Middle East Watch

December-January/Lebanon and Israel: To investigate deportation of Palestinians and take up our findings with Israeli authorities.

January-February/Iran: To interview Iraqi refugees about abuses against the Shi'a of southern Iraq, particularly in the marshes.

February/Egypt: To investigate abuses against Christian Copts and release prisons report.

April/Iraqi Kurdistan: To secure the retrieval of additional captured Iraqi documents and investigate continued human rights abuses against the Kurds.

June/Israel: To release A License to Kill report at a press conference.

August/Iraqi Kurdistan: To supervise the collection and escort to the U.S. a second consignment of captured Iraqi documents

October/Lebanon: To collect evidence in the field of possible violations of the rules of war during July 1993 fighting with Israel (conducted jointly with Arms Project).

November/Israel: To collect evidence in the field of possible violations of the rules of war during July 1993 fighting with Israel (conducted jointly with Arms Project).

December/Kuwait: To gather information on treatment of bedoons, stateless residents of Kuwait.

N.B.: Middle East Watch maintained a field researcher in the Israeli-occupied territories to August 1993, to monitor current conditions and research reports on undercover killings and torture.