Human Rights Watch records: Record Group 1: Helsinki Watch, 1952-2003, bulk 1978-1994

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Series XI: USSR/Independent States Files, 1983-1997

The files consist of correspondence, manuscripts, memorandums, newspaper clippings, photographs and research materials utilized in the development of reports. These country and region files are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Armenia

Request Box XI 1

Box XI 1 Folder 1 Armenia Assembly of America Daily Report , 1992

Box XI 1 Folder 2 Artsakh Info. Bulletin, 1991

Azerbaijan

Box XI 1 Folder 3 Correspondence, 1995

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Box XI 1 Folder 4 Azerbaycan Bulletin, 1993

Box XI 1 Folder 5 Ethnic Minorities, 1990-1991

Box XI 1 Folder 6 Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS), 1988-1989

Box XI 1 Folder 7 Political Prisoners, 1992

Box XI 1 Folder 8 Press Clips, 1988-1992

Box XI 1 Folder 9 Refugees--Baku, 1992

Baltic States

Box XI 1 Folder 10 Estonia, 1989-1992

Box XI 1 Folder 11 Helsinki Watch Report, undated

Box XI 1 Folder 12 Latvia, 1988-1992

Box XI 1 Folder 13 Lithuania, 1991

Request Box XI 2

Box XI 2 Folder 1-3 Press Clips, 1989, 1991-1993, 1989, 1991-1993, (3 Folders)

Box XI 2 Folder 4 Russian Troop Withdrawal, 1992-1993

Box XI 2 Folder 5 Belarus: Post-Coup, 1990-1992

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS):

Box XI 2 Folder 6 Emigration, 1991-1992

Box XI 2 Folder 7-8 Migration Report--Research Materials, 1991-1996, (2 Folders)

Box XI 2 Folder 9 Crmean Tatars, 1992

Georgia

Box XI 2 Folder 10 Arrests, Disappearances and Killings, 1991-1994

Correspondence

Box XI 2 Folder 11 General, 1995

Box XI 2 Folder 12 Government, 1994

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Box XI 2 Folder 13 Advocacy, 1994

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Box XI 3 Folder 1 Background, 1992-1993

Box XI 3 Folder 2 Business, 1996

Box XI 3 Folder 3 Economy, 1993

Box XI 3 Folder 4 Elections, 1992

Box XI 3 Folder 5 Ethnic Relations, 1992

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Box XI 3 Folder 6 Foreign Affairs, 1992-1995

Box XI 3 Folder 7 Foreign Organizations, 1995

Box XI 3 Folder 8 Gamsakhurdia, Zviad, 1990-1995

Box XI 3 Folder 9 Humanitarian Aid, 1992-1995

Box XI 3 Folder 10 Journalists, 1992-1994

Military

Box XI 3 Folder 11 General, 1992-1993

Box XI 3 Folder 12 Paramilitaries, 1992-1995

Box XI 3 Folder 13 Russian Army, 1992-1995

Box XI 3 Folder 14 Minorities, 1993-1996

Missions

Box XI 3 Folder 15 Correspondence, 1994

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Box XI 3 Folder 16 Notebook, 1994 June

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Box XI 4 Folder 1 Missions, 1994

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Box XI 4 Folder 2 Peacekeepers, 1994

Politics

Box XI 4 Folder 3 Government Statements, 1992-1994

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Box XI 4 Folder 4 Political Parties, 1990-1996

Box XI 4 Folder 5 Shevardnadze, Eduard, 1990-1995

Box XI 4 Folder 6 World Report, 1995

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Box XI 5 Folder 1 World Report, 1995

Georgia-Abkhazia

Box XI 5 Folder 2 Casualties, 1992-1993

History

Box XI 5 Folder 3 Background, 1992-1993

Box XI 5 Folder 4 Chronology, 1992-1995

Box XI 5 Folder 5 Military, 1992-1995

Box XI 5 Folder 6 Mission Notebooks, 1992-1993

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Box XI 5 Folder 7 Peace Negotiations, 1992-1995

Box XI 5 Folder 8 Press Clips, 1993-1995

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Box XI 6 Folder 1-2 Report, 1992-1996, (2 Folders)

Box XI 6 Folder 3 Russian Army, 1992-1994

Georgia-South Ossetia

Box XI 6 Folder 4 Correspondence, 1992

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Box XI 6 Folder 5 General, 1991-1993

Box XI 6 Folder 6 Helsinki Watch Report, 1992

Kazakhstan

Box XI 6 Folder 7 Country Report, 1986-1990

Box XI 6 Folder 8 Mission--Preliminary Outline, 1990 April 21

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Box XI 6 Folder 9 Politics--Government, 1990-1991

Press Clips

Box XI 6 Folder 10 Media--Part 1, 1991-1995

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Box XI 7 Folder 1 Media--Part 2, 1991-1996

Box XI 7 Folder 2 Post-Coup, 1991-1992

Box XI 7 Folder 3 Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizia), 1990-1991

Moldova

Box XI 7 Folder 4 Background, 1992-1994

Box XI 7 Folder 5 Citizenship, 1990-1993

Box XI 7 Folder 6 Contacts, undated

[restricted until 2081]

Foreign Policy

Box XI 7 Folder 7 General, 1992-1993

Box XI 7 Folder 8 United States, 1995

Helsinki Watch Reports

Box XI 7 Folder 9 General, 1990-1992

Box XI 7 Folder 10 Moldova Report 1993, 1992-1993, 1993, 1992-1993

Laws

Box XI 7 Folder 11 General, 1989-1992

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Box XI 8 Folder 1 Drafts, 1991-1994

Minorities

Box XI 8 Folder 2 General, 1989-1994

Box XI 8 Folder 3 Gagauz, 1990-1995

Box XI 8 Folder 4 Russian, 1990-1994

Mission, 1992

Box XI 8 Folder 5 Correspondence, 1992

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Box XI 8 Folder 6 Notebooks, 1992

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Request Box XI 9

Box XI 9 Folder 1 Missions--Reports, 1991-1992

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Box XI 9 Folder 2 Ombudsmen, 1996

Politics

Box XI 9 Folder 3 General, 1994

Box XI 9 Folder 4 Government Statements, 1992-1993

Box XI 9 Folder 5 Press Clips, 1995-1996

Box XI 9 Folder 6 Russian Army, 1992-1993

Trials

Box XI 9 Folder 7 Notes, 1994

Box XI 9 Folder 8 "Tiraspol 6" Trial, 1992-1995

Moldova-Dniester Republic

Box XI 9 Folder 9 Military, 1992-1994

Box XI 9 Folder 10 Politics, 1991-1994

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Box XI 10 Folder 1-3 Press Clips, 1987-1992, (3 Folders)

Box XI 10 Folder 4 Report-Helsinki Watch, 1990-1991

Nagorno-Karabakh

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Box XI 11 Folder 1 Air Bombings, 1992

Cease-Fire

Box XI 11 Folder 2 Agreement, 1992

Box XI 11 Folder 3 Negotiations:, 1991-1992

Box XI 11 Folder 4 Journalists, 1992

Box XI 11 Folder 5 Karabakh-Background, 1992

Khojaly

Box XI 11 Folder 6 General, 1992

Box XI 11 Folder 7 Victims List, 1992

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Box XI 11 Folder 8 Kurds, 1992

Box XI 11 Folder 9 Nakhichevan, undated

Box XI 11 Folder 10-11 Press Clips, 1988-1989, 1991-1992, 1988-1989, 1991-1992, (2 Folders)

Box XI 11 Folder 12 Press Releases, 1992

Reports

Box XI 11 Folder 13 Christian Solidarity International (CSI), 1992

Box XI 11 Folder 14 Human Rights Advocates, 1992

Box XI 11 Folder 15 Immigration and Naturalization Center, 1992

Box XI 11 Folder 16 Russia, 1992

Box XI 11 Folder 17 Turkey, 1992-1993

Box XI 11 Folder 18 United States--Foreign Policy, 1992

Tajikistan:

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Box XI 12 Folder 1 Central Asia Bibliography, 1995

Box XI 12 Folder 2 Conferences and presentations, 1995-1997

Box XI 12 Folder 3 Contacts in Tajikistan, 1995-1996

Box XI 12 Folder 4 Correspondence re: Tajikistan, 1995-1997

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Box XI 12 Folder 5 HRW Reports on Tajikistan, 1994-1996

Box XI 12 Folder 6 ICRC PRESS (International Committee of the Red Cross), 1996-1997

Box XI 12 Folder 7 Making Things Happen--Getting it Done 1996 Project Achievement Reports, Europe and the CIS, Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS, United Nations Development Programme, 1996, 1996, 1996

Box XI 12 Folder 8 Minority Rights Group Report: Tajikistan: A Forgotten Civil War by Nassim Jawad and Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, 1995 February

Box XI 12 Folder 9 Newswires and news clippings, 1995-1997

Box XI 12 Folder 10 Omri Daily Digest, 1995-1997

Box XI 12 Folder 11 Reports from Dushanbe, 1995

Refugees

Box XI 12 Folder 12 Afghanistan--newspaper and clippings, 1992-1993

Box XI 12 Folder 13 Returnees, 1995-1996

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Box XI 13 Folder 1 Tajik and Afghan mission notebooks, 1995

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Box XI 13 Folder 2 General, 1993-1996

Box XI 13 Folder 3 The Gharm Valley: Continued Tensions (draft manuscript edited by Milbert Shin), 1997

Box XI 13 Folder 4 News clippings: FBIS and other news services, 1995-1997

Box XI 13 Folder 5-6 News service printouts re: Hostage taking, 1997 February-March, (2 Folders)

Box XI 13 Folder 7 Logistics, 1995

Missions

Box XI 13 Folder 8 Notes, 1993-1995

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Box XI 13 Folder 9 Dushanbe--Notebooks, undated

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Box XI 14 Folder 1 North Afghanistan--background information, 1993-1996

Box XI 14 Folder 2-3 Briefing materials prepared by the Soros Foundations, 1995, (2 Folders)

Box XI 14 Folder 4 UNCHR Report, 1996

Box XI 14 Folder 5 UN Reports, 1994-1995

Box XI 14 Folder 6 Uzbekistan free travel memorandum--United States, 1995

Press

Box XI 14 Folder 7 Accounts--Newspapers, 1992

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Box XI 15 Folder 1 Clips, 1992

Box XI 15 Folder 2 Refugees, 1993

Box XI 15 Folder 3 Resource Page, 1995

Tatarstan

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Box XI 16 Folder 1 Press Clips, 1992

Ukraine

Box XI 16 Folder 2 Independent Organizations--Ukrainian Committee "Helsinki-90", 1990

Box XI 16 Folder 3 Press Clips, 1989-1991

Box XI 16 Folder 4 Religion--Ukrainian Catholics, 1990

U.S.S.R.

Background

Box XI 16 Folder 5 U.S.S.R.: Background, 1983-1988

Box XI 16 Folder 6 U.S.S.R.: Background--Soviet Officials--Biographic Directory, 1989

Box XI 16 Folder 7 Censorship, 1983-1986

Box XI 16 Folder 8 Central Asia, 1990-1992

Box XI 16 Folder 9 Contacts, 1992-1995

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Request Box XI 17

Box XI 17 Folder 1 Demonstrations, 1992

Box XI 17 Folder 2 Economy, 1991-1992

Box XI 17 Folder 3 Elections (1989), 1989-1990

Box XI 17 Folder 4 Emigration Law, 1990

Box XI 17 Folder 5 Environment, 1989-1991

Box XI 17 Folder 6 Federalism,1990

Box XI 17 Folder 7 Freedom of Movement, 1989-1992

Germany

Box XI 17 Folder 8 Ethnic Germans, 1991-1992

Box XI 17 Folder 9 German Unification, 1992

Box XI 17 Folder 10 Gorbachev, Mikhail--Resignation, 1991

Box XI 17 Folder 11 Helsinki Groups, 1983-1991

Box XI 17 Folder 12 Human Rights, 1986-1991

Box XI 17 Folder 13 Khmara, Stepan, 1990-1991

Law

Box XI 17 Folder 14 Dictionary, 1969

Box XI 17 Folder 15 Draft Legislation, 1992

Media

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Box XI 18 Folder 1 Journalists--Directory, 1993

Box XI 18 Folder 2 Reform, 1989-1992

Box XI 18 Folder 3 Military, 1988-1991

Box XI 18 Folder 4 Minority Groups, 1989-1996

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Box XI 18 Folder 5 Mirzayanov, Vil, 1992-1994

Moscow--Government

Box XI 18 Folder 6 Correspondence, 1994

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Box XI 18 Folder 7 Laws and Decrees, 1992-1995

Box XI 18 Folder 8 Statistics, 1993-1994

Box XI 18 Folder 9 Moscow Memorial Group, 1990-1991

Moscow--Mission

Box XI 18 Folder 10 Notes, 1990

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Box XI 18 Folder 11-12 Notebooks, 1994-1995, (2 Folders)

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Box XI 19 Folder 1-2 Moscow--Report--Discrimination 1992-1994, 1995, 1992-1994, 1995, (2 Folders)

Policies

Box XI 19 Folder 3 Nationalities, 1990

Box XI 19 Folder 4 Nuclear Arms Control, 1991-1992

Box XI 19 Folder 5 Political Reform, 1990-1991

Box XI 19 Folder 6 Post-Coup Federation, 1991

Press Clips

Box XI 19 Folder 7 General, 1991-1993

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Box XI 20 Folder 1 General, 1994, undated, 1994, undated

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Box XI 20 Folder 2 General, 1995-1996

Box XI 20 Folder 3-4 Prisoners of Conscience (POCs), 1988-1992, (2 Folders)

Box XI 20 Folder 5 Prisons, 1989-1993

Pyschiatric Abuses

Box XI 20 Folder 6 General, 1989-1991

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Box XI 21 Folder 1 General, 1992-1994

Box XI 21 Folder 2-3 St. Petersburg, 1992-1993, (2 Folders)

Box XI 21 Folder 4 Visa Denials, 1987-1991

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Box XI 21 Folder 5 World Report, 1991-1992

Uzbekistan

Box XI 21 Folder 6 Post-Coup, 1991-1992

Box XI 21 Folder 7 Press Clips, 1989-1991

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Human Rights Watch records: Record Group 1: Helsinki Watch, 1952-2003, bulk 1978-1994

Series XI: USSR/Independent States Files, 1983-1997