European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 16, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 15 gains listed for Washington a the world wide total of 114 democracies is a record but Many Are at risk from internal divisiveness rampant corruption and intrusions by military and fir Mancial elites a report says., Freedom House a new York based pro democracy group said thursday that seven new countries became democracies in the past year. It said 60 percent of the world s nations Are now formal democracies but 80 percent of the global Popula Tion lacks full democratic freedoms. One explanation for the disparity is that China and India the most heavily populated countries Are listed As not free and partly free respectively. On the list of 21 most repressive countries the most Friendly to the United states is saudi Arabia. The worst of the worst repressive countries Are Iraq Sudan and North Korea said Joseph Ryan Freedom House senior scholar. Never have so Many countries been trying to follow democratic rules said Bette Bao lord Freedom House chair Man. Major increases in the level of free Dom were found in eight countries and r Ever have so Many countries been trying to follow democratic rules 1 Bette Bao lord Freedom Housa chairman major declines in four. The study said Bosnia and Herzegovina despite demo cratic trappings was listed As not free be cause of the government s inability to maintain Basic civil order. It counted about 50 inter ethnic secessionist or inter state rivalries worldwide. India and Turkey Are Only partly free because liberties have been eroded by internal strife the study said. It listed Russia Ukraine Romania and albanians being among Post communist coun tries that still Lack a truly free press andean Independent judiciary. In latin America corruption and the influence of narcotics traffickers were major debilitating factors for some coun tries. The report said elections in Brazil and Mexico augured Well for greater Freedom. The return of haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide elevated Haiti from not free to partly  in Africa the transition to democracy in South Africa was a High Point. The major setbacks were in Rwanda and Sudan where ethnic strife and other fac tors claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands. The following is Freedom House s list of the most repressive places Oil Earth Afghanistan Algeria Angola Bhutan Burma China Cuba equatorial Guinea Iraq Libya North Korea Mauritania Rwanda saudi Ara Bia Somalia Sudan Syria Tajikistan turkmen stari Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Last week human rights watch an other new York based group accuse the major Powers of engaging in a wholesale Retreat from commitments made to confront rights violators. These governments shrank from the year s most urgent Challenge prevent ing the genocide in Rwanda the report said adding that the Clinton administration mounted a Relief operation Only in response to televised pictures of Desper ate rwandans. Nations accused of ignoring of Ghriri tragedy Islamabad Pakistan a am Nesty International has issued a scathing report that accuses Afghanistan s feuding Muslim groups of mass murder and condemns other countries for not speaking out ".-. Athe human rights catastrophe in Afghanistan has reached appalling proportions and yet governments around the world Are ignoring the tragedy the re port said thursday. Muslim states so vocal about human rights violations of muslims i Bosnia Herzegovina and other parts of the world have done Little to Stop the killings and torture including rape Oyoung Muslim girls and boys in Afghani Stan it said. Muslim rebels revered As National he roes after throwing out the communist sin 1992, Are now reviled by most afghans As Power hungry warlords. For 14 years they were bankrolled and Given huge amounts of weapons by the United states and saudi Arabia and other mus Lim nations. A v a  two years of ferocious fighting be tween rival groups have left 15,000 peo ple mostly civilians dead hundreds of thousands homeless and swaths of the capital Kabul in ruins. The four Page report was based on statements from afghans who fled the fighting in Kabul and were living in Camps in Pakistan. Always a Large selection of Ftp Quality English and Fine French furniture Ramstein Spessa Chestr. 22 Tel. 06371-57179 open . 10 00 -18 00 sat 10 00 -14 00 or by appointment arc Berchtesgaden treat a Tirse in the Berch Tesla you la find privacy Here Salzburg Only a breath away Evergreen Lodge Only $35-95/day e1-e5 discount spacious suites comfortable rooms sleeping 2-5 persons. 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