  |
||||
|
Breaking News from America's Progressive Community... 1999
Releases
The press releases posted here have been provided to NewsCenter by the one of the many progressive organizations we have selected to participate. If you would like more information about this press release, you should contact the organization directly. |
||||
| FEBRUARY
26, 1999 9:00 AM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Human Rights Watch Reed Brody, 202-371-6592 Minky Worden, 212-216-1250 |
||||
| Put Human Rights "into Practice": Clinton Administration Urged To Do More Than Just Report | ||||
| NEW
YORK - February 26 -
The Clinton Administration should do more to put its annual human rights report
into practice, Human Rights Watch urged today.
The State Department releases its annual human rights report February 26 at 11:00 am. "We're glad that the State Department made a special effort on human rights today," said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. "But what is the Clinton Administration doing about human rights the other 364 days of the year? It's all very well to report that a country is abusing human rights. But the U.S. government then ought to act on that information." Roth urged the U.S. government to use diplomatic, political, and economic means to put stronger pressure on countries that abuse human rights. He welcomed yesterday's unanimous Senate vote calling on the Administration to sponsor a resolution condemning China's human rights practices at the upcoming session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva. Human Rights Watch is the largest U.S.-based human rights organization. Founded in 1978, it is headquartered in New York. ### For detailed analysis of particular countries, please contact: *for Asia: Mike Jendrzejczyk, 202-371-6599, ext. 113, Sidney Jones,
212-216-1228 The Human Rights Watch World Report 1999, which covers most of the countries in the State Department report, is available here. |
||||