Eswatini
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Hundreds of families were threatened with forced eviction. LGBTI people were subjected to discrimination and harassment. A man was charged with marital rape for the first time. Repressive legislation was used to silence peaceful dissent and journalists faced arbitrary detention, torture and other ill-treatment, and prosecution.
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Abolitionist in practice
Retains the death penalty in law, but hasn’t executed for at least 10 years
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