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Annual Report: El Salvador 2011
Head of state and government: Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena Death penalty: abolitionist for ordinary crimes Population: 6.2 million Life expectancy: 72 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 29/23 per 1,000 Adult literacy:…
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Annual Report: China 2011
Head of state: Hu Jintao Head of government: Wen Jiabao Death penalty: retentionist Population: 1,354.1 million Life expectancy: 73.5 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 25/35 per 1,000 The Chinese government…
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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 million Life expectancy: 67.7 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 63/63 per…
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Mexico urged to investigate disappearances of men seized by navy
The Mexican civilian authorities must urgently investigate the enforced disappearance of a man detained by members of the Mexican Navy in the state of Tamaulipas last week, Amnesty International has…
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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 on Friday after being forcibly returned from the UK, Amnesty…
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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 on Friday after being forcibly returned from the United Kingdom,…
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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 detained by members of the Mexican Navy in the state…
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Sri Lanka's Killing Fields
A new documentary about the final months of Sri Lanka's civil war provides powerful new evidence of the need for an international investigation into war crimes and other human rights…
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China must arrest Sudanese President
The Chinese government should immediately withdraw its invitation to Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, and arrest him if he travels to Beijing, Amnesty International said today.
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Amnesty International Urges China to Arrest Sudanese President
Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) – The Chinese government should immediately withdraw its invitation to Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and arrest him if he travels to Beijing, Amnesty…
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Deliverance From Torture
The US has been long on rhetoric and short on action for too long. Torture is a crime and impunity is unacceptable.
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Annual Report: Sudan 2011
Head of state and government: Omar Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir Death penalty: retentionist Population: 43.2 million Life expectancy: 58.9 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 117/104 per 1,000 Adult literacy: 69.3 per…