e/Human rights in Mauritania

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has gloss	eng: Mauritania has a poor Human Rights record according to Western international observers. With an estimated population of three million, the nation is a highly centralized Islamic republic governed by a Military Junta which in 2008 overthrew President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, whose April 19 2007 inauguration highlighted the countrys first successful transition to democracy in its 50 years of independence. President Abdallahi replaced Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, who had taken power in the August 2005 coup that ended the 23-year presidency of Maaouya Ould SidAhmed Taya. The 2007 presidential elections were judged free and fair by international and national observers, civilian authorities were believed generally maintained effective control of the security forces.
lexicalization	eng: Human rights in Mauritania
subclass of	(noun) an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" right
has instance	e/Freedom of religion in Mauritania