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Annual Report: Qatar 2011

Head of state: Shaikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani Head of government: Shaikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani Death penalty:…

July 13, 2011

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Annual Report: Yemen 2011

Head of state: ‘Ali Abdullah Saleh Head of government: Ali Mohammed Mujawar Death penalty: retentionist Population: 24.3 million Life expectancy:…

July 13, 2011

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Annual Report: Kuwait 2011

Head of state: al-Shaikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah Head of government: al-Shaikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah Death penalty: retentionist Population:…

July 13, 2011

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Annual Report: Morocco/Western Sahara 2011

Head of state: King Mohamed VI Head of government: Abbas El Fassi Death penalty: abolitionist in practice Population: 32.4 million…

July 13, 2011

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Annual Report: Palestinian Authority 2011

Head of state: Mahmoud Abbas Head of government: Salam Fayyad Death penalty: retentionist Population: 4.4 million Life expectancy: 73.9 years…

July 13, 2011

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Amnesty International Responds to News Reports that the CIA is Involved in Secret Detention Site in Somalia

Amnesty International USA issued the following statement in response to news reports that the CIA has been involved in operating…

July 13, 2011

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Amnesty International Calls Israel Anti-Boycott Law an Attack on Freedom of Expression

A law passed by the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) making it an offense to call for a boycott against the state…

July 12, 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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Annual Report: France 2011

Head of state: Nicolas Sarkozy Head of government: François Fillon Death penalty: abolitionist for all crimes Population: 62.6 million Life…

July 11, 2011

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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: 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: 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