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Sri Lanka
War crimes, enforced disappearances, torture, arbitrary detention, impunity for past abuses, repression of journalists and human rights defenders
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Report from Cote d'Ivoire
After spending four weeks in Côte d’Ivoire investigating human rights violations, our research team just returned a few days ago with a gruesome report. Since the November 2010 elections, human…
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Women of Atenco
After being arrested without explanation during a 2006 protest, dozens of women were sexually assaulted by the police officers who detained them. These brave survivors are still waiting for justice.
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Anna Politkovskaya
Russian journalist and human rights defender Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead near her home on October 7, 2006. Those responsible for the murder have not been brought to justice.
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Angola
Angola is an oil rich nation in southern Africa rising from a decades' long civil war to become an emerging force in the world economic market. Rapid economic development has…
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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso faces a crisis in maternal care, with a maternal mortality rate of 332 deaths per 100,000 births, ranking it 137th in the world.
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Central African Republic
While efforts have been made to end the armed conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR), civilians in the northern part of the country and displaced Central Africans in neighboring…
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Chad
Share: On This Page The following information is based mainly on the Amnesty International Report 2022/23 and other reports issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International. It presents Amnesty…
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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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Gabon
Gabonese citizens have only limited ability to criticize or change their government. A number of opposition members were arrested arbitrarily without warrants after protesting the conduct and result of the…
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Gambia
Enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, attacks on freedom of expression and a climate of impunity are significant human rights concerns in The Gambia.
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Guinea
Despite a clear pattern of violence and human rights violations committed by Guinean security forces in recent years, a number of governments, including the US, France and China, and companies…