Press Releases

2008
--07/23/08  Courageous Voices: Speaking Out for Prisoners of Conscience
--06/19/08  World Refugee Day
--06/17/08  Prisoners of Conscience Statement
--06/12/08  World Day Against Child Labor
--04/04/08  Goma Peace Agreement Implementation
--04/03/08  China: Verdict on Activist Hu Jia
--04/02/08  Burma Continues Pre-Referendum Arrests
--03/27/08  Commending African Union Operation to Restore Constitutional Rule On Comoran Island of Anjouan
--03/25/08  Pre-Election Irregularities Endanger Zimbabwean Elections
--03/24/08  Elections in Bhutan
--03/22/08  Taiwan Presidential Election

2007
--12/04/07  Burmese Excludes Key Parties from Constitution Drafting
--12/03/07  Appeal of Conscience Seminar
--12/03/07  Secretary Rice Meets With Belarus Human Rights Defenders
--11/29/07  Ongoing Arrests of Political Activists in Burma
--11/26/07  U.S. Statement Against Violence in Sucre, Bolivia
--11/26/07  Zimbabwe: Civil Society Organization Beatings During President Mbeki's Visit
--11/08/07  Georgia: Need for Restraint and Respect for Rule of Law
--10/17/07  Human Rights Defender Detained in Iran
--10/16/07  African Union Response to the Crisis in the Comoros
--10/15/07  Arrest of Htay Kywe and Other Pro-Democracy Activists
--10/10/07  Death of Burmese Dissident in Custody
--10/09/07  United States Welcomes Election of Felice Gaer to the United Nations Committee Against Torture
--10/01/07  Remarks at the Rollout for Partnership for Democratic Governance; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; United Nations; New York City
--10/01/07  United States Condemns Killing of African Union Peacekeepers in Sudan
--09/28/07  Burma: U.S. Targets Additional Burmese Officials Under Visa Ban
--09/28/07  Women Leaders’ Working Group Statement on Burma/Myanmar
--09/26/07  Joint US-EU Statement on Burma/Myanmar
--09/24/07  Burma – Ongoing Demonstrations
--09/21/07  Lebanon: Presidential Elections; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Joint Statement with Republic of France Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner; Washington, DC
--09/19/07  Cambodia – Arrest of Khmer Rouge Leader Nuon Chea (Taken Question)
--09/19/07  Statement by Secretary Rice on the Assassination of Lebanese Parliamentarian Antoine Ghanem
--09/11/07  Call for Access to Political Prisoners in Burma
--09/11/07  Repression in Belarus
--08/28/07  Presidential Elections in Turkey
--08/22/07  Arrest of Pro-Democracy Activists in Burma
--08/22/07  Ethiopia – Pardon of Second Group of Opposition Leaders
--08/14/07  Reports of Alleged Denial of Meetings between the Spiritual Leader of Cyprus and the Ecumenical Patriarch (Taken Question)
--08/13/07  Sierra Leone: Peaceful Conduct of the August 11th General Elections
--08/13/07  Somalia – Death of Prominent Journalists in Mogadishu
--08/08/07  Anniversary of the 1988 Popular Democratic Uprising in Burma
--08/06/07  Daily Press Briefing: Lebanese Elections
--08/06/07  New Government in Timor-Leste
--08/06/07  Third Round of the U.S.–Azerbaijan Democracy and Human Rights Dialogue
--08/02/07  Establishment of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala
--07/30/07  Official Parliamentary Election Results in Turkey
--07/26/07  Beatings of Zimbabwean Pro-Democracy Activists
--07/23/07  Albania: Presidential Election
--07/10/07  Secretary Rice To Address The OAS And The African Union Democracy Bridge Forum
--05/14/07  Sentencing of Syrian Political Prisoners
--05/14/07  Successful Elections in Mali
--05/10/07  Syria: Sentencing of Kamal Labwani
--05/09/07  Corporate Social Responsibility: Plenary Adopts Formal Participation Criteria
--04/24/07  Sentencing of Syrian Human Rights Lawyer Anwar al-Bunni
--04/16/07  Use of Excessive Force Against Protestors in Russia
--04/12/07  Meeting of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion
--04/12/07  Preparations for Nigeria’s Elections
--04/10/07  Colombia: Determination and Certification of Colombian Government and Armed Forces with Respect to Human Rights Related Conditions
--03/29/07  Release Political Prisoners and Open Political Discourse in Syria
--03/08/07  Upcoming Syrian Elections
--02/23/07  Burundi: Recent Progress on Democracy
--02/16/07  Human Rights Council: Sudan Assessment Mission Denied Visas

2006
--12/08/06  Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, 2006
--12/08/06  International Human Rights Day
--11/24/06  U.S. Welcomes Passage of Third Committee Resolutions Condemning Human Rights Situation in Burma, Belarus, Iran, and North Korea
--11/03/06  Inaugural Meeting of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion
--10/07/06  Russia: Murder of Journalist Anna Politkovskaya
--09/26/06  Burma - Anniversary of the National League for Democracy
--09/22/06  Government of Zimbabwe Denies Entry to Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
--09/22/06  On-the-Record Briefing With Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew S. Natsios and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer
--09/19/06  Appointment of Andrew Natsios as the President’s Special Envoy for Sudan
--09/15/06  Government of Zimbabwe Beating and Arresting Protest Marchers
--09/01/06  Iran: Arrest of Student Activists
--08/30/06  U.S. Urges Immediate Passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution on Darfur
--08/22/06  Togolese National Dialogue
--08/21/06  United States Condemns Killing of African Union Troops
--08/11/06  Sri Lanka Co-Chairs Call For Immediate Cessation of Hostilities
--08/10/06  United States Condemns Violence in Darfur
--08/04/06  Conviction of Belarusian Non-Partisan Election Monitors
--08/04/06  Iran: Centennial Anniversary of the Constitutional Revolution
--08/03/06  Cuba: A Democratic Transition
--08/03/06  Seychelles Presidential Elections
--08/01/06  Iran: Death of Jailed Student Dissident
--07/31/06  Congolese Elections
--07/25/06  Somalia: Talks in Khartoum Must Continue
--07/19/06  Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Briefs Congress on U.S.-Saudi Discussions on Religious Practice and Tolerance
--07/19/06  Somalia – End of Hostile Action
--07/19/06  United States Commits $116 Million at Sudan Donors Conference
--07/14/06  Conviction of Belarusian Opposition Figure
--07/10/06  Release of Second Report of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Statement by Secretary Rice and Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez; Washington, DC
--07/08/06  Russia: Anniversary of Klebnikov Murder
--07/07/06  U.S. Support for Congolese Elections
--07/06/06  Parliamentary Elections in Macedonia
--06/29/06  Elections in Kuwait (Revised)
--06/21/06  Bringing Charles Taylor to Justice
--06/19/06  Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi's 61st Birthday
--06/13/06  U.S. Recognizes Montenegro as Independent State; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--06/04/06  Message on the Seventeenth Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre
--06/02/06  Lebanon: Anniversary of Assassination of Lebanese Journalist Samir Kassir
--05/17/06  Appointment of Gregg Rickman as the Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism
--05/03/06  Daily Press Briefing
--04/06/06  The United States Will Not Seek Election to the UN Human Rights Council
--03/07/06  Special Press Briefing and Release of 2005 Annual Report on Human Rights-March 8, 2006

2005
--12/09/05  Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, 2005
--03/14/05  U.S. Participation in the 61st Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
--03/18/05  Background Briefing on the U.S. Agenda at the UNCHR
--03/25/05  Special Press Briefing and Release of Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2004-2005
--03/25/05  United States and Sweden Join Forces to Protect Women and Girls from Sex Trafficking