State Department Reports on Human Rights Practices

Earlier this month, the Department of State released its 2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. The reports, which provide detailed accounts of the human rights conditions in over 190 countries, address specific instances of arrest, torture, abuse and other physical, political, religious and social human rights violations.  These reports provide substantial support for asylum, withholding of removal and Convention against Torture (CAT) cases, as well as for waivers based on hardship in countries outside of the United States.  We want to alert you to resources and information on country conditions available through the Immigration Advocates Network (IAN), our partners, and other advocates.

– A link to the DOS country reports from 1999-2010 at http://www.immigrationadvocates.org/link.cfm?17483.

– A link to DOS reports on international religious freedom from 1999-2010 at http://www.immigrationadvocates.org/link.cfm?17484.

– A Country Conditions Documentation folder in our Asylum and Refugee Issues library at http://www.immigrationadvocates.org/link.cfm?17485

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