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Annual Report: Nepal 2013
FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF NEPAL Head of state Ram Baran Yadav Head of government Baburam Bhattarai Impunity was further entrenched as the government promoted alleged perpetrators of human rights violations…
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Annual Report: Pakistan 2013
Islamic Republic of Pakistan Head of state Asif Ali Zardari Head of government Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (replaced Yousaf Raza Gillani) The Pakistani Taliban's assassination attempt on a teenage human rights…
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Annual Report: Slovakia 2013
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Head of state Ivan Gašparovič Head of government Robert Fico (replaced Iveta Radičová) Discrimination against Roma persisted. The European Court of Human Rights held that a hospital had…
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Annual Report: Mali 2013
REPUBLIC OF MALI Interim head of state Diouncounda Traoré (replaced Amadou Toumani Touré) Interim head of government Django Cissoko (replaced Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé) The armed conflict in the north…
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Annual Report: Finland 2013
Republic of Finland Head of state Sauli Niinistö (replaced Tarja Halonen) Head of government Jyrki Katainen Asylum-seekers faced detention in unsuitable facilities. An investigation began into Finland's involvement in the…
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Annual Report: Indonesia 2013
Republic of Indonesia Head of state and government Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Security forces faced persistent allegations of human rights violations, including torture and other ill-treatment and excessive use of force…
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Annual Report: Ireland 2013
Republic of Ireland Head of state Michael D. Higgins Head of government Enda Kenny Conditions in a young offender institution were heavily criticized. Calls were renewed to regulate access to…
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Annual Report: Chile 2013
Republic of Chile Head of state and government Sebastián Piñera Echenique Consultation with Indigenous Peoples on projects that affect them remained inadequate. A law to prevent and punish discrimination was…
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Annual Report: Dominican Republic 2013
Dominican Republic Head of state and government Danilo Medina Sánchez The number of unlawful killings by police remained high. People of Haitian descent continued to be denied identity documents. Violence…
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Annual Report: Afghanistan 2013
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Head of state and government Hamid Karzai Thousands of civilians continued to suffer from targeted and indiscriminate attacks by armed opposition groups, with international and national…
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This Mother’s Day, It Was Motherhood, Not Rape, That Made Congo the Worst Place to Be a Woman
The gross abuses associated with wartime violence against women don’t even factor into Congo’s ranking; the report cites among the highest rates of maternal mortality, child mortality, poverty, poor education…
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World Water Day: Celebrating Women’s Rights
Every year, 40 billion working hours are lost to water collection worldwide, mostly by women and girls. This violates their rights to employment and education by taking up time and…