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href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/angola">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/central-african-republic">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/chad">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/cote-divoire">Cote d'Ivoire</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/democratic-republic-congo">Democratic Republic of Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/guinea">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/liberia">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/niger">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/sierra-leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/south-africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/south-sudan">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/tanzania-and-zanzibar">Tanzania and Zanzibar</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/africa/zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li> </ul> <a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/argentina">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/bolivia">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/chile">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/colombia">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/costa-rica">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/cuba">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/dominican-republic">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/ecuador">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/el-salvador">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/haiti">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/honduras">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/nicaragua">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/panama">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/peru">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/uruguay">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/en/united-states/us-program">United States - Domestic Policy</a></li> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/en/united-states/us-program/excessive-punishment-and-restrictions" title="View this section">Excessive Punishments and Restrictions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/en/united-states/us-program/discrimination-and-abuse-discretion" title="View this section">Discrimination and Abuse of Discretion</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/en/united-states/us-program/prison-and-detention-conditions" title="View this section">Prison and Detention Conditions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/en/united-states/us-program/unfair-immigration-policies" title="View this section">Unfair Immigration Policies</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/en/united-states/us-program/-failure-protect" title="View this section">The Failure to Protect</a></li> </ul> <li><a href="en/united-states/us-foreign-policy" title="View this section">United States - Foreign Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/americas/venezuela">Venezuela</a></li> </ul> <a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/bhutan">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/burma">Burma</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/china">China and Tibet</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/east-timor">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/fiji">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/india">India</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/north-korea">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/papua-new-guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/-philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/south-korea">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/sri-lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/asia/vietnam">Vietnam</a></li> </ul> <a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20130123033029/https://www.hrw.org/europecentral-asia/albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a 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