CONTENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 Abbreviations 7 Preface 9 Foreword 12 Africa Regional Overview 16 Americas Regional Overview 24 Asia-Pacific Regional Overview 32 Europe and Central Asia Regional Overview 40 Middle East and North Africa Regional Overview 48 Afghanistan 58 Albania 62 Algeria 63 Angola 65 Argentina 68 Armenia 70 Australia 72 Austria 73 Azerbaijan 74 Bahamas 76 Bahrain 77 Bangladesh 80 Belarus 82 Belgium 84 Benin 85 Bolivia 86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 87 Botswana 89 Brazil 91 Brunei Darussalam 95 Bulgaria 96 Burkina Faso 98 Burundi 100 Cambodia 104 Cameroon 106 Canada 109 Central African Republic 111 Chad 114 Chile 116 China 118 Colombia 123 Congo (Republic of the) 128 Côte d’Ivoire 129 Croatia 131 Amnesty International Report 2016/17 Cuba 133 Cyprus 134 Czech Republic 136 Democratic Republic of the Congo 137 Denmark 141 Dominican Republic 142 Ecuador 144 Egypt 145 El Salvador 150 Equatorial Guinea 152 Eritrea 153 Estonia 155 Ethiopia 156 Fiji 157 Finland 158 France 160 Gambia 162 Georgia 164 Germany 166 Ghana 168 Greece 170 Guatemala 173 Guinea 174 Guinea-Bissau 176 Haiti 177 Honduras 179 Hungary 181 India 183 Indonesia 187 Iran 191 Iraq 196 Ireland 200 Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories 201 Italy 206 Jamaica 208 Japan 209 Jordan 211 Kazakhstan 213 Kenya 216 Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of) 219 Korea (Republic of) 221 v