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Annual Report: Azerbaijan 2011
Head of state: Ilham Aliyev Head of government: Artur Rasizade Death penalty: abolitionist for all crimes Population: 8.9 million Life…
July 11, 2011
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Annual Report: Bosnia And Herzegovina 2011
Head of state: rotating presidency - Željko Komšić, Nebojša Radmanović, Bakir Izetbegović (replaced Haris Silajdzic in November) Head of government:…
July 11, 2011
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Annual Report: Italy 2011
Head of state: Giorgio Napolitano Head of government: Silvio Berlusconi Death penalty: abolitionist for all crimes Population: 60.1 million Life…
July 11, 2011
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Annual Report: Turkey 2011
Head of state: Abdullah Gül Head of government: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Death penalty: abolitionist for all crimes Population: 75.7 million…
July 11, 2011
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Annual Report: Sweden 2011
Head of state: King Carl XVI Gustaf Head of government: Fredrik Reinfeldt Death penalty: abolitionist for all crimes Population: 9.3…
July 11, 2011
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Annual Report: Greece 2011
Head of state: Karolos Papoulias Head of government: George Papandreou Death penalty: abolitionist for all crimes Population: 11.2 million Life…
July 11, 2011
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Annual Report: Uzbekistan 2011
Head of state: Islam Karimov Head of government: Shavkat Mirzioiev Death penalty: abolitionist for all crimes Population: 27.8 million Life…
July 11, 2011
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Malaysia: Police use brutal tactics against peaceful protesters
The UK government must press Malaysia’s Prime Minister on freedom of assembly in his visit this week, Amnesty International said…
July 11, 2011
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in Turkey Demand Equality
On June 25, 2010 thousands of people – among them lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) men and women, members…
July 8, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Says Pakistan Orders to ‘Shoot on Sight’ Declare Karachi a War Zone
Sam Zarifi, Asia-Pacific director for Amnesty International issued the following statement in response to news that Pakistan authorities ordered 1,000…
July 8, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges United Nations to Act to Control Arms to Sudan’s Southern Kordofan
United Nations member states must act to control arms shipments to volatile regions like Sudan's Southern Kordofan, Amnesty International said…
July 8, 2011
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Annual Report: Nepal 2011
Head of state: Ram Baran Yadav Head of government: Madhav Kumar Nepal (interim since June) Death penalty: abolitionist for all…
July 7, 2011