human rights Flashcards
in this country acts of torture and I’ll treatment are routinely committed by government security services and armed groups, including sustained beatings
democratic Republic of Congo
everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country
freedom to move
in this country, authorities violated international refugee law when they closed the border to thousands of people fleeing armed conflict in Somalia. asylum seekers were illegally detained at the Kenyan border without charge or trial and forcibly returned to somalia
kenya
in this country, the military junta crushed peaceful demonstrations led by monks, raided and closed monasteries, confiscated and destroyed property, shot, beat and detained protesters, and harassed or held hostage the friends and family members of the protesters
Myanmar
falun gong practitioners were singled out for torture and other abuses while in detention. Christians were persecuted for practicing their religion outside state-sanctioned channels
china
these authorities forced at least 75k drug addicts and prostitutes into 71 overpopulated rehab camps, labeling the detainees at high risk of contracting HIV/AIDS but providing no treatment
Vietnamese authorities
in this country in 2007, more than 1.4k displaced somalis and Ethiopian nationals died at sea in trafficking operations
somalia
in this country, the operations of a trafficking ring in 2007, two civilians and two military officers received lenient prison sentences for their part in the operation
Dominican Republic
in this country, as young as five are trafficked out of the country to work in cotton fields in southern senegal or as beggars in the capital city. in Ghana children five to fourteen are trafficked with false promises of education and future into dangerous, unpaid jobs in the fishing industry.
Guinea-Bissau
in this country in 2007, according to official figures, police killed at least 1260 individuals the highest total to date. all incidents were officially labeled acts of resistance and received little or no investigation
brazil
it is one of the six articles of the universal Declaration of human rights where no one shall be held in slavery or servitude, slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
article 4 no slavery
almost 1.5k people in this country die each week in the internally displaced person camps. according to the world Health Organization, 500k have died in these camps.
uganda
an estimated 6.5k people were killed in 2007 in armed conflict in this country nearly half being noncombatant civilian deaths at the hands of insurgents
Afghanistan
in this country, violence, atrocities, and abduction are rampant and outside aid all but cut off. women in particular are the victims of unrestrained assault, with more than 200 rapes in the vicinity of a displaced persons camps in one five-week period, with ni effort by authorities to punish the perpetrators.
darfur
in 2008,us authorities continued to hold 270 prisoners in this country without charge or trial, subjecting them to waterboarding torture that simulates drowning. former president George Bush authorized the CIA to continue secret detention and interrogation, despite its violation of international law.
Guantanamo Bay Cuba
