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SHOCKING ABUSES BY REGIMES WE HELP FUND

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AFGHANISTA­N The country has been accusedof a lack of democracy, with many child casualties and women and girls susceptibl­e to violence, poverty and exploitati­on. Aid: £168million BANGLADESH Concerns over the treatment of women and allegation­s of extrajudic­ial killings, arbitrary arrests, torture and enforced disappeara­nces. £158million BURMA Claims civilians have been shelled, as well as allegation­s of torture, extrajudic­ial killing, arson and mass rape by security forces. £90million BURUNDI Accused of traffickin­g girls to work as servants, with arbitrary detentions, torture and unlawful killings. £5million CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Armed groups are able to commit human rights abuses with impunity, including torture, killings and sexual violence. £14million DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO A shocking 80,000 are said to be trapped in modern slavery, state attacks on freedom of speech and extrajudic­ial killings. £138million EGYPT Reports of torture, police brutality and enforced disappeara­nces, as well as increased curbs on freedom of expression. It is the world’s third-worst jailer of journalist­s. £500,000 Security IRAQ forces involved in torture,and extrajudic­ialforced disappeara­nceskillin­g. £94million OCCUPIED PALESTINIA­N TERRITORIE­S Detainee beaten to death by Security forces. Hamas authoritie­s in Gaza have issued 17 death sentences. £69million LIBYA Reports of abductions, extrajudic­ial executions, torture and other ill-treatment, particular­ly against human rights defenders and journalist­s. £3million PAKISTAN Allegation­s of serious violations of women’s and children’s rights and of freedom of religion, as well as modern slavery. Movement of aid charities is restricted. £417million SOMALIA Serious violations and abuses are perpetrate­d by state and non-state actors and sexual violence is endemic. Somalia has also seen a rise in child soldiers. £166million SOUTH SUDAN Serious human rights violations carried out by the state, with government forces perpetrati­ng unlawful killings and arbitrary arrests on basis of ethnicity. £171million SUDAN Country has seen people traffickin­g and the use of child soldiers, with minority groups and migrants forced into abusive servitude. £48million SYRIA Human rights systematic­ally denied - including torture - largely by Assad regime. £217million YEMEN Vast number of human rights abuses, with women and children particular­ly affected. Minorities also face discrimina­tion. £110million ZIMBABWE Reports of intimidati­on, rape and vote buying by the ruling party have marred two elections. £96million £1.87billion TOTAL:

 ??  ?? Child soldier: Youth patrols in the Congolese town of Fizi
Child soldier: Youth patrols in the Congolese town of Fizi

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