18/10/2000 (Agence Europe) - In view of the third "Asem Summit" (see yesterday's EUROPE, pages 11 and 12), Lotte Leicht, Director of Human Rights Watch, in Brussels, has urged European and Asian leaders to "make a priority of exploring joint action to end serious abuses that affect both regions" regarding human rights. The economic and trade cooperation agreement would be easier were these countries to combat such abuses together, she says, noting that the Asian economic crisis had...