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Equatorial Guinea
More than 1,000 families in Equatorial Guinea have been forcibly evicted from their homes to make room for roads, up-market housing and hotels and shopping centers since 2003.
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Mozambique
Amnesty International works to stop Mozambique human rights violations. Mozambique human rights abuses can end with your support.
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Niger
Amnesty International has several concerns in Niger. More than 230 soldiers, arrested following a failed mutiny in 2002, and remained in detention without trial. Journalists continued to be targeted in…
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Nigeria
Police continued to commit with impunity a wide range of human rights violations, including unlawful killings, torture and other ill-treatment, and enforced disappearances.
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Somalia
Since the overthrow of Siad Barre's 21-year government in January 1991, civil conflict has torn Somalia apart, leading to the collapse of the state and the economy.
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South Africa
Increased incidents of torture and extrajudicial executions by police were reported in 2010. Refugees and migrants continued to suffer discrimination and displacement in large-scale incidents of violence.
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Tanzania
alks between the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party and the opposition Civic United Front regarding power-sharing and legal and electoral reform in semiautonomous Zanzibar, which broke down in 2008, were…
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Uganda
Law enforcement officials were not held to account for human rights violations including unlawful killings, torture and other ill-treatment. The government attacked freedom of expression and press freedom. Despite a…
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Brazil
Amnesty International works to stop Brazil human rights violations. Brazil human rights abuses can end with your support.
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Success! Senate Holds Powerful Hearing on Women's Rights
Exciting news in the struggle to ratify CEDAW: the Senate is finally moving forward to ratify the Treaty for the Rights of Women, or CEDAW. Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s…
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Female Domestic Workers Must Be Protected in Indonesia
The maternal mortality rate in Indonesia is one of the highest in the East Asia Pacific Region, particularly affecting domestic workers. Join us in urging Indonesia to pass critical legislation…
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Homophobic Hate Crimes Spreading Throughout Brazil
Although Sao Paulo hosted in 2010 the biggest gay parade in the world, with over 3.3 million people, Brazil suffers from one of the highest numbers of hate crimes in…