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H U M A NR I G H T SW A T C HWORLD
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Copyright © 2014 Human Rights Watc
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WORLD REPORT 2012HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
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WORLD REPORT 2014Table of ContentsF
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WORLD REPORT 2014Burma 305Cambodia
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WORLD REPORT 2014ForewordWorld Repo
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WORLD REPORT 2014The rest of the vo
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WORLD REPORT 2014In the midst of al
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WORLD REPORT 2014to permit humanita
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WORLD REPORT 2014and the Obama admi
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WORLD REPORT 2014an effort to use t
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WORLD REPORT 2014killings by drones
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AFRICAConduct of the Security Force
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AFRICAKenyaKenya’s closely contes
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AFRICANew laws were introduced that
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AFRICApolice funds, often demanding
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AFRICAFreedom of Expression and Med
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AFRICARwandaRwanda adopted a number
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AFRICAFreedom of MediaNew media law
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AFRICARefugees from RwandaSome Rwan
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AFRICASomaliaCivilians continue to
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AFRICAdon. The newspaper’s leader
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AFRICASouth AfricaSouth Africa cont
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AFRICAIn May 2011, the Department o
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AFRICARights of Asylum SeekersIn de
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AFRICASouth SudanSouth Sudan’s se
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AFRICAKiir removed governors of Uni
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AFRICAethnic Salamat villages in Ce
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AFRICAAuthorities have obstructed g
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AFRICAlittle progress addressing Su
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AFRICAin exceptional cases to suppo
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AFRICAKey International ActorsThrou
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WORLD REPORT 2014ArgentinaIn 2013,
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WORLD REPORT 2014the National Penit
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WORLD REPORT 2014BrazilBrazil is am
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WORLD REPORT 2014ChileThe administr
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WORLD REPORT 2014ColombiaColombia
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WORLD REPORT 2014HondurasHonduras s
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WORLD REPORT 2012VenezuelaThe April
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ASIA• A call by Abdul Rahman Hota
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ASIAand governmental proposals in E
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ASIAKey International ActorsInterna
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ASIAIn July 2013, the United Nation
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ASIAAlarmingly, Australian law allo
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ASIAannounced a gift of two patrol
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ASIABurmaBurma’s uneven reform pr
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ASIAvisit to the region by Presiden
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ASIAabuses against civilians persis
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ASIACambodiaCambodia became engulfe
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ASIAChinaRapid socio-economic chang
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ASIAFreedom of Assembly and Associa
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ASIAmortem examination found 52 inj
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ASIAThe Malaysian government took n
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ASIArelated violations. The law doe
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ASIAruption, despite the fact it ha
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ASIANorth KoreaThere has been no di
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ASIAshows. Unauthorized use of Chin
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ASIAThe April HRC resolution establ
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ASIAElectionsDuring the election ca
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ASIAJudicial Activism and Independe
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ASIAan election rally. In August, t
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ASIAPapua New GuineaHuman rights co
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ASIACorruptionCorruption remains a
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ASIAPhilippinesAs Philippine Presid
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ASIAExtrajudicial Killings and Enfo
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ASIAworkers by prohibiting them fro
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ASIASri LankaThe Sri Lankan governm
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ASIAThailandThe government of Prime
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ASIAthat made negative references t
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ASIAhuman rights defenders have bee
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ASIAVietnamThe human rights situati
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ASIAFreedom of Assembly, Associatio
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WORLD REPORT 2014ArmeniaPresident S
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WORLD REPORT 2014abused him in cust
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WORLD REPORT 2014Sexual Orientation
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WORLD REPORT 2014AzerbaijanThe Azer
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WORLD REPORT 2014GeorgiaThe October
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTSDewa Mavhinga, Andre