Human Rights Violations

by Bahmueller, Charles F.

• ISBN13: 9781587650925
• ISBN10: 1587650924
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Salem Pr Inc

Table of Contents

Soviet Union Invades Afghanistan	589	(7)
Saudi Arabia Beheads Sixty-three Persons for Attack on Mecca	596	(6)
Rioters Protest Miami Police Brutality	602	(5)
Paraguayan Torturer Is Convicted of Violating the Law of Nations	607	(7)
Poland Outlaws Solidarity and Imposes Martial Law	614	(6)
Palestinians Are Massacred in West Beirut	620	(6)
United Nations Principles of Medical Ethics Include Prevention of Torture	626	(6)
Nigeria Expels West African Migrant Workers	632	(7)
Barbie Is Tried for Nazi War Crimes	639	(6)
Philippine Opposition Leader Benigno Aquino Is Assassinated	645	(6)
Amnesty International Starts Program to Prevent Torture	651	(6)
Indira Gandhi Is Assassinated	657	(7)
French Government Sinks Greenpeace Ship	664	(7)
Argentine Leaders Are Convicted of Human Rights Violations	671	(6)
Marcos Flees the Philippines	677	(6)
Kazakhstan Muslims Riot Against Russians	683	(7)
Government-Supported Death Squads Quash Sri Lanka Insurrection	690	(6)
Palestinian Intifada Begins	696	(6)
Ethnic Riots Erupt in Armenia	702	(6)
Sudanese Civil War Uses Hunger as a Weapon	708	(6)
New York Opens "Shock" Incarceration Camps for Female Prisoners	714	(5)
United States Government Orders Collection of Data on Crimes Against Homosexuals	719	(6)
Israel Convicts Demjanjuk of Nazi War Crimes	725	(7)
Ethnic Violence Erupts in Yugoslavian Provinces	732	(7)
Iraq Uses Poison Gas Against Kurds	739	(6)
Amnesty International Exposes Cruelty of Death Penalty	745	(7)
Kenyan Government Cracks Down on Dissent	752	(6)
Colombian Presidential Candidates Are Killed	758	(6)
Iran Calls for Murder of Writer Salman Rushdie	764	(6)
China Crushes Prodemocracy Demonstration in Tiananmen Square	770	(7)
Chile Voters End Pinochet's Military Rule	777	(6)
Ceausescu Is Overthrown in Romania	783	(7)
Algeria and Egypt Crack Down on Islamic Militants	790	(5)
Iraq Invades and Ravages Kuwait	795	(8)
Yugoslav Army Shells Dubrovnik	803	(6)
Muslim Refugees Flee Persecution in Myanmar	809	(5)
Brazilian Police Massacre Slum Dwellers	814	(6)
Nigeria Hangs Saro-Wiwa and Other Rights Advocates	820	(6)
Taliban Begins Wholesale Suppression of Human Rights in Afghanistan	826	(7)
United Nations Tribunal Convicts Rwandans of Genocide	833	(5)
China Suppresses Falun Gong Religious Group	838	(5)
Hague Court Convicts Bosnian Croats of 1993 Muslim Massacre	843	(6)
Terrorists Attack the Pentagon and World Trade Center	849	(8)
Chronological List of Events	857	(4)
Geographical Index	861	(6)
Alphabetical Index	867	(3)
Category Index	870	(6)
Principal Personages Index	876	(6)
Subject Index	882