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Guatemala: No protection, no justice: killings of women (an update)
Since 2001 over 2,200 women and girls have been murdered in Guatemala and the rate of murders is on the increase. Between 1 January 2006 and 5 May according to…
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Mexico: Justice fails in Ciudad Juarez and the city of Chihuahua
The Governor of the state of Chihuahua in Mexico said recently that international attention on the situation in Ciudad...
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USA: Excessive and lethal force? Amnesty International’s concerns about deaths and ill-treatment involving police use of Tasers
In the past three years, more than 70 people are reported to have died in the USA and Canada after being struck by M26 or...
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Sudan: Darfur: Rape as a weapon of war: sexual violence and its consequences
This report finds that rape and other forms of sexual violence in Darfur are being used as a weapon of war in order to...
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Uganda: Breaking the circle: Protecting human rights in the northern war zone
The war in northern Uganda is in its thirteenth year. The districts of Gulu and Kitgum, home of the Acholi ethnic group,...
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Uganda: “Breaking God’s commands”: The destruction of childhood by the Lord’s Resistance Army
The organization has chosen to issue this report about abuses against children (mainly by the LRA) because thousands of...
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Iran: The last executioner of children
Iran has the status of being the world's last official executioner of children. Amnesty International is publishing this report...
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Indonesia: Briefing to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Women and girl domestic workers
This briefing to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women focuses on the lack of protection of women...
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Death Penalty in 2010: Executing countries left isolated after decade of progress
In the last decade, more than 30 countries have abolished the death penalty in law or practice. Fifty-eight countries worldwide now retain the death penalty for ordinary crimes, and less…
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Annual Report: Pakistan 2010
Head of state Asif Ali Zardari Head of government Yousuf Raza Gilani Death penalty retentionist Population 180.8 million Life expectancy 66.2 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 85/94 per 1,000 Adult literacy…
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Annual Report: Palestinian Authority 2010
Head of state Mahmoud Abbas Head of government Salam Fayyad Death penalty retentionist Population 4.3 million Life expectancy 73.3 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 23/18 per 1,000 Adult literacy 93.8 per…
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Annual Report: Peru 2010
Head of state and government Alan García Peréz Death penalty abolitionist for ordinary crimes Population 29.2 million Life expectancy 73 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 38/27 per 1,000 Adult literacy 89.6…