The Human Rights Hit Lists

What countries get reported on the most.

BY JAMES RON, HOWARD RAMOS | NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Amnesty International News Releases: Top 10 Targets, 1991-2000

Ranked by number of press releases (N=2,974)*
         

Rank

Country

No. Releases

% Total

  
         

1

United States

133

4.47

  

2

Israel

117

3.93

  

2

Indonesia

117

3.93

  

3

Turkey

111

3.73

  

4

China

106

3.56

  

5

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

104

3.50

  

6

United Kingdom

95

3.19

  

7

India

80

2.69

  

8

Russia

75

2.52

  

9

Rwanda

64

2.15

  

10

Burundi

58

1.95

  
 

*Source: Compiled from Amnesty International Cumulative Guide, 1962-2000

 

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James Ron is associate professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs in Ottawa, Canada.

Howard Ramos is assistant professor of Sociology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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