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Annual Report: Egypt 2010
Head of state Muhammad Hosni Mubarak Head of government Ahmed Nazif Death penalty retentionist Population 83 million Life expectancy 69.9 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 42/39 per 1,000 Adult literacy 66.4…
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Annual Report: Eritrea 2010
Head of state and government Issayas Afewerki Death penalty abolitionist in practice Population 5.1 million Life expectancy 59.2 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 78/71 per 1,000 Adult literacy 64.2 per cent…
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Annual Report: India 2010
Head of state Pratibha Patil Head of government Manmohan Singh Death penalty retentionist Population 1,198 million Life expectancy 63.4 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 77/86 per 1,000 Adult literacy 63 per…
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Annual Report: Iran 2010
Head of state Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei Head of government President: Dr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Death penalty retentionist Population 74.4 million Life expectancy 71.2…
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Annual Report: Laos 2010
Head of state Choummaly Sayasone Head of government Bouasone Bouphavanh Death penalty abolitionist in practice Population 6.3 million Life expectancy 64.6 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 68/61 per 1,000 Adult literacy…
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Egypt
"The arrest of EIPR staff, following a meeting with diplomats, Gasser Abdel-Razek’s punitive treatment in detention and the designation of human rights defenders as ‘terrorists’, are the latest illustrations of…
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Critics of Egyptian Democracy: Fear of Muslim Brothers
Warnings that democracy will turn Egypt into a dangerous theocracy has been heard for a long time, but with the Egyptian people strongly intent on winning back their rights, those…
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Brutal Assassination of Salman Taseer is Call to Abolish Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws
Salman Taseer the Governor of Punjab was brutally assasinated on Tuesday January 4, 2011. He was a vocal opponent of Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws.
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Amnesty Calls on Iraqi Government to Protect Christians
As Christmas draws closer, Amnesty International calls on the Iraqi government to protect the country’s Christians who have been threatened, bombed, and displaced since the US invasion in 2003. In…
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Welcome to India, Junta Leader
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Aung San Suu Kyi"][/caption] Myanmar's junta leader, General Than Shwe has been given the red carpet treatment during his visit to India. Â India should be telling…
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Silence Is Betrayal
Over 10 years ago, I worked in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. As a legal advisor, I researched Israeli policy and practice of demolishing the homes of Palestinians. In the night,…
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It's Separation of Church and State, Stupid
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="© Emad Nasry"][/caption] Not persecution of the Church by the State. Unfortunately for Patriarch "Abune" Antonios of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, the government of Eritrea doesn't…