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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

People attend a rally to mark World Press Freedom Day in Tbilisi. (File)

Audio Zeya On Protecting Media Freedom

The U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State Uzra Zeya discussed how the United States advances media freedom. More

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.More

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. More

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. More

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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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US Ambassador to Vietnam David Shear meets with Vietnamese dissident Dr Nguyen Dan Que in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (file)

Audio Vietnam Human Rights Day 2013

Vietnam Human Rights Day to highlight our nation’s support for promoting and protecting basic, internationally-recognized freedoms.
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Burma

Audio Encouraging Further Democratic Reforms In Burma

The United States has taken steps to encourage Burma’s progress in becoming a more open and democratic nation.
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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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President Barack Obama answers questions during his new conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, April 30, 2013.

Audio Obama On Syria And Chemical Weapons

“We now have evidence that chemical weapons have been used inside Syria," however, more must be known.
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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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A female soldier stands guard in North Korea.

Audio North Korea's Abysmal Rights Record

The government of North Korea subjects its citizens to rigid controls over most aspects of their lives.
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An Iranian exile shouts slogans to protest against executions in Iran during a demonstration in front of the Iranian embassy in Brussels. (file)

Audio The Iranian People Deprived Of Their Rights

Not only has the Iranian government failed to protect the human rights of its citizens, it is also the prime violator of those rights.
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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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Mass protest in Dharamsala as self immolation crosses 100.

Audio 2012 Human Rights Report On Tibet

The Chinese government’s respect for and protection of human rights in Tibetan regions deteriorated markedly.
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"The Future of Georgia" - conference organized by Marshall Fund in Germany. (April 17, 2013)

Audio Promoting Media Freedom In Georgia

United States believes that free expression is not just an American right -- it is a universal human right.
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Anti-narcotics police arrange seized packages of cocaine before burning them in La Rinconada on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia,

Audio Taking Aim At The Illegal Global Economy

Loosely defined as a network of trade relationships, it is largely conducted by transnational organized crime networks.
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Audio White House Forum To Combat Human Trafficking

New federal strategic action plan on services for victims in the United States developed.
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US Treasury Building

Audio Sanctions For Aiding Iran's Illicit Activities

U.S. Treasury has announced sanctions on an Iranian businessman, a Malaysian bank, and an international network of front companies.
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A worker picks coffee beans on a plantation on the slopes of the Poas Volcano, northwest of the capital of San Jose, Costa Rica.

Audio Supporting Growth In Central America

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

A screen grab of the Nuclear Test Facility site in North Korea, via Google Maps satellite view.

Iran And North Korea: Dangers To Non-Proliferation

Pakistan Sharif Supporters Elections. May 11, 2013.

Audio Pakistanis Go To The Polls

A patient who tested positive for extreme drug resistant tuberculosis in South Africa. (File).

Audio Improving Health In Africa

People attend a rally to mark World Press Freedom Day in Tbilisi. (File)

Audio Zeya On Protecting Media Freedom

Egypt women protest against marginalization

Audio U.S. Remains Committed To MidEast