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Men transport food aid intended for recently liberated portions of the country, near Sevare, Mali, Feb. 4, 2013.

Audio New Aid Reaffirms U.S. Commitment To Mali

The United States has joined its international partners in providing additional funding to meet the needs of people affected by the conflict. More

Bangladeshi newspaper editor Mahmudur Rahman, center, is brought to a court following his arrest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, April 11, 2013.

Audio Keeping The Press Free In Bangladesh

The United States regards freedom of expression, and the independent media as a subset, as a critical component of democracy. More

Afghan police recruits train in Kabul.

Audio Afghanistan - U.S. Bilateral Commission

The U.S. and Afghanistan have made progress on implementing security, political, and economic transitions.More

Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns at the Opening Plenary Session of the Community of Democracies Ministerial.

Audio Burns At The Community Of Democracies

The Community of Democracies needs to continue its transformation into a body of action. More

Buddhist monks march to protest against crackdown on protesters at the Letpadaung copper mine in Monywa, northwestern Myanmar, in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi publicly criticized the forcible crackdown on prot

Restricting Civil Society

Numerous governments passed a rash of laws last year designed to restrict the activities and effectiveness of civil society. More

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Pakistan Sharif Supporters Elections. May 11, 2013.

Audio Pakistanis Go To The Polls

Pakistanis went to the polls recently to vote for a new parliament.
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Egypt women protest against marginalization

Audio U.S. Remains Committed To MidEast

The United States will remain engaged in the Middle East in the midst of the Arab Awakening.
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Ethiopian blogger Eskinder Nega during a press conference televised on ETV (Ethiopian television), Sept. 19, 2011.

Audio Politicized Justice In Ethiopia

A court in Ethiopia has upheld the harsh sentence meted out last year on a journalist and an opposition political figure.
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Salijon Abdurakhmanov

Audio Time To Free Salijon Abdurakhmanov

Salijon Abdurakhmanov, an Uzbek journalist who was sentenced to ten years in prison in 2008 on dubious drug charges.
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Memetjan Abdulla

Audio Uighur Journalist And Repression In China

Memetjan Abdulla, former editor of the state-run China National Radio’s Uighur Service, was sentenced to life in prison in 2009.
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Journalists carry signs demanding freedom of press and expression during a demonstration against the violations of the security services towards the press and journalists outside the Council of the Press and Publication, in Khartoum, Sudan, May 16, 2012.

Audio Sudan Must Halt Press Harassment

Sudanese journalists continue to struggle under heavy handed government censorship and harassment.
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Residents carry the coffin of Muhammad Mousa, whom protesters say was killed by forces loyal to Syria

Audio 2012 Human Rights Trends

A number of disturbing trends have emerged world-wide.
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Women wait in a queue to vote in Egypt

Audio Do Women Make A Difference

After the initial euphoria that followed the successes of the Arab Spring, women are once again being pushed out of the public forum.
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Riot police detain a protester during a rally in Baku, March 10, 2013.

Audio Commendations And Concerns Regarding Azerbaijan

The United Nations Human Rights Council held a review and dialogue on Azerbaijan’s human rights performance.
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A newspaper and magazine distribution center in New Delhi, India. (file)

Audio Supporting Media Freedom

May 3 is the 20th World Press Freedom Day.
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Zhila Bani-Yaghoub speaks on the telephone in her office in Tehran in this file photo.

Audio Release Iranian Journalist Bani-Yaghoub

Award-winning Iranian journalist Zhila Bani-Yaghoub is jailed in Evin prison.
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Pro-democracy lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan (2nd L) and other protesters call for release of political prisoners, in Hong Kong.

2012 Human Rights Report On China

This year’s Human Rights Report on the People’s Republic of China enumerated many human rights problems.
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Mu Sochuo (R), Cambodia

Audio Weak Judiciary Undermines Cambodian Human Rights

This year’s human rights report on Cambodia notes some improvement there, but key human rights concerns continue.
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Catholic Priest Father Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly (file)

Audio Pressing Vietnam On Human Rights

Problems persist, including the intimidation and detention of peaceful political and religious activists.
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A shopkeeper sits outside his shop, after it was damaged by a bomb attack in Quetta, Pakistan, April 24, 2013.

Audio U.S. Condemns Terror Attacks In Pakistan

Tragically, there are extremist elements in Pakistan marring this campaign season with violence.
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A Syrian Kurdish child at a protest rally holds a poster thanking Voice of America’s Kurdish Service for its coverage of the uprising in Syria.

Audio VOA Kurdish Service At 21

Voice of America Kurdish Service marks its 21st year of service to Kurdish-speakers
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South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (r.) hugs his Sudanese counterpart Omar al Bashir as he arrives at Juba airport on Friday, April 12, 2013. The Sudanese president was visiting South Sudan for the first time since it split from Sudan in 2011.

Audio Progress Seen In Sudan, South Sudan Talks

The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to a resumption of oil exports and border trade.
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Sergei Magnitsky

Audio Magnitsky Law Implemented

Sixteen of the 18 men and women are targeted for their role in the case of whistle-blowing Moscow lawyer Magnitsky.
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People comfort each other after a bombing at the Boston Marathon, April 16, 2013.

Audio Terror At The Finish Line

The people of Boston and the U.S. will pull together, take care of each other and move forward.
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Iranian-American Pastor Saeed Abedini and family.

Audio Iran Urged To Release American Pastor

“The best outcome for Mr. Abedini,” Mr. Kerry said, “is that he be immediately released.”
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Men transport food aid intended for recently liberated portions of the country, near Sevare, Mali, Feb. 4, 2013.

Audio New Aid Reaffirms U.S. Commitment To Mali

Fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard in Timbuktu, Mali. (file)

Audio Rice On Counterterrorism

Bangladeshi newspaper editor Mahmudur Rahman, center, is brought to a court following his arrest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, April 11, 2013.

Audio Keeping The Press Free In Bangladesh

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn Davies (C) answers reporters' questions after his talks with South Korean chief delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea's denuclearization Lim Sung-nam (not pictured), at the foreign ministry in Seoul May 14, 2013.

Audio Davies On North Korea

Afghan police recruits train in Kabul.

Audio Afghanistan - U.S. Bilateral Commission

Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns at the Opening Plenary Session of the Community of Democracies Ministerial.

Audio Burns At The Community Of Democracies

Audio Abyei Attack Underscores Need For Peace