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1997 Country Report on Human Rights Practices Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor January 30, 1998

The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. NOTE:  Many country reports are long documents and some users, typically those on slower connections, are experiencing interruptions of transfer or incomplete documents. All documents have been checked and are complete.  Please try reloading the document or connecting to the gopher or ftp site for text-only copies of the reports. 1997 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (HTML) Access the 1996 Report in Alternate Formats FTP Gopher Download the full 1997 Reports in Alternate Formats Text, MS Word, MS Excel or HTML in various compressions (.exe, .zip, .sit, .sea) All Text compressions (202 text files) or direct to: .exe format (3.1 MB) | .zip format (3.1 MB) | .sit format (3.2 MB) | .sea format (3.2 MB) All HTML compressions (209 files) or direct to: .exe format (3.2 MB) | .zip format (3.2 MB) | .sit format (3.3 MB) | .sea format (3.3 MB) All Microsoft Word compressions (201 files) or direct to: .exe format (3.7 MB) | .zip format (3.6 MB) | .sit format (3.7 MB) | .sea format (3.7 MB) plus Text version of 1997 Press Release Spreadsheet files or direct to: .exe format (195 K) | .zip format (32 K) | .sit format (95 K) | .sea format (95 K) Official Text 01/30/98: Acting Secretary of State Strobe Talbott and Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor John Shattuck, Remarks and Press Q&A, 1997 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Human Rights Reports Index | Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor