Iraq:
any formal political activity must be sanctioned by the
government; opposition to regime from Kurdish groups and southern
Shi'a dissidents
Ireland:
NA
Israel:
Gush Emunim, Israeli nationalists advocating Jewish
settlement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip; Peace Now supports
territorial concessions in the West Bank and is critical of
government's Lebanon policy
Italy:
Italian manufacturers and merchants associations
(Confindustria, Confcommercio); organized farm groups
(Confcoltivatori, Confagricoltura); Roman Catholic Church; three
major trade union confederations (Confederazione Generale Italiana
del Lavoro or CGIL [Sergio COFFERATI] which is left wing,
Confederazione Italiana dei Sindacati Lavoratori or CISL [Sergio
D'ANTONI] which is Catholic centrist, and Unione Italiana del Lavoro
or UIL [Pietro LARIZZA] which is lay centrist)
Jamaica:
New Beginnings Movement or NBM; Rastafarians (black
religious/racial cultists, pan-Africanists)
Japan:
NA
Jersey:
none
Jordan:
Council of Professional Association Presidents [Ahmad
al-QADIRI, chairman]; Jordanian Press Association [Sayf al-SHARIF,
president]; Muslim Brotherhood [Abd-al-Majid DHUNAYBAT, secretary
general]
Kazakhstan:
Kazakhstan International Bureau on Human Rights
[Yevgeniy ZHOVTIS, executive director]
Kenya:
human rights groups; labor unions; Muslim organizations;
National Convention Executive Council or NCEC, a proreform coalition
of political parties and nongovernment organizations [Kivutha
KIBWANA]; Protestant National Council of Churches of Kenya or NCCK
[Mutava MUSYIMI]; Roman Catholic and other Christian churches;
Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims or SUPKEM [Shaykh Abdul Gafur
al-BUSAIDY, chairman]