Human+Rights+--+Government+Abuse+of+Power

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**Reference Sources**
 * [|Gale Virtual Reference Library]
 * [|Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society]
 * [|Sharpe Reference Online]
 * [|World Geography]

Magazines and Newspapers

 * [|SIRS Researcher]
 * [|Proquest Research Library]
 * [|New York Times Upfront Magazine]
 * [|National Geographic]
 * [|World & I Magazine]

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Capital Punishment
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/death-penalty-decade-executions-are-wane-challenges-remain-2012-10-09
 * Death Penalty: A decade on, executions are on the wane but challenges remain**

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130412-death-penalty-capital-punishment-culture-amnesty-international/
 * 5 Surprising Facts About the Death Penalty Worldwide**

http://www.amnesty.org/en/death-penalty
 * Amnesty International: Abolish the Death Penalty**

http://www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org/index.cfm
 * Death Penalty Worldwide**

Censorship
http://www.cpj.org/reports/2012/05/10-most-censored-countries.php
 * Committee to Protect Journalists Special Report: 10 Most Censored Countries**

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/internet-censorship-what-does-it-look-like-around-the-world/2012/01/18/gIQAdvMq8P_blog.html
 * What Internet censorship looks like around the world (Washington Post blogpost)**

(links to information on Internet censorship, press freedom, freedom to organize, assemble and protest) http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/censorship-and-free-speech
 * Amnesty International: Censorship and Free Speech**

http://www.cfr.org/iran/media-landscape-iran/p19889
 * Council on Foreign Relations: Backgrounder: The Media Landscape in Iran**

http://www.cfr.org/china/media-censorship-china/p11515
 * Council on Foreign Relations: Backgrounder: Media Censorship in China**

http://worldnews.about.com/od/humanrights/f/Which-Countries-Repress-Internet-Freedom.htm
 * Which countries repress Internet freedom?**

http://en.rsf.org/
 * Reporters Without Borders**

Prisoner Rights / Torture
(Interactive website containing links to issues, topics, news, glossary, etc.) http://www.atlas-of-torture.org/
 * Atlas of Torture: Observing the Situation of Torture Worldwide**

(Use the About Torture menu for overviews of various torture issues) http://ccvt.org/index.php/torture/children-and-torture
 * Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture**

http://www.freedomfromtorture.org/multimedia/6056
 * A Survivor’s Search for Safety** (multimedia slideshow)

http://www.penalreform.org/penal-reform-themes
 * Penal Reform International**

http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=134
 * HREA: Torture, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment**

http://www.justdetention.org/pdf/CFCLGBTQJan09.pdf
 * A Call for Change: Protecting the Rights of LGBTQ Detainees**

Religious Oppression
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/
 * State Department: International Religious Freedom Report**

http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/fs/2011/170637.htm
 * State Department :Fact Sheet: What is Religious Freedom?**

http://www.religioustolerance.org/relfree.htm
 * Religious Tolearnce.org: Religious Freedom**

http://www.pewforum.org/Government/Rising-Tide-of-Restrictions-on-Religion-findings.aspx
 * Rising Tide of Restrictions on Religion**

http://www.iirf.eu/index.php?id=8&L=
 * International Institute for Religious Freedom**

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