Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Amnesty International of the USA Inc. William Friedlander Papers
Friedlander, William
11655039
HR#0001.53
English
/repositories/2/resources/4156
1 linear feet
1 record carton
1976-1994
1983-1993
The collection documents the work of AIUSA activist William Friedlander on human rights violations in Chad, Liberia, and Uruguay.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in three series.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Restrictions on Access
This collection has no access restrictions.
Summary
The collection contains correspondence, memos, articles, publications, meeting minutes, newsletters, and reports.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William Friedlander Papers, 1976-1994; Box and Folder; Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from Amnesty International of the USA, Inc.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--William Friedlander. Method of acquisition--Deposit at University of Colorado Boulder.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--AIUSA. Method of acquisition--Deposit; Date of acquisition--2006.
Biographical / Historical
William Friedlander worked with AIUSA on human rights issues, particularly violations in Chad, Liberia, and Uruguay.
Ownership and Custodial History
The papers were originally donated to the University of Colorado Boulder by William Friedlander as part of the AIUSA collection. In 2006 the AIUSA collection was transferred to RBML.
Processing Information
Papers processed by unknown processor, University of Colorado Boulder.
Processing Information
Papers processed Carolyn Smith in September, 2015.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Related Materials
See Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research (CHRDR) page for more information about all AIUSA collections: https://library.columbia.edu/libraries/chrdr/archive_collections/aiusa.html
Human rights
Chad
Liberia
Uruguay
Abduction
Immigrant detention centers
Capital punishment
Congresses and conventions
Firing squads (Execution)
Medical ethics
Meetings
Political activists
Political kidnapping
Political violence
Refugees
Revolutions
Right to democracy
Torture
War
Friedlander, William
Amnesty International
Amnesty International USA
Series I: Chad/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141301983-1994SubSeries I.1: Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141311983-1992Scope and ContentsThis subseries contains correspondence on Chad between Friedlander and AIUSA, Sheila Dauer, US Congress, and Senator Paul Simon, and others.
Correspondence between Friedlander and AIUSA/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141322 folders1988-199211-2Correspondence from Friedlander to Sheila Dauer/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141331989-199013Correspondence from Friedlander to US Congress/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141341989-199014Correspondence from Paul Simon (Senator) to Friedlander/repositories/2/archival_objects/1314135198915Friedlander Correspondence with Ambassador Richard Bogosian/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141361990-199216Group Correspondence--All Groups with Prisoners in Chad from AI/IS Research/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141371987-199217Documents--Meetings Between AI, US, and Chad Representatives/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141381983-199218Correspondence Between Friedlander and Rene Lemarchand/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141391988-199019Friedlander's Letters to the Editor/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141401990110Friedlander--Handwritten Notes Regarding Chad/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141411990-1992111SubSeries I.2: Worldwide AI Chad Action/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141421989-1990Scope and ContentsThe subseries contains planning documents and correspondence about AI's Chad Action.
AI Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141431989 October-1990 November112Friedlander Memos to Chad Case Coordinators/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141441990 February-June113Strategy Meetings/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141451990 February114Correspondence from US Department of State/repositories/2/archival_objects/1314146US Congress, 1990 February-August115Correspondence from Chad Charge d'Affaires--Response to AI Chad Action/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141471990 April-May116Assessments of AI Chad Action/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141481990 June-September117Friedlander's Handwritten Notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/1314149undated118SubSeries I.3: Articles and Publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141501983-1994Scope and ContentsThis subseries contains a collection of articles and publications on Chad, listed by title.
Articles/repositories/2/archival_objects/1314151"Amnesty Protests Detention of Former Chadian Minister," Associated Press/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141521989 February 10119"Amnesty Says it Fears for Hundreds of Prisoners in Chad," Reuters/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141531990 March 6119"Human Rights Groups Alleges Detentions Torture," Associated Press/New York Daily News/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141541990 March 6119"Briefly (London)," Detroit Free Press/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141551990 March 7119"Chad Assailed on Rights," Washington Post/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141561990 March 7119"Foreign Briefing—Despite the Adoption," St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141571990 March 7119"World—Chad Reported to Torture Secretly Execute Prisoners," Baltimore Sun/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141581990 March 7119"Torture Linked to Chad Ex-Chief" by Kenneth B. Noble, The New York Times/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141591990 December 7119"Support to Chad" Chicago Tribune/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141601990 December 20119"Chad Loyalists Put Down Rebels; Battles Leave 40 Dead 12 Arrested," Washington Post/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141611991 October 15119"Chad Revolt Suppressed; 40 are Dead" Chicago Tribune/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141621991 October 15119"Rebel's Attack Two Towns in Chad; French Send Help" Chicago Tribune/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141631992 January 3119"Chad Army Claims Two Towns; French Paratroopers Go In" Associated Press/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141641992 January 3119"Chad Says Rebel Offensive Halted Two Towns Retaken," Chicago Tribune/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141651994 January 4119"Chad Says It Crushed Rebellion Killing 425," Reuters/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141661992 January 5119"Chad Panel: 40,000 Tortured to Death," Chicago Tribune/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141671992 March 21119"Tribalism and Transition" Christian Science Monitor/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141681992 June119Publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/1314169"Chad: Radio Commentary on 'Intolerable' Amnesty International Campaign" Radio Diffusion Nationale Tchadienne Report/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141701989 August 27120"Military Court Established to Guarantee Security," Text from Ndjamena Domestic Service Radio Broadcast/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141711991 March 28120"Chad: One Palace Too Many," Africa Confidential/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141721991 June 28120"Government Confirms 40 Dead," Paris AFP Broadcast/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141731991 October 17120"Alingue Comments on Maldoum's Arrest," Paris AFP Broadcast/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141741991 October 17120"Ahmed Sounqui on Fighting; French Troops," Paris AFP Broadcast/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141751991 October 18120"Doubt Surrounds 13 October Events," Paris Radio France International Broadcast/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141761991 October 29120"Chad: The Political Scene, The Economy," The Economist Intelligence Unit Country Report/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141771992 January120"Chad: The Shifting Sands of Democracy," Africa Confidential/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141781992 January 24120"Chad: Thirty Years of Unrest," Africa Research Bulletin/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141791992 January120"Chad: The Long Arm of the Elysee," Africa Confidential/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141801992 May 22120"Recent History," by Bernard Lanne, Excerpt from Africa South of the Sahara/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141811992120"Chad," International Red Cross Annual Report/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141821992120AI News Releases Regarding Chad/repositories/2/archival_objects/1314183"Detentions and Arbitrary Killings in the Republic of Chad"/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141841983 September121"Chad Troops Kill Civilians Outside Battle Zones AI Says"/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141851983121"Political Imprisonment and Political Killings in Southern Chad"/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141861984 August-September121"Republic of Chad: Imprisonment and Death of Adboulaye Awidjeli Bichara"/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141871987 July121"Republic of Chad—'Disappearances,' Extrajudicial Executions and Secret Detention/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141881987 September121"Arrests of Members of the Hadjeral Ethnic Group"/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141891988 March121"Republic of Chad—Political Arrests in June and July 1988"/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141901988 November121"Chad—Human Rights Violations in 1988 and the First Half of 1989"/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141911989 September121"Chad—Political Prisoners Held in Secret—Calling the Government to Account"/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141921990 February121"Secrecy Over Gross Abuses in Chad—AI Fears for Fate of Hundreds of Political Prisoners"/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141931990 March121"Chad is a Land Locked State in Central Africa" Electronic News Release/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141941990 March121"Chad—Cases of Political Prisoners Imprisonment in Secret"/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141951990 June121"More than 300 Prisoners Executed at Ex-President's Headquarters"/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141961990 October121"Chad—Extrajudicial Executions in Doba"/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141971992 October121AI Internal News Publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/1314198"Chad: Amnesty Finds 'Extensive Abuse'" Amnesty Action/repositories/2/archival_objects/13141991990 April-May121"Fate of Hundreds Unknown," AI Newsletter/repositories/2/archival_objects/1314200, 1990 May121"Four Killed by Firing Squad," AI Newsletter/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142011991 December121"Amnesty for Political Prisoners," AI Newsletter/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142021992 April121"No Official Action to Stop Extrajudicial Executions," AI Newsletter/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142031992 July121"Chad—Commission Reports on Past Violations," AI Newsletter/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142041992 August121"Chad," AI Newsletter/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142051992121"Chad," AI Annual Report/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142061993121SubSeries I.4: AIUSA Regional Chad Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142071983-1993Scope and ContentsThis subseries includes reports, memos, and reviews of AIUSA's work on Chad.
Central African Newsletter (AIUSA) Excerpts/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142081992 October-1993 January122Friedlander Reports on Chad to Chad Coordinators/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142091988 May-1992 December123Chad and West Africa Coordinator Group Six-Month Internal Reports/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142101984 January-1990 January124Chad Files--West and Central African Regional Action Networks/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142111983 April-1992 September125Urgent Actions/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142121987 July-1992 November126AI Medical Actions/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142131990-1991127AIUSA Publication--"Chad: An Introduction"/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142141984128Summary of Events—West and Central Africa Research Team/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142151988-1992129Africa Region--Planning and Priorities/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142161990130List of Chad Government Authorities/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142171984-1992131Country Dossier List/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142181987-1991132Chad Memos Attached to AI News Releases/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142191987 August-1990 June133Review of Country Work/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142201988 December-1993 February134SubSeries I.5: General Chad Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142211989-1992Scope and ContentsThis small subseries contains US State Department reports, petitions, and Chad government documents.
US State Department--Reports on Chad/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142221990-1992135Documents from Government of Chad/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142231989 August-1992 February136Petitions Regarding Extra-Judicial Executions/repositories/2/archival_objects/1314224undated137Series II: General Uruguay Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142251976-1983Scope and ContentsThis series contains correspondence with AIUSA groups, information on Chad actions, and articles.
Correspondence with AIUSA Iowa City Co-Group/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142261980138Correspondence from Friedlander to Uruguay Government/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142271981 May-1983 August139AI/IS Internal Memos Regarding Uruguay Actions/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142281976 December-1982 July140Human Rights Report on Uruguay by US Department of State/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142291980 February 4141Articles Regarding Uruguay/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142301981"Loans Scandal Shakes Uruguay" International Herald Tribune/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142311981 May 5142"Plans to Liquidate POC's--Uruguay," AI Newsletter/repositories/2/archival_objects/1314232undated143Series III: Liberia/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142331979-1993Scope and ContentsThis series contains Urgent Actions, meeting information, newsletters, publications, and other material on Liberia.
Correspondence to Friedlander Regarding Liberia/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142341990 March-1992 July144Correspondence from Friedlander Regarding Liberia/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142351990 December-1992 October145Correspondence from US Citizens Interested in AI/Liberia/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142361984 August-1989 February146Memos from Friedlander to Gormaz Regarding Liberia Watch Meetings/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142371990 December-1991 September147Liberia Watch Meeting Minutes/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142381991 June-1992 December148Liberia Watch Newsletters/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142391990 December-1992 March149West African Regional Network Actions/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142401984 October-1992 October150AI/IS Refugee Coordinator Circulars/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142411991 March-1992 February151AI/IS Urgent Actions/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142421984 April-1992 November152Correspondence to Liberian Officials from AI/IS, US Congress/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142431988-1992153Meeting Between AI/IS and Liberian Ambassador/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142441987 April 2154AI/IS Internal Telex--Correspondence Regarding Liberia/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142451983 July-1991 September155AI/IS Government Authorities, Country Dossier Checklists/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142461987, 1991156Non-AI Urgent Action Requests/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142471984-1988157Document from Republic of Liberia/Joint Security Forces/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142481988 March 22158Documents from Republic of Liberia/People's Redemption Council/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142491981-1983159Documents from Republic of Liberia/Interim Government of National Unity/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142501990 October-1992 August160Objectives and Principles of the Liberian People's Party/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142511984 August 13161Testimony and Correspondence to Congressional Subcommittee on Africa/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142521984-1985162Country Reports on Human Rights Practices--US Department of State/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142531989-1991163Testimony for HR. 994 Liberian Relief, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Act of 1991 (US Congress)/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142541991164NGO Material--Liberia/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142551984-1992165AI Published Material--Liberia/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142561979-1992166United Nations Publications--Liberia/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142571991-1992167Human Rights Watch Publications--Liberia/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142581986-1993168Liberia--Periodicals, Newspapers, Articles/repositories/2/archival_objects/13142591984-1992169