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The Rise of Ethnic Conflict Around the World

Kenneth Roth, deputy director of Human Rights Watch and editor of its annual World Report. The report, which was just released, reviews human rights developments in 1992 and examines U.S. human rights policies.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 15, 1992: Interview with Slavenka Drakulic; Interview with Kenneth Roth; Review of Pat Barker's novel "Regeneration."
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The Crisis of Rape During the Yugoslav War

Yugoslavian journalist, critic, and feminist Slavenka Drakulic. We last spoke to her in July about living in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, with the outbreak of war. Recently, Drakulic has been researching and writing about Muslim women who have been raped by Serbs for genocidal purposes.

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