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KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- The number of civilians killed in the war in Afghanistan rose for a fifth straight year in 2011 to a record 3,021, a U.N. report said.
KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 26 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch charged Monday Sudan's just-completed presidential elections were marred by "political oppression and human rights violations."
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 21 (UPI) -- Political repression and other rights abuses threaten chances of a fair general election in the Sudan, a rights advocacy group charges.
KIGALI, Rwanda, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Rwanda's upcoming presidential election is sparking threats and attacks on opposition party members, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
SANA'A, Yemen, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Yemen systematically arrests and deports Ethiopian asylum seekers, a human rights group charges in a report urging the United Nations to intervene.
CONAKRY, Guinea, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- The Sept. 28 massacre at a rally in Conakry, Guinea, was organized and carried out by the Presidential Guard, a human rights organization said Tuesday.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Kenya's move against establishing a tribunal to deliver justice for the victims of post-election violence is a U-turn from earlier commitments, advocates say.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. human rights group says Sudan's recent legal moves against accused perpetrators of genocidal acts in Darfur is "window dressing."
LUANDA, Angola, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Free, fair parliamentary elections in Angola are threatened by governmental intimidation of opposition parties and media, a human rights group said Wednesday.
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 11 (UPI) -- Ethiopian soldiers are accused of committing acts of rape, torture and executions against civilians in eastern Ethiopia's Somali region, a rights group says.
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