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Annual Report: Guyana 2013

REPUBLIC OF GUYANA Head of state and government Donald Ramotar Alleged unlawful killings by police continued to be reported. At…

May 20, 2013

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Annual Report: Haiti 2013

REPUBLIC OF HAITI Head of state Michel Joseph Martelly Head of government Laurent Lamothe More than 320,000 people made homeless…

May 20, 2013

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Annual Report: Honduras 2013

Republic of Honduras Head of state and government Porfirio Lobo Sosa Human rights defenders continued to be threatened, attacked and…

May 20, 2013

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Annual Report: Hungary 2013

HUNGARY Head of state János Áder (replaced Pál Schmitt in May) Head of government Viktor Orbán A new Constitution entered…

May 20, 2013

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Annual Report: India 2013

Republic of India Head of state Pranab Kumar Mukherjee (replaced Pratibha Patil) Head of government Manmohan Singh Torture and other…

May 20, 2013

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Annual Report: Iraq 2013

Republic of Iraq Head of state Jalal Talabani Head of government Nuri al-Maliki Thousands of people were detained; hundreds were…

May 20, 2013

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Annual Report: Jamaica 2013

Jamaica Head of state Queen Elizabeth II, Head of government Portia Simpson Miller High levels of gang-related murders and killings…

May 20, 2013

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Annual Report: Japan 2013

Japan Head of government ShinzĹŤ Abe (replaced Yoshihiko Noda) Police abuse and irregularities in police interrogations took place in Japan's…

May 20, 2013

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Annual Report: Kazakhstan 2013

Republic of Kazakhstan Head of state Nursultan Nazarbaev Head of government Serik Akhmetov (replaced Karim Massimov) A criminal investigation into…

May 20, 2013

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Annual Report: Kenya 2013

REPUBLIC OF KENYA Head of state and government Mwai Kibaki Freedom of assembly and expression were attacked. Impunity persisted for…

May 20, 2013

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Annual Report: North Korea 2013

Democratic People's Republic of Korea Head of state Kim Jong-un Head of government Choe Yong-rim Systematic human rights violations remained…

May 20, 2013

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Annual Report: South Korea 2013

Republic of Korea Head of state Lee Myung-bak Head of government Kim Hwang-sik The National Security Law (NSL) was increasingly…

May 20, 2013