Human Rights
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 13:13
The possibility that ISIS will repeat the atrocities it has committed in other parts of Iraq, and impose the same intolerant and abusive rule as it has in Syria, is deeply troubling.But the Iraqi government needs to deal with the situation without the brutal tactics for which civilians elsewhere in the country have long been paying a heavy price.
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 11:23
Ambassador Kubiske attended the launch of the anti- human trafficking campaign led by the Inter Institutional Commission to Prevent Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking in Persons (CICESCT). She stated that human trafficking is a top priority of the United States, and that the USG supports Honduran efforts to counter this crime.
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 08:32
The German government released its annual report on the country's arms sales around the world, and what made headlines was the fact that defense exports jumped 38 percent from 2012 to 2013. But in the Caucasus and Central Asia, Germany regularly denied export licenses on grounds of poor human rights records, ongoing conflicts, and the possibility of the equipment being resold to third countries.
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 08:21
Nations in Transit 2014 finds that setbacks to democratic governance as the dominant trend across Eurasia and the Balkans, as well as in post communist Central Europe, where the persistence of clientelism and corruption was in evidence throughout the past year.
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 07:56
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 07:47
A senior U.S. official says civil liberties in Azerbaijan have steadily worsened over the past five years and continue to deteriorate.
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 07:27
La Corte Suprema de Justicia dejó condeno a 37 años de prisión al general Uscátegui por no haber impedido que la crueldad paramilitar se ensañara contra el municipio de Mapiripán hace 17 años.
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 07:13
Spokesperson Jen Psaki commented on the deteriorating situation in Iraq, Egypt's new assembly law, the Palestinian and Israeli conflict, Colombian peace talks, and the nuclear negotiations with Iran
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 11:47
Spokesperson Jen Psaki discusses the Middle East region and in particular ISIL, the deteriorating security situation in Syria and Iraq, sexual assault in Egypt, the Middle East peace process, Iran negotiations, oil sales in Iraq, and outside the Middle East- on the social and political situation in Central America and Mexico
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 11:37
Thomas O. Melia, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, discusses the human rights situation in Azerbaijan in testimony to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission)