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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 expectancy: 68.2 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 63/53 per 1,000 Adult…
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Happy Birthday South Sudan!
Today, South Sudan becomes the world’s newest country. Back in January 2011, the people of South Sudan voted in a referendum mandated by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and decided to…
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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 crimes Population: 29.9 million Life expectancy: 67.5 years Under-5 mortality…
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Annual Report: Thailand 2011
Head of state: King Bhumibol Adulyadej Head of government: Abhisit Vejjajiva Death penalty: retentionist Population: 68.1 million Life expectancy: 69.3 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 13/8 per 1,000 Adult literacy: 93.5…
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Annual Report: Cambodia 2011
Head of state: King Norodom Sihamoni Head of government: Hun Sen Death penalty: abolitionist for all crimes Population: 15.1 million Life expectancy: 62.2 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 92/85 per 1,000…
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Annual Report: Philippines 2011
Head of state and government: Benigno S. Aquino III (replaced Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in June) Death penalty: abolitionist for all crimes Population: 93.6 million Life expectancy: 72.3 years Under-5 mortality (m/f):…
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Using Border Agents as Translators Has Tragic Consequences
Many local police across the US rely on federal immigration agents to provide translation services, a practice that is not only inappropriate, but can have deadly repercussions.
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Annual Report: Bangladesh 2011
Head of state: Zillur Rahman Head of government: Sheikh Hasina Death penalty: retentionist Population: 164.4 million Life expectancy: 66.9 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 58/56 per 1,000 Adult literacy: 55 per…
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What the Fourth of July Is All About
The Obama administration's new National Strategy for Counterterrorism, although a welcome step forward, needs to correspond with their actions.
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Maher Arar, Bradley Manning and the Sad State of the U.S. Justice System
What the US government did to Maher Arar is atrocious. But is our government’s treatment of Arar so different from what it routinely does to its own citizens, minus the…
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Bad News For Accountability For Detainee Abuse At Abu Ghraib
With recent Supreme Court ruling and closure of the US investigation of 101 cases of detainee abuse, chapter closes on accountability of private military contractors for abuses at Abu Ghraib.
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Annual Report: Chile 2011
Head of state and government: Sebastián Piñera (replaced Michelle Bachelet in March) Death penalty: abolitionist for all crimes Population: 17.1 million Life expectancy: 78.8 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 10/8 per…