61. U.S. law forbids importing goods made by prison or forced labor and was designed to curb human rights abuses and to protect U.S. businesses and laborers from unfair competition. 62. Under former President Clinton, the Treasury Department embarked on an aggressive effort to curb abuses and unsuccessfully lobbied Congress for broad new legal powers to pursue violators. 63. Western nations and human rights organizations have since then been pressuring the junta to restore democracy and curb human rights abuses. 64. Wolfowitz said the Indonesian military must curb human rights abuses and ensure civilian control. 65. Zhao, the spokeswoman, said the commission would continue to reform the system to make it less coercive and curb abuses. 66. Iranian and Iraqi officials called here Tuesday for a revision of the UN and US sanctions against their countries and Libya to curb abuses in their implementation. |