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Human rights in Liberia

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Amnesty International’s Annual State of the World Report Slams Governments, Including the U.S., for Global Assault on Freedoms

February 22, 2016 | Child Marriage

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Amnesty International State of the World 2015-2016

February 18, 2016 | Annual Report

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Press Release

Your rights in jeopardy, global assault on freedoms, warns Amnesty International

February 18, 2016 | Child Marriage

Report

State of the World 2014/2015

February 25, 2015

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Annual Report: Liberia 2013

May 21, 2013

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Press Release

Taylor Sentencing Only a Step Toward Justice; More People Should be Prosecuted and Reparations Paid to Victims

May 30, 2012 | blood diamnds

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Appalling prison conditions in Liberia must be improved

September 20, 2011

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Annual Report: Liberia 2011

June 28, 2011

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Press Release

Liberia: President Obama Should Pressure Liberia to Establish Human Rights Commission

March 27, 2011

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Press Release

Liberia: President Obama Should Pressure Liberia to Establish Human Rights Commission

March 27, 2011

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Annual Report: Liberia 2010

March 19, 2011