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us: Human Rights Watch (Organization)



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    • us: Watch Committees
    • us: Khʹi͡uman raĭts votch/Khelʹsinki votch
    • us: HRW (Human Rights Watch)
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  • Sources

    • found: Weschler, J. The persecution of human rights monitors, c1987: t.p. (Human Rights Watch (Americas Watch/Asia Watch/Helsinki Watch)) t.p. verso (36 West 44 St., New York, NY 10036; Human Rights Watch is made up of Americas Watch, Asia Watch and Helsinki Watch)
    • found: The Reagan administration's record on human rights in 1986: t.p. (Watch Committees (Americas Watch/Asia Watch/Helsinki Watch))
    • found: Phone call to Human Rights Watch, 9/27/88 (Watch Committees; informal umbrella term for Americas Watch, Asia Watch, & Helsinki Watch; not an earlier name; name Human Rights Watch from approx. 2/88)
    • found: Prava cheloveka v Tadzhikistane, 1994: t.p. (Khʹi͡uman raĭts votch/Khelʹsinki votch)
    • found: No neutral ground, 1989: t.p. verso (Human Rights Watch is composed of five Watch Committees: Africa Watch, Americas Watch, Asia Watch, Helsinki Watch and Middle East Watch)
    • found: Human rights in Uzbekistan, 1993: verso t.p. (Human Rights Watch is composed of six divisions, Africa Watch, Americas Watch, Asia Watch, Helsinki Watch, Middle East Watch, and the Fund for Free Expression)
    • found: Second class, c2001: t.p. (Human Rights Watch) p. [iv] (an independent nongovernmental organization; began 1978 with its Europe and Central Asia Division (then known as Helsinki Watch), also includes divisions covering Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East; and thematic divisions on arms, children's rights and women's rights)
    • found: Human Rights Watch update, Jan. 1997: t.p. (Human Rights Watch; HRW)
  • Change Notes

    • 1988-03-23: new
    • 2013-02-08: revised
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