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Annual Report: Saudi Arabia 2011
Head of state and government: King Abdullah bin 'Abdul 'Aziz Al-Saud Death penalty: retentionist Population: 26.2 million Life expectancy: 73.3…
June 20, 2011
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Annual Report: Brazil 2011
Head of state and government: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Death penalty: abolitionist for ordinary crimes Population: 195.4 million Life…
June 20, 2011
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Annual Report: North Korea 2011
Head of state: Kim Jong-il Head of government: Choe Yong-rim (replaced Kim Yong-il in June) Death penalty: retentionist Population: 24…
June 20, 2011
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Annual Report: India 2011
Head of state: Pratibha Patil Head of government: Manmohan Singh Death penalty: retentionist Population: 1,214.5 million Life expectancy: 64.4 years…
June 20, 2011
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Annual Report: Indonesia 2011
Head of state and government: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Death penalty: retentionist Population: 232.5 million Life expectancy: 71.5 years Under-5 mortality…
June 20, 2011
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Annual Report: Sri Lanka 2011
Head of state and government: Mahinda Rajapaksa Death penalty: abolitionist in practice Population: 20.4 million Life expectancy: 74.4 years Under-5…
June 20, 2011
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Annual Report: Russian Federation 2011
Head of state: Dmitry Medvedev Head of government: Vladimir Putin Death penalty: abolitionist in practice Population: 140.4 million Life expectancy:…
June 20, 2011
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Annual Report: Ukraine 2011
Head of state: Viktor Yanukovich (replaced Viktor Yushchenko in February) Head of government: Mykola Azarov (replaced Yuliya Timoshenko in March)…
June 20, 2011
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Sri Lanka must not torture rejected asylum seekers
The Sri Lankan authorities must refrain from any ill-treatment of a group of rejected asylum seekers who arrived in Colombo…
June 17, 2011
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Amnesty International Says Sri Lanka Must Not Torture Rejected Asylum Seekers
The Sri Lankan authorities must refrain from any ill-treatment of a group of rejected asylum seekers who arrived in Colombo…
June 17, 2011
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Amnesty International Urges Mexico to Investigate Disappearances of Men Seized by Navy
Contact: Wende Gozan Brown at 212-633-4247, [email protected]. (London) -- Mexican civilian authorities must urgently investigate the disappearance of a man…
June 17, 2011
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Guatemalan Authorities Must Investigate Murders of Political Candidates, Says Amnesty International
Guatemalan authorities must promptly and fully investigate the murders of three men running for mayor, Amnesty International said today after…
June 17, 2011