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]
Kiribati:
NA
Korea, North:
NA
Korea, South:
Federation of Korean Industries; Federation of Korean
Trade Unions; Korean Confederation of Trade Unions; Korean National
Council of Churches; Korean Traders Association; Korean Veterans'
Association; National Council of Labor Unions; National Democratic
Alliance of Korea; National Federation of Farmers' Associations;
National Federation of Student Associations
Kuwait:
several political groups act as de facto parties: Bedouins,
merchants, Sunni and Shi'a activists, and secular leftists and
nationalists
Kyrgyzstan:
Council of Free Trade Unions; Kyrgyz Committee on Human
Rights [Ramazan DYRYIDAYEV]; National Unity Democratic Movement;
Union of Entrepreneurs
Laos:
noncommunist political groups proscribed; most opposition
leaders fled the country in 1975
Latvia:
NA
Lebanon:
NA
Lesotho:
NA
Liberia:
NA
Libya:
various Arab nationalist movements with almost negligible
memberships may be functioning clandestinely, as well as some
Islamic elements
Liechtenstein:
NA
Lithuania:
NA
Luxembourg:
ABBL (bankers' association); ALEBA (financial sector
trade union); Centrale Paysanne (federation of agricultural
producers)
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