The fight against terrorism should be a fight for human rights. Yet the United States has not consistently defended human rights in fighting terrorism, in its actions at home or in the relationships it is forging around the world. That tendency is dangerously counter-productive: it will breed resentment among populations where terrorists recruit their support, and it will alienate anti-terrorism allies. At the same time, many governments around the world continue to cloak human rights abuse in the guise of efforts to combat terror. This year’s annual World Report reviews human rights developments in nearly sixty countries across the globe, covering the period from November 2001 through November 2002. The thirteenth of its kind, the report reflects extensive investigative and advocacy work conducted in 2002 by the Human Rights Watch staff, usually in close partnership with human rights activists in the country in question. |
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