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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…
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Annual Report: Sierra Leone 2011
Head of state and government: Ernest Bai Koroma Death penalty: retentionist Population: 5.8 million Life expectancy: 48.2 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 160/136 per 1,000 Adult literacy: 39.8 per cent The…
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Annual Report: Afghanistan 2011
Head of state and government: Hamid Karzai Death penalty: retentionist Population: 29.1 million Life expectancy: 44.6 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 233/238 per 1,000 Conflict-related violence, and attendant human rights violations,…
Update
Role of women in protests in Yemen
Women in Yemen are fighting on two fronts. They are on the frontlines speaking up against torture, rampant poverty, corruption and lack of freedom; but they also fight on a…
Press Release
USA: USA to provide effective remedies to violence against women and girls with the introduction of I-VAWA
Amnesty International USA today applauded the introduction of legislation to combat the global crisis of violence against...
Press Release
USA: USA to provide effective remedies to violence against women and girls with the introduction of I-VAWA
Amnesty International USA today applauded the introduction of legislation to combat the global crisis of violence against...
Press Release
Afghanistan: On Eve of London Conference, Amnesty International Says Human Rights Must be Guaranteed during Taliban Talks
UN Secretary, Karzai and other leaders to discuss security arrangements including reintegrating moderate elements of the...
Press Release
Afghanistan: On Eve of London Conference, Amnesty International Says Human Rights Must be Guaranteed during Taliban Talks
UN Secretary, Karzai and other leaders to discuss security arrangements including reintegrating moderate elements of the...
Report
Myanmar: The repression of ethnic minority activists in Myanmar
Report embargoed until 04.00 GMT 16 February 2010. Later this year, Myanmar will hold its first national and local elections...
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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...
Report
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...