SHOCKING ABUSES BY REGIMES WE HELP FUND
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: