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In the early 1980's, Syria's powerful army and prevasive security apparatus crushed opposition to the regime of Hafez Asad with great violence, killing at least 10,000 citizens and jailing thousands more. This report charges that in the intervening years, the government's respect for fundamental human rights has barely improved.
The PUK's last stand.
VI. The Bureaucratic Web
Outlines twenty years of human rights abuses in Syria under the rule of President Hafez Asad, providing details of imprisonment without trial, torture, and other forms of opression.
The destruction of Koreme
7. Medical aspects.
Officers and soldiers of Egypt's General Directorate for State Security Investigation (SSI) regularly resort to physical and psychological torture during the period when political and security suspects are held in incommunicado detention. In this report, Middle East Watch charges that the problem is compounded by the Prosecutor General's failure to investigate adequately and to prosecute those responsible for such abuses. Senior Egyptian officials have consistently denied that torture occurs.
Alive.
The first such report on Egypt by human rights organization including on-site inspection and extensive interviews with current inmates, Prison conditions in Egypt documents appaling conditions and practices. It describes the filth and poor sanitary facilities in living quarters and hospitals, tremendous overcrowding and prolonged daily confinement, denial of medication attention, the use of unauthorized physical violence against inmates, and the imposition of particularly harsh living conditions on sentenced security prisoners and security detainees held without charge. The report provides a detailed set of recommendations to the Egyptian authorities for improving the current conditions.