World Report 2021: Events of 2020

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:	9781644210291
Publisher:	Seven Stories Press
Publication date:	02/02/2021
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	684
File size:	36 MB
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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

Biden's Challenge: Redeeming a US Rote for Human Rights Kenneth Roth 1

Countries 21

Afghanistan 19

Algeria 28

Angola 34

Argentina 38

Armenia 47

Australia 54

Azerbaijan 63

Bahrain 70

Bangladesh 76

Belarus 84

Bolivia 92

Bosnia and Herzegovina 100

Brazil 105

Burkina Faso 117

Burundi 123

Cambodia 129

Cameroon 135

Canada 141

Central African Republic 149

Chile 154

China 161

Colombia 175

Cuba 186

Democratic Republic of Congo 194

Ecuador 199

Egypt 207

El Salvador 217

Eritrea 225

Eswatini 231

Ethiopia 235

European Union 241

France 253

Georgia 261

Germany 267

Greece 274

Guatemala 281

Guinea 288

Haiti 296

Honduras 259

Hungary 312

India 317

Indonesia 329

Iran 336

Iraq 345

Israel/Palestine 353

Italy 363

Japan 369

Jordan 377

Kazakhstan 383

Kenya 390

Kosovo 396

Kuwait 400

Kyrgyzstan 405

Lebanon 413

Libya 420

Malaysia 428

Maldives 434

Mali 441

Mauritania 447

Mexico 452

Morocco 463

Mozambique 470

Myanmar 475

Nepal 485

Nicaragua 492

Nigeria 499

North Korea 507

Oman 514

Pakistan 518

Papua New Guinea 526

Peru 532

Philippines 541

Poland 547

Qatar 553

Russia 559

Rwanda 572

Saudi Arabia 578

Serbia 585

Singapore 589

Somalia 594

South Africa 601

South Korea 606

South Sudan 611

Spain 618

Sri Lanka 625

Sudan 630

Syria 637

Tajikistan 648

Thailand 654

Tunisia 662

Turkey 666

Turkmenistan 674

United Arab Emirates 681

Uganda 687

Ukraine 692

United Kingdom 699

United States 707

Uzbekistan 725

Venezuela 732

Vietnam 743

Yemen 749

Zimbabwe 757