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Amnesty International Report 2017/18
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
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AMNESTY
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REPORT 2017/18
THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S HUMAN RIGHTS
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CONTENTS
ANNUAL REPORT 2017/18
Abbreviations vii
Preface ix
Foreword 12
Spotlight 15
Africa Regional Overview 18
Americas Regional Overview 27
Asia-Pacific Regional Overview 36
Europe and Central Asia Regional
Overview 46
Middle East and North Africa
Regional Overview 55
Afghanistan 66
Albania 69
Algeria 71
Angola 73
Argentina 76
Armenia 78
Australia 79
Austria 80
Azerbaijan 82
Bahrain 84
Bangladesh 87
Belarus 89
Belgium 91
Benin 92
Bolivia 94
Bosnia and Herzegovina 95
Botswana 96
Brazil 98
Brunei Darussalam 102
Bulgaria 103
Burkina Faso 105
Burundi 107
Cambodia 110
Cameroon 112
Canada 115
Central African Republic 118
Chad 121
Chile 123
China 125
Colombia 130
Congo (Republic of the) 135
Côte d’Ivoire 136
Croatia 138
Cuba 140
Cyprus 142
Czech Republic 143
Democratic Republic of the
Congo 144
Denmark 147
Dominican Republic 148
Ecuador 150
Egypt 151
El Salvador 156
Equatorial Guinea 158
Eritrea 159
Estonia 161
Ethiopia 162
Fiji 164
Finland 165
France 166
Gabon 168
Gambia 169
Georgia 171
Germany 173
Ghana 176
Greece 177
Guatemala 180
Guinea 182
Haiti 183
Honduras 185
Hungary 187
India 189
Indonesia 193
Iran 197
Iraq 202
Ireland 205
Israel and the Occupied
Palestinian Territories 207
Italy 211
Jamaica 214
Japan 216
Jordan 217
Kazakhstan 220
Kenya 222
Korea (Democratic People’s
Republic of) 225
Korea (Republic of) 227
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Kuwait 229
Kyrgyzstan 231
Laos 233
Latvia 234
Lebanon 234
Lesotho 237
Liberia 239
Libya 240
Lithuania 244
Macedonia 244
Madagascar 246
Malawi 248
Malaysia 249
Maldives 250
Mali 252
Malta 254
Mauritania 254
Mexico 256
Moldova 261
Mongolia 262
Montenegro 263
Morocco/Western Sahara 265
Mozambique 268
Myanmar 269
Namibia 273
Nauru 274
Nepal 275
Netherlands 277
New Zealand 278
Nicaragua 279
Niger 280
Nigeria 282
Norway 286
Oman 287
Pakistan 288
Palestine (State of) 292
Papua New Guinea 295
Paraguay 296
Peru 297
Philippines 299
Poland 301
Portugal 303
Puerto Rico 305
Qatar 306
Romania 308
Russian Federation 310
Rwanda 315
Saudi Arabia 317
Senegal 321
Serbia 322
Sierra Leone 325
Singapore 327
Slovakia 328
Slovenia 329
Somalia 331
South Africa 332
South Sudan 335
Spain 339
Sri Lanka 342
Sudan 344
Swaziland 346
Sweden 347
Switzerland 348
Syria 349
Taiwan 353
Tajikistan 354
Tanzania 357
Thailand 358
Timor-Leste 361
Togo 362
Tunisia 364
Turkey 367
Turkmenistan 372
Uganda 373
Ukraine 376
United Arab Emirates 379
United Kingdom 381
United States of America 384
Uruguay 389
Uzbekistan 390
Venezuela 393
Viet Nam 397
Yemen 400
Zambia 403
Zimbabwe 405