Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Report Submitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives and Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate by the Department of State in Accordance with Sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended, Volume 1; Volumes 8-15U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998 |
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alleged Arbitrary Arrest Association.-The authorities beat broadcast Bujumbura Rural province Burundi Cameroon CFA Francs change their government charges child labor citizens civil civilians Constitution provides court credible reports criminal December detained detention disabled discrimination domestic elections employers enforce Eritrea ernment ethnic groups extrajudicial killings female genital mutilation foreign freedom of assembly government officials Government's harassment human rights human rights abuses Hutu ICRC independent journalists judicial judiciary Labor Code leaders legislation ment military minimum wage Minister Muslim National Assembly newspapers NGO's opposition parties percent persons police political parties President presidential Prison conditions problem provides for freedom rape rebels refugees region released religious remained reportedly reports of political Respect restrictions right in practice Section 1.a sector security forces television tion torture trade union traditional trial Tutsis UNHCR UNITA violations violence women workers year's end
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Page xv - The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government ; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.
Page xx - Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
Page 488 - Section 3. Respect for Political Rights: The Right of Citizens to Change Their Government...
Page 213 - Except with his own consent, no person shall be subjected to the search of his person or his property or the entry by others on his premises. (2) Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of this section to the extent that the law in question makes Provision...
Page 28 - Section 2. Respect for Civil Liberties, Including: a. Freedom of Speech and Press.— The 1991 Constitution and the 1990 Information Code provide for freedom of speech and of the press.
Page 47 - Section 2 Respect for Civil Liberties, Including: a. Freedom of Speech and Press The Constitution provides for freedom of speech and of the press, and the Government generally respected these rights in practice.
Page 479 - RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Section 1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom From: a. Political and Other Extrajudicial Killing.
Page 135 - D. FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT WITHIN THE COUNTRY, FOREIGN TRAVEL, EMIGRATION, AND REPATRIATION The Government imposes some limits on freedom of movement.
Page 312 - There were no reports of the forced return of persons to a country where they feared persecution. RESPECT FOR POLITICAL RIGHTS THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO CHANGE THElR GOVERNMENT Citizens do not have the right to change their government.
Page 499 - Government respects this right in practice. d Freedom of Movement Within the Country, Foreign Travel, Emigration, and Repatriation The Constitution provides for these rights, and the Government generally respects them in practice.