Contents
A Facade of Action
The Misuse of Dialogue and Cooperation with Rights Abusers by Kenneth Roth
Whose New?
The Changing Media Landscape and NGOs by Carroll Bogert
Schools as Battlegrounds
Protecting Students, Teachers and Schools from Attack by Zama Coursen-Neff and Bede Sheppard
Photo Essays
Burma Kyrgyzstan Kuwait Kazakhstan and The Lord's Resistance Army
AFRICA
Angola
Burundi
Chad
Cote d' lvoire
Democratic Republic of Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Guinea
Kenya
Liberia
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Uganda
Zimbabwe
AMERICAS
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Cuba
Ecuador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
Peru
Venezuela
ASIA
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Burma
Cambodia
China
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Nepal
North Korea
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
The Philippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Vietnam
EUROOE AND CENTRAL ASIA
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
European Union
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Russia
Serbia
Tajikistan
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Algeria
Bahrain
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco and Western Sahara
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
UNITED STATES

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