2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/
Just released by the U.S. Department of State.  Items online from 1999 onwards. Gives a snapshot of world trends and profiles practices and abuses in specific nations. There are also separate human right series covering religious freedoms and trafficking in persons.

Other organizations producing well regarded series include:

• Amnesty international which has an online library of reports. http://www.amnesty.org/en/library
• Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/publications
• Freedom House http://www.freedomhouse.org/ which produces freedom of the press reports, freedom in the world reports and other special reports including women’s rights.