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Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1996:
East Asia and the Pacific

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Australia
Brunei
Burma
Cambodia
China
China (Taiwan only)
Fiji
Hong Kong - (See also United Kingdom)
Indonesia
Japan
Kiribati
Korea, DPR
Korea, Republic of
Laos
Macau - (See also Portugal)
Malaysia
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Mongolia
Nauru
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Thailand
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Western Samoa

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