 pm  Nov 10, 1992 by tapol@gn.apc.org in igc:reg.easttimor */
Anniversary of terror

TAPOL, the Indonesian Human Rights Campaign issued the following
Press Release on 10 November 1992:


TERROR IN EAST TIMOR AS MASSACRE ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES

On the eve of the first anniversary of the Santa Cruz Massacre in
Dili, East Timor, when more than 250 peaceful demonstrators were
shot dead by Indonesian troops, TAPOL draws attention to the
intensification of repression by the occupying troops to prevent
any commemoration from taking place.

Since July, hundreds have been arrested and many remain
unaccounted for. In the past few weeks, troops have made late-
night house-to-house searches checking identity cards; thousands
of people have been taken into custody to prevent any action in
Dili on Thursday. The authorities announced that anyone wishing
to visit Santa Cruz cemetery from 1 to 12 November must apply for
permission from the army.

None of the bodies of those killed on 12 November has been
returned to the bereaved families whose only chance of marking
the anniversary would be to place wreaths at the cemetery where
the massacre took place.

But in the present reign of terror it is difficult to imagine how
any commemoration can take place. The military commander,
Brigadier-General Theo Syafei, said earlier this year that "if
something similar to the 12 November (1991) event were to happen
under my leadership, the number of victims would probably be
higher".

TAPOL condemns the Indonesian government's decision last week to
refuse permission to Amnesty International to visit East Timor
over the period of the anniversary to observe the human rights
situation. Foreign journalists have also been prevented from
visiting East Timor for the occasion; East Timor has been out of
bounds to foreign journalists for the past year. It is the policy
of the forces of occupation to prevent any outsider from
entering, whose presence might be the occasion for the East
Timorese to convey their views and seek international support to
extricate them from their predicament and end their isolation.

Last month, TAPOL called on the British government as current
president of the European Community, to ask the Indonesian
government for facilities for EC diplomats in Jakarta to visit
East Timor over the period of the anniversary. 

TAPOL believes that it is up to the international community to
condemn in no uncertain terms the reign of terror in East Timor,
to call for free access to the territory and do everything in its
power to free the people of East Timor from the repressive power
of Indonesian military occupation.
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