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Spain: Out of the shadows – Time to end incommunicado detention
Amnesty International considers that the incommunicado regime in Spanish law is a violation of Spain’s obligations under...
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USA: Excessive and lethal force? Amnesty International’s concerns about deaths and ill-treatment involving police use of Tasers
In the past three years, more than 70 people are reported to have died in the USA and Canada after being struck by M26 or...
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Annual Report: Turkey 2010
Head of state Abdullah Gül Head of government Recep Tayyip Erdo?an Death penalty abolitionist for all crimes Population 74.8 million Life expectancy 71.7 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 36/27 per 1,000…
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Annual Report: Azerbaijan 2010
Head of state Ilham Aliyev Head of government Artur Rasizade Death penalty abolitionist for all crimes Population 8.8 million Life expectancy 70 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 54/52 per 1,000 Adult…
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Annual Report: Germany 2010
Head of state Horst Köhler Head of government Angela Merkel Death penalty abolitionist for all crimes Population 82.2 million Life expectancy 79.8 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 5/5 per 1,000 The…
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Annual Report: Greece 2010
Head of state Karolos Papoulias Head of government George A. Papandreou (replaced Kostas Karamanlis in October) Death penalty abolitionist for all crimes Population 11.2 million Life expectancy 79.1 years Under-5…
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Annual Report: Iraq 2010
Head of state Jalal Talabani Head of government Nuri al-Maliki Death penalty retentionist Population 30.7 million Life expectancy 67.8 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 43/38 per 1,000 Adult literacy 74.1 per…
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Mass-graves and State Silence in Turkey
In the nineties, at the height of the war between the Turkish military and the Kurdish nationalist Kurdish Worker's Party, or PKK, it was clear that the Turkish security forces…
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Freedom of the Press? Not in Turkey
Increasingly, Turkey is not a place where it is safe to work as a journalist. In the past weeks, police have arrested a string of journalists, accusing them of being…
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On International Women's Day – Amplify the Voices of Women and Girls!
Sometimes referred to as an International Bill of Rights for women, the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is the most comprehensive…
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Bulgaria
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Germany
Amnesty International works to stop Germany human rights violations. Germany human rights abuses can end with your support.