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Table of Contents for Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1996 Reports released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor U.S. Department of State, January 30, 1997 (Link to all years and all formats available.)

Preface

Overview

Africa

East Asia and the Pacific

Europe and Canada

Latin America and the Caribbean

Near East and North Africa

South Asia

Appendixes

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