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- Page 5 and 6: CONTENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 Abbr
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- Page 9: PREFACE The Amnesty International R
- Page 13 and 14: wake of one of the bloodiest period
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- Page 17 and 18: Remembrance Day on 30 May. This was
- Page 19 and 20: presidential candidate Dr Kizza Bes
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- Page 25 and 26: In February, the World Health Organ
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- Page 29 and 30: operations and heavily armed approa
- Page 31 and 32: Development projects - including by
- Page 33 and 34: aid in both states. Afghanistan’s
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- Page 37 and 38: iconic “Afghan girl” featured o
- Page 39 and 40: Conditions in Malaysia’s overcrow
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- Page 43 and 44: that undermined human rights and th
- Page 45 and 46: in Romania. A proposal to amend the
- Page 47 and 48: CONFLICT AND ARMED VIOLENCE In Nove
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months of the year, including beati
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ALBANIA Republic of Albania Head of
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FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION The authoriti
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continued demonstrations expressing
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major public hospital in Luanda whe
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FREEDOMS OF EXPRESSION AND ASSEMBLY
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selective abortions were “prevale
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In June, an intersex person filed a
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excessive force to disperse a peace
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years for their peaceful opposition
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In September a court sentenced 28 m
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Death (Prevention) Act was poorly e
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1. Belarus: Amnesty International d
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Council of Ministers banned all act
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BACKGROUND In February, Bosnia and
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a police permit to protest, but app
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de Janeiro, namely the Pan American
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and for leaving a margin for its ar
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punishment of death by stoning for
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National Assembly - a “state of e
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The authorities adopted a national
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FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Freedom of ex
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CAMBODIA Kingdom of Cambodia Head o
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defamation suit against Sam Rainsy
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terrorist acts, he was tortured whi
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to address past failures to properl
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domestic justice system and operati
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allowed the resumption of diamond e
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Basin. The deteriorating security s
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The Machi (Mapuche traditional spir
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to restrictions on their rights to
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to a very small number of extremely
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peace deal was rejected in a refere
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IMPUNITY Very few of those suspecte
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that state actors colluded with som
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launched an audit of the environmen
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REFUGEES AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS Croatia
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The judicial system remained under
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officer was found guilty of verball
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Hundreds of South Sudanese fighters
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They also extrajudicially executed
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In June, the government introduced
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statelessness. No one had been held
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Mediterranean Sea. Courts continued
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charges of spreading “false rumou
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WORKERS’ RIGHTS The authorities d
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equested that the state provide det
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provoking the conflict. Relations b
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ETHIOPIA Federal Democratic Republi
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In March, Fiji ratified the UN Conv
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FRANCE French Republic Head of stat
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“vigilance plan” to prevent ser
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(GNTCA), died at a medical facility
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incidents of politically motivated
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Discrimination and the Council of E
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mandatory death sentences. The main
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conscientious objectors do not face
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the environment faced vilification
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asked him to confess to stealing a
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BACKGROUND In January presidential
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continued harassment, threats and a
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DISCRIMINATION - ROMA In January, a
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debates on the discrimination and v
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India for allegedly conducting an
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association, and of religion or bel
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Detachment-88 counter-terrorism uni
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“criminal” activism deemed thre
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prevent detainees accessing lawyers
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The Islamic Penal Code continued to
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the custody of security agencies su
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participating in the massacre by IS
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subjecting its population of 1.9 mi
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who were shot dead at Qalandia chec
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CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS At least fi
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house Roma families who had already
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in a context of pervasive discrimin
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eating to death in police custody o
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foreign citizens for up to 25 years
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DEATH PENALTY Kazakhstan was abolit
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Duncan Wanga, a K24 TV journalist a
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Thirteen restaurant workers, sent b
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officers or commanding authorities
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The authorities further curtailed f
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KYRGYZSTAN Kyrgyz Republic Head of
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BACKGROUND The ruling Lao People’
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Lebanese border areas continued to
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ecommended criminal investigations
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in August, and gained control of th
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members of an armed group ransacked
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RIGHTS OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, T
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As families sought to cope with the
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y the Court of Appeal of sedition a
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failed to strengthen the Judicial S
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terms. Some of them had been releas
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Human Rights, which among other thi
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3. Amnesty International calls for
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asylum status, according to interna
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sexual orientation and gender ident
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LEGAL, CONSTITUTIONAL OR INSTITUTIO
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without access to comprehensive int
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his death, as his family requested,
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In August, a parliamentary inquiry
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of people were displaced after thei
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meetings; late-night inspections of
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Democratic People’s Republic of K
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protests which resulted in the kill
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COUNTER-TERROR AND SECURITY In May,
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egulating the Canal. Also in April,
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they left the town of Tahoua aiming
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and teenage girls per cell. Some ch
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June, it passed its first reading i
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DISCRIMINATION - SEX WORKERS While
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face discrimination across a range
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An amendment to the law on so-calle
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BACKGROUND Negotiations between Isr
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UNLAWFUL KILLINGS Security forces i
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of expression and of the persecutio
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companies and the government over t
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of using or selling small amounts o
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JUSTICE SYSTEM Under the new Law on
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Roma In June, the European Commissi
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peaceful assembly. One prisoner of
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nominated as Prime Minister by the
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comply with the “foreign agents
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and severely beat them before setti
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anking army officers were handed he
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would continue to receive refugees
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foreign organizations” and provid
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without food, water or exit visas;
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stalled. Several forced evictions t
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ecruit adequately trained and exper
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adolescent mothers are supported to
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April and the case sent back to the
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the population with drinking water
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INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE, REFUGE
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145 cases of torture, including 51
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police opened a murder investigatio
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eplaced him on 25 July with opposit
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was held in incommunicado detention
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Saioa Sánchez for an act of terror
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In June, President Sirisena instruc
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the amendment of birth certificates
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were released on bail in June, but
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protected rights to freedom of expr
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ased definition of rape, and liabil
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Non-state armed groups primarily fi
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Armed opposition groups fired impre
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slavery. Many women and girls were
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General’s Office refused to comme
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unidentified armed group of masked
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The authorities sought to silence t
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FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION In January, s
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1. Togo: The participating states t
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were arrested in Gabès on 22 Janua
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allegations of links to Fethullah G
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affiliated to the PKK, who had dug
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FORCED LABOUR The government contin
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disable all social media and mobile
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BACKGROUND Following a two-month po
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conscription. He was fully acquitte
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legislation to ban the use of virtu
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Although the new Justice Secretary
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focus of measures from cases of dea
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had been denied access to judicial
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GUN VIOLENCE Attempts by US Congres
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approved a resolution calling for a
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detainees and prisoners into confes
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under which employees in public and
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circumstances which amounted to arb
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VIET NAM Socialist Republic of Viet
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statistics remained classified as a
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Violations by the Saudi Arabia-led
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wave of xenophobic violence against
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for six hours before being released
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CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL DEVELOPMEN