Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Report Submitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate and Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives by the Department of State in Accordance with Sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as AmendedU.S. Government Printing Office, 1984 - Civil rights |
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activities AFDB Amnesty International Angola Arbitrary Arrest Arbitrary Deprivation Assembly and Association ASSIST.-TOTAL Attitude Regarding International authorities Change Their Government charges Citizens to Change civilian Committee Constitution courts CREDIT FINANCING criminal criticism Defense Degrading Treatment detained detention Disappearance economic elections Emigration ethnic Exile Fair Public Trial FOOD FOR PEACE Freedom House Freedom of Peaceful Freedom of Religion Freedom of Speech Government's Governmental Attitude Regarding groups guaranteed guerrillas Heng Samrin human rights IBRD independent individuals Interference with Privacy International and Non-governmental labor leaders Lesotho military Minister MPLA Non-governmental Investigation officials opposition organizations PEACE CORPS Peaceful Assembly percent permitted persons police political parties political prisoners population practice President programs refugees released religious Repatriation reports restrictions Section 1 Respect sector security forces social Speech and Press Torture and Cruel TOTAL ECON trade union TRAN-EXCESS STOCK Treatment or Punishment U.S.OVERSEAS UNDP Unlawful or Arbitrary women
Popular passages
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Page 811 - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...
Page 7 - Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion can change the government practically just so much. Public opinion, on any subject, always has a " central idea," from which all its minor thoughts radiate. That " central idea " in our political public opinion at the beginning was, and until recently has continued to be,
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Page 791 - The right of workers to organize and to bargain and act collectively is guaranteed.
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