2008 Edition |
Selected Sources
Introduction | Methodology | Survey Team | Acknowledgments | Selected Sources | Country Reports | Tables and Charts | Essays
Publications/Broadcasts
- ABC Color [Paraguay], www.abc.com.py
- Africa
- Africa Confidential, www.africa-confidential.com
- Africa Daily, www.africadaily.com
- Africa Energy Intelligence, www.africaintelligence.com
- AFRICAHOME dotcom, www.africahome.com
- AfricaOnline.com, www.africaonline.com
- African Elections Database, http://africanelections.tripod.com
- Afrol News, www.afrol.com
- Aftenposten [Norway], www.aftenposten.no
- Agence France Presse (AFP), www.afp.com
- Al-Ahram [Egypt], www.weekly.ahram.org.eg
- Al-Hayat, http://www.alhayat.com/
- Al Jazeera, http://english.aljazeera.net
- allAfrica.com, www.allafrica.com
- Al-Ray Al-‘am [Kuwait], www.alraialaam.com
- Al-Raya [Qatar], www.raya.com
- Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, http://www.asharqalawsat.com/english/
- Al-Quds Al-Arabi, www.alquds.co.uk
- Al-Thawra [Yemen], www.althawra.gov.ye
- Al-Watan [Qatar], www.al-watan.com
- American Broadcasting Corporation News (ABC), www.abcnews.go.com
- American RadioWorks, www.americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org
- Andorra Times, www.andorratimes.com
- Arab News [Saudi Arabia], www.arabnews.com
- Arab Reform Bulletin, http://www.carnegieendowment.org/
- Annual Review of Population Law (Harvard Law School), http://annualreview.law.harvard.edu
- Asharq Alawsat, www.asharqalawsat.com
- Asia Sentinel, http://www.asiasentinel.com/
- Asia Times, www.atimes.com
- Associated Press (AP), www.ap.org
- The Atlantic Monthly, www.theatlantic.com
- Australia Broadcasting Corporation News Online, www.abc.net.au/news
- The Australian, www.theaustralian.news.com.au
- Bahrain Post, www.bahrainpost.com
- Bahrain Tribune, www.bahraintribune.com
- Balkan Insight, www.balkaninsight.com
- The Baltic Times, www.baltictimes.com
- Bangkok Post, www.bangkokpost.co.th
- The Boston Globe, www.boston.com
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), www.bbc.co.uk
- BruDirect.com, www.brudirect.com/
- The Budapest Sun, www.budapestsun.com
- Business Day [South Africa], www.bday.co.za
- Cabinda.net, www.cabinda.net
- Cable News Network (CNN), www.cnn.com
- Cameroon Tribune, www.cameroon-tribune.cm
- The Caribbean & Central America Report (Intelligence Research Ltd.)
- The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Johns Hopkins University), www.cacianalyst.org
- The China Post, www.chinapost.com.tw
- The Christian Science Monitor, www.csmonitor.com
- CIA World Factbook, www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
- Civil Georgia, www.civil.ge
- The Copenhagen Post [Denmark], www.cphpost.dk
- Corriere della Sera [Italy], www.corriere.it
- Daily Excelsior [India-Kashmir], www.dailyexcelsior.com
- Daily Star [Bangladesh], www.dailystar.net
- The Daily Times, www.dailytimes.bppmw.com/
- Danas [Serbia and Montenegro], www.danas.co.yu
- Dani [Bosnia-Herzegovina], www.bhdani.com
- Dawn [Pakistan], www.dawn.com
- Der Spiegel, www.spiegel.de
- Der Standard [Austria], www.derstandard.at
- Die Zeit [Germany], www.zeit.de
- Deutsche Presse-Agentur [Germany], www.dpa.de
- Deutsche Welle [Germany], www.dwelle.de
- The East Africa Standard [Kenya], www.eastandard.net
- East European Constitutional Review (New York University), www.law.nyu.edu/eedr
- The Economist, www.economist.com
- The Economist Intelligence Unit reports
- EFE News Service [Spain], www.efenews.com
- Election Watch, www.electionwatch.org
- Election World, www.electionworld.org
- El Mercurio [Chile], www.elmercurio.cl
- El Nuevo Herald [United States], www.miami.com/mld/elnuevo
- El Pais [Uruguay], www.elpais.com.uy
- El Tiempo [Colombia], www.eltiempo.com
- El Universal [Venezuela], www.eluniversal.com.ve
- Expreso [Peru], www.expreso.co.pe
- Far Eastern Economic Review, www.feer.com
- Federal Bureau of Investigation Hate Crime Statistics, www.fbi.gov/ucr/2003/03semimaps.pdf
- Fiji Times Online, www.fijitimes.com
- FijiSUN, www.sun.com.fj
- The Financial Times, www.ft.com
- Finnish News Agency, http://virtual.finland.fi/stt
- Folha de Sao Paulo, www.folha.com.br
- Foreign Affairs, www.foreignaffairs.org
- Foreign Policy, www.foreignpolicy.com
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung [Germany], www.faz.net
- The Friday Times [Pakistan], www.thefridaytimes.com
- The Frontier Post [Pakistan], www.frontierpost.com
- Global Insight, http://www.globalinsight.com/
- Global News Wire, www.lexis-nexis.com
- Globus [Croatia], www.globus.com.hr
- The Good Friday Agreement [Northern Ireland], www.nio.gov.uk/issues/agreement.htm
- The Guardian [Nigeria], www.ngrguardiannews.com
- The Guardian [United Kingdom], www.guardian.co.uk
- Gulf Daily News [Bahrain], www.gulf-daily-news.com
- Gulf News Online [United Arab Emirates], www.gulf-news.com
- Gulf Times [Qatar], www.gulf-times.com
- Harper’s Magazine, www.harpers.org
- Haveeru Daily [Maldives], www.haveeru.com.mv
- The Hindustan Times [India], www.hindustantimes.com
- The Honolulu Advertiser, http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/
- Iceland Review, www.icelandreview.com
- The Independent [United Kingdom], www.independent.co.uk
- Index on Censorship, www.indexonline.org
- India Today, www.india-today.com
- The Indian Express, www.indian-express.com
- Info Matin [Mali], www.info-matin.com
- Insight Magazine, www.insightmag.com
- Insight Namibia Magazine, www.insight.com.na
- Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), www.irinnews.org
- Inter Press Service, www.ips.org
- Interfax News Agency, www.interfax-news.com
- International Herald Tribune, www.iht.com
- Irish Independent, www.unison.ie/irish_independent
- Irish Times, www.ireland.com
- Islands Business Magazine, www.islandsbusiness.com
- Izvestia, www.izvestia.ru
- Jamaica Gleaner, http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/
- Johnson’s Russia List, www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/
- The Jordan Times, www.jordantimes.com
- Journal of Democracy, www.journalofdemocracy.org
- Jyllands-Posten [Denmark], www.jp.dk
- Kashmir Times [India - Kashmir], www.kashmirtimes.com
- Kathmandu Post, www.nepalnews.com.np/ktmpost.htm
- Khaleej Times [United Arab Emirates], www.khaleejtimes.com
- Kommersant, www.kommersant.ru
- The Korea Times, http://times.hankooki.com
- Kuensel [Bhutan], www.kuenselonline.com
- Kurier [Austria], www.kurier.at
- Kuwait Post, www.kuwaitpost.com
- L'Informazione di San Marino, http://www.libertas.sm/News_informazione/news_frameset.htm
- La Jornada [Mexico], www.jornada.uam.nx
- La Nacion [Argentina], www.lanacion.com.ar
- La Repubblica [Italy], www.repubblica.it
- La Tercera [Chile], www.tercera.cl
- Lanka Monthly Digest [Sri Lanka], www.lanka.net/LMD
- Latin American Regional Reports, www.latinnews.com
- Latin American Weekly Reports, www.latinnews.com
- Le Faso [Burkina Faso], www.lefaso.net
- Le Figaro [France], www.lefigaro.fr
- Le Messager [Cameroon], www.lemessager.net
- Le Monde [France], www.lemonde.fr
- Le Temps [Switzerland], www.letemps.ch
- Lexis-Nexis, www.lexis-nexis.com
- The Local [Sweden], www.thelocal.se
- The Los Angeles Times, www.latimes.com
- Mail & Guardian [South Africa], www.mg.co.za
- The Manila Times, www.manilatimes.net/
- Marianas Variety, www.mvariety.com
- Matangi Tonga Magazine, www.matangitonga.to
- The Messenger [Georgia], www.messenger.com.ge
- The Miami Herald, www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald
- Middle East Desk, www.middleeastdesk.org
- Middle East Online, www.middle-east-online.com
- Middle East Report, www.merip.org
- Minivan News, www.minivannews.com
- Mirianas Variety [Micronesia], www.mvariety.com
- Mopheme News [Lesotho], www.lesoff.co.za/news
- Mother Jones, www.motherjones.com
- The Moscow Times, www.themoscowtimes.com
- Nacional [Croatia], www.nacional.hr
- The Namibian, www.namibian.com.na/
- The Nation, www.thenation.org
- The Nation [Thailand], www.nationmultimedia.com
- The Nation Online [Malawi], www.nationmalawi.com
- The National [Papua New Guinea], www.thenational.com.pg
- National Public Radio (NPR), www.npr.org
- National Review, www.nationalreview.com
- Neue Zurcher Zeitung [Switzerland], www.nzz.ch
- The New York Times, www.nytimes.com
- The New Yorker, www.newyorker.com
- The New Zealand Herald, www.nzherald.co.nz
- Nezavisimaya Gazeta, www.ng.ru
- NIN [Serbia and Montenegro], www.nin.co.yu
- Nine O’Clock, www.nineoclock.ro
- NiuFM News, http://www.niufm.com/
- Noticias [Argentina], www.noticias.uolsinectis.com.ar
- Notimex [Mexico], www.notimex.com
- Novi Reporter [Serbia and Montenegro]
- O Estado de Sao Paulo, www.estado.com.br
- O Globo [Brazil], www.oglobo.globo.com
- OFFnews [Argentina], www.offnews.info
- Oman Arabic Daily, www.omandaily.com
- Oman Daily Observer, www.omanobserver.com
- Oslobodjenje [Bosnia-Herzegovina], www.oslobodjenje.com.ba
- Outlook [India], www.outlookindia.com
- Pacific Business News, http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/
- Pacific Islands Report, http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport
- Pacific Magazine, http://www.pacificmagazine.net
- Pagina/12 [Argentina], www.pagina12.com.ar
- PANAPRESS, www.panapress.com
- Parliament of Kiribati, http://www.tskl.net.ki/parliament/index.html
- Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, www.postcourier.com.pg
- The Philippine Daily Inquirer, http://www.inquirer.net/
- The Pioneer [India], www.dailypioneer.com
- Planet Tonga, http://www.planet-tonga.com
- Political Handbook of the World, http://phw.binghamton.edu
- Politika [Serbia-Montenegro], www.politika.co.yu
- Port Vila Presse, www.news.vu/en/
- The Post [Zambia], www.zamnet.zm/zamnet/post/post.html
- The Prague Post, www.praguepost.com
- Radio and Television Hong Kong, www.rthk.org.hk
- Radio Australia, www.abc.net.au/ra
- Radio France Internationale, www.rfi.fr
- Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty reports, www.rferl.org
- Radio Lesotho, www.lesotho.gov.ls/radio/radiolesotho
- Radio Okapi [Democratic Republic of Congo], www.radioOkapi.net
- Radio New Zealand, www.rnzi.com
- Reporter [Serbia and Montenegro]
- Reuters, www.reuters.com
- Ritzau [Denmark], www.ritzau.dk
- The Samoa News, www.samoanews.com
- Samoa Observer, http://www.samoaobserver.ws/
- San Marino Notizie, http://www.sanmarinonotizie.com/
- Semana [Colombia], www.semana.com
- Slobodna Bosna [Bosnia-Herzegovina], www.slobodna-bosna.ba
- The Slovak Spectator, www.slovakspectator.sk
- Sofia Echo, www.sofiaecho.com
- Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation, www.sibconline.com.sb
- Solomon Star, www.solomonstarnews.com
- The Somaliland Times, www.somalilandtimes.net
- South Asia Tribune [Pakistan], www.satribune.com
- South China Morning Post [Hong Kong], www.scmp.com
- The Statesman [India], www.thestatesman.net
- Straits Times [Singapore], www.straitstimes.asia1.com.sg
- Suddeutsche Zeitung [Germany], www.sueddeutsche.de
- Tageblatt [Luxembourg], www.tageblatt.lu
- Tahiti Presse, www.tahitipresse.pf
- Taipei Times, www.taipeitimes.com
- Tamilnet.com, www.tamilnet.com
- Tax-News.com, www.tax-news.com
- This Day [Nigeria], www.thisdayonline.com
- The Tico Times [Costa Rica], www.ticotimes.net
- Time, www.time.com
- The Times of Central Asia, www.times.kg
- The Times of India, www.timesofindia.net
- Times of Zambia, www.times.co.zm/
- TomPaine.com, www.TomPaine.com
- Tonga Now, www.tonga-now.to
- Tonga USA Today, www.tongausatoday.com
- Tongan Broadcasting Commission, http://tonga-broadcasting.com/
- Transcaucasus: A Chronology, www.anca.org/anca/transcaucasus.asp
- Trinidad Express, http://www.trinidadexpress.com/
- Turkistan Newsletter
- Tuvalu News, http://www.tuvalu-news.tv/
- U.S. News and World Report, www.usnews.com
- U.S. State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt
- U.S. State Department Country Reports on Human Trafficking Reports, www.state.gov/g/tip
- U.S. State Department International Religious Freedom Reports, www.state.gov/g/drl/irf
- The Vanguard [Nigeria], www.vanguardngr.com
- Vanuatu Daily Post, www.vanuatudaily.com
- Venpres [Venezuela], www.venpres.gov.ve
- Voice of America, www.voa.gov
- The Wall Street Journal, www.wsj.com
- The Washington Post, www.washingtonpost.com
- The Washington Times, www.washingtontimes.com
- The Weekly Standard, www.weeklystandard.com
- World of Information Country Reports, www.worldinformation.com
- World News, www.wn.com
- Xinhua News, www.xinhuanet.com
- Yemen Observer, www.yobserver.com
- Yemen Times, www.yementimes.com
- Yokwe Online [Marshall Islands], www.yokwe.net
Organizations
- Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, www.aihrc.org.af
- Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, www.areu.org.pk
- Afrobarometer, www.afrobarometer.org
- American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, www.abanet.org/rol/
- American Civil Liberties Union, www.aclu.org
- Amnesty International, www.amnesty.org
- Annan Plan for Cyprus, www.cyprus-un-plan.org
- Anti-Slavery International, www.antislavery.org
- Asian Center for Human Rights [India], www.achrweb.org
- Asian Human Rights Commission [Hong Kong], www.ahrchk.net
- Balkan Human Rights Web, www.greekhelsinki.gr
- Bangladesh Center for Development, Journalism, and Communication, www.bcjdc.org
- British Helsinki Human Rights Group, www.oscewatch.org/default.asp
- Cabindese Government in Exile, www.cabinda.org
- Cambridge International Reference on Current Affairs, www.circaworld.com
- Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, www.carnegieendowment.org
- The Carter Center, www.cartercenter.org
- Centre for Monitoring Electoral Violence [Sri Lanka], www.cpalanka.org/cmev.html
- Centre for Policy Alternatives [Sri Lanka], www.cpalanka.org
- Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, www.csvr.org.za
- Chad/Cameroon Development Project, www.essochad.com
- Chatham House [United Kingdom], www.chathamhouse.org.uk
- Committee for the Prevention of Torture, www.cpt.coe.int
- Committee to Protect Journalists, www.cpj.org
- Council of Europe, www.coe.int
- The Danish Institute for Human Rights, www.humanrights.dk
- Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Global Advice Network, www.business-anti-corruption.com
- Ditshwanelo – The Botswana Centre for Human Rights, www.ditshwanelo.org.bw
- Earth Institute Advisory Group for Sao Tome and Principe, www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu
- Election Commission of India, www.eci.gov.in
- Electoral Institute of Southern Africa, www.eisa.org.za
- Eurasia Group, www.eurasiagroup.net
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, www.ebrd.org
- European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance, www.ecri.coe.int
- European Institute for the Media, www.eim.org
- European Union, www.europa.eu.int
- Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, www.eitransparency.org
- Fijilive, www.fijilive.com
- Fiji Village, www.FijiVillage.com
- Forum 18, www.forum18.org
- Forum for Human Dignity [Sri Lanka], www.fhd.8m.net
- Forum of Federations/Forum des Federations, www.forumfed.org
- Friends of Niger, www.friendsofniger.org
- Global Integrity, www.globalintegrity.org
- Global Policy Forum, www.globalpolicy.org
- Global Rights, www.globalrights.org
- Global Witness, www.globalwitness.org
- The Government of Botswana Website, www.gov.bw
- The Government of Mauritania Website, www.mauritania.mr
- Habitat International Coalition, http://home.mweb.co.za/hi/hic/
- Heritage Foundation, www.heritage.org
- Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor, www.hkhrm.org.hk
- Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan, http://mitglied.lycos.de/hrca
- Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, www.hrcp-web.org
- Human Rights First, www.humanrightsfirst.org
- Human Rights Watch, www.hrw.org
- INFORM (Sri Lanka Information Monitor)
- Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe, www.idee.org
- Institute for Democracy in South Africa, www.idasa.org.za
- Institute for Security Studies, www.iss.co.za
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting, www.iwpr.net
- Inter-American Dialogue, www.thedialogue.org
- Inter American Press Association, www.sipiapa.com
- International Alert, www.international-alert.org
- International Bar Association, www.ibanet.org
- International Campaign for Tibet, www.savetibet.org
- International Centre for Ethnic Studies, www.icescolombo.org
- International Commission of Jurists, www.icj.org
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, www.icftu.org
- International Crisis Group, www.crisisweb.org
- International Federation of Journalists, www.ifj.org
- International Foundation for Electoral Systems, www.ifes.org
- International Freedom of Expression Exchange, www.ifex.org
- International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, www.ihf-hr.org
- International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, www.idea.int
- International Labour Organization, www.ilo.org
- International Legal Assistance Consortium, www.ilacinternational.org
- International Lesbian and Gay Association, www.ilga.org
- International Monetary Fund, www.imf.org
- International Network for Higher Education in Africa, www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/inhea/
- International Organization for Migration, www.iom.int
- International Press Institute, www.freemedia.at
- International Republican Institute, www.iri.org
- International Society For Fair Elections And Democracy [Georgia], www.isfed.ge
- Jamestown Foundation, www.jamestown.org
- Kashmir Study Group, www.kashmirstudygroup.net
- Kyrgyz Committee for Human Rights, www.kchr.elcat.kg
- Macedonian Information Agency, www.mia.mk
- The Malawi Human Rights Commission
- Malta Data, www.maltadata.com
- Media Institute of Southern Africa, www.misa.org
- Media Rights Agenda [Nigeria], www.mediarightsagenda.org
- Millennium Challenge Corporation, www.mcc.gov
- National Anti-Corruption Network [Burkina Faso], www.renlac.org
- National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, www.ndi.org
- The National Endowment for Democracy, www.ned.org
- National Human Rights Commission [India], www.nhrc.nic.in
- National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, www.peace-srilanka.org
- National Society for Human Rights [Namibia], www.nshr.org.na
- Nicaragua Network, www.nicanet.org
- Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, www.omct.org
- Odhikar [Bangladesh], www.odhikar.org
- Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, www.ohr.int
- Open Society Institute, www.soros.org
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, www.oecd.org
- Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, www.osce.org
- Pacific Media Watch, www.pmw.c20.org
- People’s Forum for Human Rights [Bhutan]
- Population Reference Bureau, www.prb.org
- Publish What You Pay Campaign, www.publishwhatyoupay.org
- Refugees International, www.refugeesinternational.org
- Reporters Sans Frontieres, www.rsf.org
- Republic of Angola, www.angola.org
- Royal Institute of International Affairs, www.riia.org
- Save the Children, www.savethechildren.org
- Shan Women’s Action Network, www.shanwomen.org
- South African Human Rights Commission, www.sahrc.org.za
- South African Press Association, www.sapa.org.za
- South Asia Analysis Group [India], www.saag.org
- South Asia Terrorism Portal [India], www.satp.org
- Sweden.se, www.sweden.se
- Tibet Information Network, www.tibetinfo.net
- Transitions Online, www.tol.cz
- Transparency International, www.transparency.org
- Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, www.mfa.gov.tr
- United Nations Development Program, www.undp.org
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, www.unhcr.org
- United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, www.unhchr.ch
- United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo, www.unmikonline.org
- United Nations Population Division, www.un.org/esa/population
- United Nations Security Council, www.un.org
- U.S. Agency for International Development, www.usaid.org
- U.S. Department of State, www.state.gov
- University Teachers for Human Rights-Jaffna, www.uthr.org
- Washington Office on Latin America, www.wola.org
- The World Bank, www.worldbank.org
- World Markets Research Centre, www.wmrc.com
- World Press Freedom Committee, www.wpfc.org
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