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The Human Rights Hit Lists

What countries get reported on the most.

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

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

 

 

Human Rights Watch Reports: Top 10 Targets, 1991-2000

Ranked by number of reports (N= 663 )*
           

Rank

Country

No. Reports

% Total

    
           

1

USA

51

7.69

    

2

Turkey

36

5.43

    

3

Indonesia & E. Timor

35

5.28

    

4

China

29

4.37

    

5

USSR & Russia

22

3.32

    

6

India

21

3.17

    

7

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

19

2.87

    

8

Sudan

18

2.71

    

9

Israel & O.T.

16

2.41

    

10

Myanmar

14

2.11

    
           

* Source: Compiled from the Human Rights Watch publications catalogue, 1980-2000.

Other short reports not included.

        

 

James Ron is a professor of public affairs and political science at the University of Minnesota. He is the co-author most recently of Taking Root: Human Rights and Public Opinion in the Global South. Twitter: @Ron_James1

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