| Zambia: 2015 Human Rights Report Contributor(s): Penny Hill Press (Editor), United States Department of State (Author) |
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ISBN: 1536993530 ISBN-13: 9781536993530 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Disease & Health Issues - Political Science | Human Rights |
| Physical Information: 0.07" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.24 lbs) 36 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The most significant human rights problems during the year were abuses by police, including reports of unlawful killings, torture, and beatings; political violence; restrictions on freedom of the press, assembly, association, and speech; and gender-based violence (GBV).Other serious human rights problems included life-threatening prison conditions; arbitrary arrest; prolonged pretrial detention; arbitrary interference with privacy; displacement of landowners; government corruption; child abuse; trafficking in persons; discrimination against persons with disabilities and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) community; and child labor. The government took selective and halting steps to prosecute or punish officials who committed abuses, targeting mostly those who opposed the ruling party. Impunity remained a problem, as ruling party supporters were either not prosecuted for serious crimes or, if prosecuted, released after serving small fractions of prison sentences. |