2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

The State Department has released the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.  It reports on the compliance of nations with  civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements. 

The Preface to the reports state that

“the reports paint a clear picture of where human rights and democracy are under threat. They highlight where governments have unjustly jailed, tortured, or even killed political opponents, activists, human rights defenders, or journalists, including in Russia, the People’s Republic of China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Nicaragua, and Syria. They document abuses of peaceful protestors demanding democracy and fundamental freedoms in countries such as Burma, Belarus, Cuba, Hong Kong, and Sudan. They highlight worrying cases of transnational repression – where governments reach across borders to harass, intimidate, or murder dissidents and their loved ones – as exemplified in the dangerous forced diversion by Belarus of an international commercial flight for the sole purpose of arresting a critical independent journalist.”

On the arrest of Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza, the US urges #Russia to cease the abuse of repressive laws to target its own citizens, nonviolent and peaceful protesters, and individuals who are doing nothing more than advocating their universal rights, said @StateDeptSpox. pic.twitter.com/JbfEoa8YqG

— VOA Nike Ching 张蓉湘 (@rongxiang) April 12, 2022

Click here for a Voice of America story on the report.

KJ