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Annual Report: Guinea-Bissau 2013
REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU Head of state Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo (replaced Raimundo Pereira) Head of government Rui Duarte de Barros (replaced Carlos Gomes Júnior) The political situation deteriorated sharply following the…
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Annual Report: Haiti 2013
REPUBLIC OF HAITI Head of state Michel Joseph Martelly Head of government Laurent Lamothe More than 320,000 people made homeless by the January 2010 earthquake remained displaced during 2012. Thousands…
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Annual Report: India 2013
Republic of India Head of state Pranab Kumar Mukherjee (replaced Pratibha Patil) Head of government Manmohan Singh Torture and other ill-treatment, extrajudicial executions, deaths in custody and arbitrary detentions persisted.…
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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: Iran 2013
Islamic Republic of Iran Head of state Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei Head of government Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President) The authorities maintained severe restrictions on freedoms of expression, association and assembly. Dissidents…
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Annual Report: Iraq 2013
Republic of Iraq Head of state Jalal Talabani Head of government Nuri al-Maliki Thousands of people were detained; hundreds were sentenced to death or prison terms, many after unfair trials…
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Annual Report: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories 2013
State of Israel Head of state Shimon Peres Head of government Benjamin Netanyahu The Israeli authorities held more than 4,500 Palestinian prisoners, including 178 administrative detainees at the end of…
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Annual Report: Kenya 2013
REPUBLIC OF KENYA Head of state and government Mwai Kibaki Freedom of assembly and expression were attacked. Impunity persisted for both past and current human rights violations, including unlawful killings.…
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As the World Celebrates IDAHO, Homophobia in Russia is on the Rise
Today, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals and activists around the world will recognize the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO).
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Annual Report: Central African Republic 2013
Central African Republic Head of state François Bozizé Head of government Faustin Archange Touadéra The people of the Central African Republic remained at grave risk of abuse and violence, as…
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Annual Report: Chad 2013
Republic of Chad Head of state Idriss Déby Itno Head of government Emmanuel Djelassem Nadingar Trade unionists, journalists and human rights defenders were intimidated and the criminal justice system was…
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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…