Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990010314

President. let me say the report is largely comprised of excerpts from interviews conducted by Helsinki Watch with eyewitnesses to the Soviet brutalization of the people of Afghanistanthat is. by eyewitnesses. I mean reporters. Western reporters. and Afghan refugees who were interviewed in the refugee camps in Pakistan. I point out also. in the same breath. Mr. President. that because of the Soviet invasion and continued occupation of that country. because of deliberate policies designed to induce famine. disease. and every form of suffering. fully onethird of the people of Afghanistan have now been driven out of that country. fully onethird are now in refugee camps in Pakistan and Iraq. Indeed. the Afghan refugees constitute the largest single group of refugees in the entire world. numbering in the vicinity of 4 million. Reading from chapter III. "Mass Destruction in the Countryside:" We went along the asphalt road from Iran to Herat. The desert on the Iranian side was absolutely covered In track marks. the hooves of horses. of donkeys. of camels. footmarks. bicycle marks. you name it.
Keywords matched
refugee refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
GORDON HUMPHREY
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NH
Gender
M
Date
1985-03-05
Speech ID
990010314
Paragraph
#0
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