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Annual Report: Nigeria 2011
Head of state and government: Goodluck Jonathan (replaced Umaru Musa Yar'Adua in February) Death penalty: retentionist Population: 158.3 million Life expectancy: 48.4 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 190/184 per 1,000 Adult…
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Annual Report: Zimbabwe 2011
Head of state and government: Robert Mugabe Death penalty: retentionist Population: 12.6 million Life expectancy: 47 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 100/88 per 1,000 Adult literacy: 91.4 per cent Police continued…
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Annual Report: United States Of America 2011
Head of state and government: Barack H. Obama Death penalty: retentionist Population: 317.6 million Life expectancy: 79.6 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 7/8 per 1,000 Forty-six people were executed during 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,…
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Annual Report: Colombia 2011
Head of state and government: Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (replaced Álvaro Uribe Vélez in August) Death penalty: abolitionist for all crimes Population: 46.3 million Life expectancy: 73.4 years Under-5 mortality…
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Environmental Activists Shot to Death in Brazil
Environmental Activists are being threatened and killed in a region of Brazil where 98% of the murders of the past decade remain unpunished.
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Syria Must Protect Children in Protests, Amid New Reports of Brutal Deaths, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International called on Syrian authorities today to protect child protesters as new video evidence showed the bodies of young people who had been tortured and killed.
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Hired gunmen threaten rural communities in Brazil
Brazilian authorities must investigate acts of violence and intimidation by hired gunmen against rural workers in the north of the country, Amnesty International said today, amid ongoing threats targeting two…
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Brazilian Authorities Must Investigate Hired Gunmen Threatening Rural Communities, Says Amnesty International
Brazilian authorities must investigate acts of violence and intimidation by hired gunmen against rural workers in the north of the country, Amnesty International said today, amid ongoing threats targeting two…
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Amnesty International Says In Addition to Mubarak and Sons, Others Responsible for Killing Protesters Must be Brought to Justice, Including Military
With the announcement that former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons will stand trial for the killings of anti-government protesters, Amnesty International called on authorities today to prosecute…
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Amnesty International Says In Addition to Mubarak and Sons, Others Responsible for Killing Protesters Must be Brought to Justice, Including Military
With the announcement that former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons will stand trial for the killings of anti-government protesters, Amnesty International called on authorities today to prosecute…
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The Long Fight for Justice in Egypt after Mubarak
Egyptian authorities must provide justice to victims of violent repression during mass protests earlier this year. Amnesty's new report documents abuses that led to at least 840 deaths.