| | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080922014302im_/http://www.state.gov/images/clearpixel.gif) Press Releases2008
--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
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