World Report 2019: Events of 2018

by Human Rights Watch

Overview

The best country-by-country assessment of human rights.
The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781609808846
Publisher:	Seven Stories Press
Publication date:	01/15/2019
Pages:	688
Product dimensions:	6.03(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.36(d)

About the Author

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH is one of the world's leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights, and operates in more than eighty countries. Its annual World Report is the most probing review of human rights developments available anywhere. KENNETH ROTH is the executive director of Human Rights Watch. He has conducted numerous human rights investigations and missions around the world.

Table of Contents

Foreword viii

World's Autocrats Face Rising Resistance Kenneth Roth 1

Countries 15

Afghanistan 17

Algeria 24

Angola 29

Argentina 34

Armenia 41

Australia 46

Azerbaijan 53

Bahrain 59

Bangladesh 65

Belarus 73

Bolivia 79

Bosnia and Herzegovina 85

Brazil 91

Burundi 101

Cambodia 107

Cameroon 115

Canada 120

Central African Republic 125

Chile 130

China 135

Colombia 151

Côte d'Ivoire 159

Cuba 164

Democratic Republic of Congo 170

Ecuador 175

Egypt 184

El Salvador 193

Equatorial Guinea 198

Eritrea 203

Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) 208

Ethiopia 213

European Union 219

Georgia 242

Guatemala 248

Guinea 253

Haiti 259

Honduras 265

India 270

Indonesia 279

Iran 288

Iraq 297

Israel/Palestine 304

Japan 315

Jordan 320

Kazakhstan 326

Kenya 332

Kuwait 338

Kyrgyzstan 343

Lebanon 349

Libya 357

Malaysia 366

Maldives 372

Mali 379

Mauritania 385

Mexico 392

Morocco and Western Sahara 400

Mozambique 407

Myanmar 413

Nepal 421

Nicaragua 425

Nigeria 431

North Korea 437

Oman 443

Pakistan 447

Papua New Guinea 455

Peru 461

Philippines 468

Qatar 474

Russia 478

Rwanda 491

Saudi Arabia 497

Serbia 504

Kosovo 509

Singapore 514

Somalia 519

South Africa 525

South Korea 531

South Sudan 536

Sri Lanka 543

Sudan 549

Syria 554

Tajikistan 562

Tanzania 568

Thailand 573

Tunisia 582

Turkey 588

Turkmenistan 596

Uganda 601

Ukraine 606

United Arab Emirates 613

United States 619

Uzbekistan 638

Venezuela 645

Vietnam 655

Yemen 661

Zimbabwe 671