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Annual Report: Syria 2010
Head of state Bashar al-Assad Head of government Muhammad Naji al-’Otri Death penalty retentionist Population 29.1 million Life expectancy 74.1 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 2/16 per 1,000 Adult literacy 83.1 per cent The government remained intolerant of dissent. Critics, human rights defenders, alleged opponents of the government and others were detained, often for prolonged periods; some were sentenced to prison terms after unfair trials. Torture and other illtreatment remained common, and were committed with impunity; there were several suspicious deaths in custody. The government failed to clarify the circumstances in which prisoners were killed at Sednaya Military Prison in 2008…
March 19, 2011