Report On Human Rights Practices For 2011 Country Of Guinea Bissau

Author : U. S. Department of State
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ISBN 13 : 9781481212922
Total Pages : 32 pages
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Download or read book Report on Human Rights Practices for 2011 Country of Guinea-Bissau written by U. S. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 2012-12-09 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guinea-Bissau is a multiparty republic. In July 2009 Malam Bacai Sanha of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) was elected president in elections following the assassination of Joao Bernardo Vieira by the military. International observers declared the election to be generally free and fair despite election-related violence preceding the polls. As in the previous year, there were multiple instances in which elements of the security forces acted independently of civilian control. On December 26, fighting between rival factions of the military resulted in two deaths. Serious human rights abuses included beating and torture by security forces, poor conditions of detention, and violence--including female genital mutilation (FGM)--and discrimination against women. Other human rights abuses included arbitrary arrest and detention; lack of judicial independence and due process; interference with privacy; intimidation of journalists; widespread official corruption, exacerbated by government officials' impunity and suspected involvement in drug trafficking; trafficking of children; and child labor, including some forced labor.

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Total Pages : 488 pages
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Download or read book Country Reports on Human Rights Practices written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9781481212892
Total Pages : 48 pages
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Download or read book Report on Human Rights Practices for 2011 Country of Guinea written by U. S. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 2012-12-10 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guinea is a republic. In December 2010 Alpha Conde, the candidate of the Rally of the Guinean People (RPG) Party and longtime opposition leader, was inaugurated as the country's first democratically elected president since independence from France in 1958. Conde defeated Cellou Dalein Diallo of the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG). While the elections generally were regarded as free and fair, the second round was accompanied by widespread violence. Prior to Conde's inauguration, Guinea was headed by a transition government led by former interim president General Sekouba Konate, the defense minister in the military junta that seized control of the country in 2008. There were instances in which elements of the security forces acted independently of civilian control, most notably on July 19, when soldiers and high-ranking officers attacked President Conde's home. Using gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades, soldiers loyal to the former military junta attacked the private residence of President Conde on July 19. Conde escaped unhurt, but three members of his presidential guard were killed. By the following day, 37 soldiers--including former army chief Nouhou Thiam, two colonels, and former members of Konate's presidential guard--had been arrested. By year's end 50 persons had been arrested and charged in the attack.

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ISBN 13 : 9781481212601
Total Pages : 42 pages
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Download or read book Report on Human Rights Practices for 2011 Country of Equatorial Guinea written by U. S. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 2012-12-09 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equatorial Guinea is nominally a multiparty constitutional republic. Since a military coup in 1979, President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo dominated all branches of government in collaboration with his clan and his political party, the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE). In 2009 voters reelected President Obiang with a claimed 95.37 percent of votes cast. The lopsided results and weak independent monitoring of the electoral process raised suspicions of systematic vote fraud. Foreign diplomatic observers noted numerous irregularities and the presence of military personnel at all voting stations. There were instances in which elements of the security forces acted independently of civilian control. Major human rights abuses reported during the year included a disregard for the rule of law and due process, denial of basic political rights including freedom of speech and press, and widespread official corruption.

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Total Pages : 730 pages
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Download or read book Report on Human Rights Practices in Countries Receiving U.S. Aid written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 732 pages
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Download or read book Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011 written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9781481215381
Total Pages : 52 pages
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Download or read book Report on Human Rights Practices for 2011 Country of Senegal written by U. S. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Senegal is a moderately decentralized republic dominated by a strong executive branch. In 2007 Abdoulaye Wade was reelected president for a five-year term in an election generally viewed as free and fair, despite sporadic incidents of violence and intimidation. Also in 2007 the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) won the majority of seats in National Assembly elections that were boycotted by the leading opposition parties. Security forces reported to civilian authorities. The most significant human rights problems included reports of physical abuse and torture; limits on freedoms of speech, press, and assembly; and corruption. Other major human rights problems included the following: inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees and prisoners, including overcrowded prisons; questionable investigative detention and long pretrial detention; lack of an independent judiciary; rape, domestic violence, sexual harassment of and discrimination against women; female genital mutilation (FGM); child abuse; child marriage; infanticide; trafficking in persons; and child labor.

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ISBN 13 : 9781481214698
Total Pages : 50 pages
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Download or read book Report on Human Rights Practices for 2011 Country of Malawi written by U. S. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malawi is a multiparty democracy. In 2009 voters reelected Bingu wa Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as president in what international observers characterized as a generally free and fair election. Constitutional power is shared between the president and the 193 National Assembly members. Security forces reported to civilian authorities. Three major human rights issues in the country include the use of excessive force by security forces, which resulted in deaths and injuries; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; and limits on freedom of speech, press, and political expression. Other human rights problems included arbitrary arrest and detention; lengthy pretrial detention; official corruption; occasional mob violence; societal violence against women; trafficking in persons; discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons; and child labor. In some cases, the government took steps to prosecute officials who committed abuses, but impunity remained a problem.

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Total Pages : 738 pages
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Download or read book Country Reports on Human Rights Practices written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9781481215633
Total Pages : 40 pages
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Download or read book Report on Human Rights Practices for 2011 Country of South Africa written by U. S. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Africa is a multiparty parliamentary democracy in which constitutional power is shared between the president and the parliament. In 2009 the country held a largely free and fair election in which the ruling African National Congress (ANC) won 65.9 percent of the vote and 264 of 400 seats in the National Assembly, which then elected ANC President Jacob Zuma as the country's president. Security forces reported to civilian authorities. Principal human rights problems included police use of lethal and excessive force, including torture, against suspects and detainees, which resulted in deaths and injuries; vigilante and mob violence; and prison overcrowding and abuse of prisoners, including beatings and rape by prison guards. Other human rights problems included arbitrary arrest; lengthy delays in trials and prolonged pretrial detention; forcible dispersal of demonstrations; pervasive violence against women and children; societal discrimination against women, persons with disabilities, and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community; trafficking in persons; violence resulting from racial and ethnic tensions and conflicts with foreigners; and child labor, including forced child labor and child prostitution. The government investigated and prosecuted officials who committed abuses, but there were numerous reports of impunity.