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...DIED. MIKE JENDRZEJCZYK, 53, human-rights champion and Washington director for the Asia division of Human Rights Watch (HRW); of natural causes; in Washington, D.C. An expert on U.S. foreign policy in Asia, Jendrzejczyk first became involved in human rights as a Vietnam War protester in the 1970s and an antinuclear demonstrator in the 1980s. After a tenure with Amnesty International, he joined HRW in 1990. During his 13 years at HRW, Jendrzejczyk campaigned against abusive security forces in Asia, rallied assistance to North Korean refugees and defended the rights of members of minority religions...
...Hanoi officials claim the refugees' stories are fabrications. The government denies access to the Central Highlands by journalists and representatives of humanitarian aid organizations. But recent reports by Human Rights Watch and the U.S. State Department corroborate Montagnard accounts. "This is a systematic crackdown," says Mike Jendrzejczyk of Human Rights Watch. "And it's still going...
...expect Bush to push much harder. He needs China in his antiterrorism coalition. "The political succession is under way, people will lose their jobs when China enters the WTO, so the government is very conservative right now," says Mike Jendrzejczyk of Human Rights Watch. "The U.S. has to gauge what's really possible." Ultimately, the pressure for human rights improvements in China will have to come from within...
...policies--in the privacy of their homes. Beijing, in theory, opened itself up to international monitoring when it signed one of two key U.N. covenants on human rights last October and pledged to sign the other soon. "The unanswered question is whether to take their commitments seriously," says Mike Jendrzejczyk, Washington director of Human Rights Watch/Asia...
However, many charge that the ISA is being used exactly for these purposes in Sabah. Washington, D.C. director of Asia Watch Mike Jendrzejczyk says, "We believe that these arrests are in violation of international rights prohibiting arbitrary arrest and protecting the right to freedom of expression...
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