World Report 2005: Events of 2004Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch, 2005 - 527 pagini Human Rights Watch is increasingly recognized as the world's leader in building a stronger human rights culture, and their annual World Report-the most probing annual review of human rights developments available anywhere-will now be published by Seven Stories Press and available in the trade for the first time. The backbone of the report consists of a series of concise overviews of the most pressing human rights issues in countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, with particular focus on the role-positive or negative-played in each country by key domestic and international actors. The report is written in straightforward, nontechnical language and prioritizes events in the most affected countries during the year. Release of the report each year in January is a major news event covered heavily by newspapers of record in the United States and around the world. These news stories and mention of the World Report continue throughout the year. |
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Pagina 147
... defendants remain under sentence of death. For example in September and October 2004, two women in Bauchi state, were sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. Both are currently appealing their sentence. Many trials in Shari'a courts ...
... defendants remain under sentence of death. For example in September and October 2004, two women in Bauchi state, were sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. Both are currently appealing their sentence. Many trials in Shari'a courts ...
Pagina 153
... defendants were brought to trial after spending two years in pre-trial detention. The accusations against Bizimungu included several treason-related charges, illegal possession of a firearm and embezzlement of public funds. Despite the ...
... defendants were brought to trial after spending two years in pre-trial detention. The accusations against Bizimungu included several treason-related charges, illegal possession of a firearm and embezzlement of public funds. Despite the ...
Pagina 197
... defendants and greatly reduced the incidence of torture. Yet special procedures that violate due process rights are still being use in prosecutions of members of the Mapuche indigenous community, charged under terrorism laws for attacks ...
... defendants and greatly reduced the incidence of torture. Yet special procedures that violate due process rights are still being use in prosecutions of members of the Mapuche indigenous community, charged under terrorism laws for attacks ...
Pagina 199
... defendant, his or her defense lawyer, and the prosecutor are present. Confessions must be ratified by the defendant in court to be admissable in ... defendants. Unfair Trials of Mapuche Not all Chileans have benefited equally 199 AMERICAS.
... defendant, his or her defense lawyer, and the prosecutor are present. Confessions must be ratified by the defendant in court to be admissable in ... defendants. Unfair Trials of Mapuche Not all Chileans have benefited equally 199 AMERICAS.
Pagina 200
... defendants, permits the prosecution to conduct investigations in secret for up to six months, and allows defendants to be held for months in preventive detention prior to the issuance of a formal indictment. In a trial in Temuco in ...
... defendants, permits the prosecution to conduct investigations in secret for up to six months, and allows defendants to be held for months in preventive detention prior to the issuance of a formal indictment. In a trial in Temuco in ...
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