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name="TopOfPage"> </a> <h1 align="center"><a name="P-1_0"></a>HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH WORLD REPORT 1990</h1> <hr size="2" width="80%"> <a href="PREFACE.BOU.htm#P8_0" target="_top">PREFACE</a> <a href="INTRO.BOU.htm#P8_0" target="_top">INTRODUCTION</a> <h1><a href="AFRICA.BOU.htm#P8_0" target="_top">AFRICA WATCH OVERVIEW</a></h1> <a href="AFRICA.BOU-01.htm#P33_7583" target="_top"> CAMEROON</a> <a href="AFRICA.BOU-02.htm#P70_15946" target="_top">ETHIOPIA</a> <a href="AFRICA.BOU-03.htm#P124_26422" target="_top">KENYA </a> <a href="AFRICA.BOU-04.htm#P209_44481" target="_top">LIBERIA</a> <a href="AFRICA.BOU-05.htm#P285_61778" target="_top">MALAWI</a> <a href="AFRICA.BOU-06.htm#P339_74389" target="_top">MAURITANIA</a> <a href="AFRICA.BOU-07.htm#P403_90345" target="_top">MOZAMBIQUE</a> <a href="AFRICA.BOU-08.htm#P440_96936" target="_top">NIGERIA</a> <a href="AFRICA.BOU-09.htm#P501_109740" target="_top"> SOMALIA</a> <a href="AFRICA.BOU-10.htm#P568_126959" target="_top">SOUTH AFRICA</a> <a href="AFRICA.BOU-11.htm#P647_143999" target="_top">SUDAN</a> <a href="AFRICA.BOU-12.htm#P733_157786" target="_top">ZIMBABWE </a> <h1><a href="AMER.BOU.htm#P8_0" target="_top">AMERICAS WATCH OVERVIEW</a></h1> <a href="AMER.BOU-01.htm#P50_15276" target="_top">ARGENTINA</a> <a href="AMER.BOU-02.htm#P99_29079" target="_top">BRAZIL</a> <a href="AMER.BOU-03.htm#P155_38766" target="_top">CHILE</a> <a href="AMER.BOU-04.htm#P199_50349" target="_top">COLOMBIA</a> <a href="AMER.BOU-05.htm#P287_71568" target="_top">CUBA</a> <a href="AMER.BOU-06.htm#P345_87265" target="_top">DOMINICAN REPUBLIC</a> <a href="AMER.BOU-07.htm#P415_104868" target="_top">EL SALVADOR </a> <h1><a href="ASIA.BOU.htm#P8_0" target="_top">ASIA WATCH OVERVIEW</a></h1> <a href="ASIA.BOU-01.htm#P40_9473" target="_top">AFGHANISTAN</a> <a href="ASIA.BOU-02.htm#P101_22000" target="_top">BURMA</a> <a href="ASIA.BOU-03.htm#P168_38127" target="_top">CAMBODIA</a> <a href="ASIA.BOU-04.htm#P241_56227" target="_top">CHINA</a> <a 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href="MIDEAST.BOU.htm#P10_0" target="_top">MIDDLE EAST WATCH OVERVIEW</a></h1> <a href="MIDEAST.BOU-01.htm#P62_15985" target="_top">ALGERIA</a> <a href="MIDEAST.BOU-02.htm#P106_25125" target="_top">IRAN</a> <a href="MIDEAST.BOU-03.htm#P200_49710" target="_top">IRAQ AND OCCUPIED KUWAIT</a> <a href="MIDEAST.BOU-04.htm#P361_86053" target="_top">ISRAELI-OCCUPIED TERRITORIES</a> <a href="MIDEAST.BOU-05.htm#P555_134393" target="_top">KUWAIT BEFORE THE</a> <a href="MIDEAST.BOU-06.htm#P556_134410" target="_top">IRAQI INVASION AND THE</a> <a href="MIDEAST.BOU-07.htm#P557_134432" target="_top">GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE</a> <a href="MIDEAST.BOU-08.htm#P632_154332" target="_top">MOROCCO</a> <a href="MIDEAST.BOU-09.htm#P700_167972" target="_top">SYRIA AND SYRIAN-OCCUPIED LEBANON</a> <a href="MISC.BOU.htm#P8_0" target="_top">THE FUND FOR FREE EXPRESSION</a> <a href="MISC.BOU-01.htm#P30_5117" target="_top">THE PRISON PROJECT</a> <a href="MISC.BOU-02.htm#P44_7762" target="_top">THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS PROJECT</a> <a href="MISC.BOU-05.htm#P67_13223" target="_top">THE CALIFORNIA COMMITTEE </a> <a href="MISC.BOU-07.htm#P96_20325" target="_top">CONGRESSIONAL CASEWORK</a> <a href="MISC.BOU-09.htm#P108_22848" target="_top">HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH PUBLICATIONS IN 1990</a> <a href="MISC.BOU-10.htm#P340_29179" target="_top">HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH MISSIONS IN 1990</a> <a href="MISC.BOU-12.htm#P545_36252" target="_top">FINANCES</a> <a href="MISC.BOU-13.htm#P551_36567" target="_top">MEMBERS AND STAFF OF WATCH COMMITTEES</a>  </td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> </table>  <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20121226143714js_/http://www.hrw.org/s_code.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">  </script> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> </body>