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Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Bourita
Release: The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel.
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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Guatemala
Release: Guatemala is a multiparty constitutional republic. The country last held national and local elections in 2019. Voters elected Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla as president for a four-year term beginning January 2020. International observers considered the presidential election as generally free and fair.
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Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Bourita
News Release: The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel
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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Suriname
Release: Suriname is a constitutional democracy with a president elected by the unicameral National Assembly. Elections for the National Assembly took place in 2020. International observers considered these elections to be free and fair. In July 2020, the National Assembly elected Chandrikapersad Santokhi as president.
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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Dominica
Release: Dominica is a multiparty parliamentary democracy. The prime minister is the head of government. The House of Assembly elects the president, who serves as the head of state. In the 2019 election, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit’s Dominica Labor Party prevailed over the opposition United Workers Party by a margin of 18 seats to three. Election observers from the Organization of American States, United Nations, and Caribbean Community found the election generally free and fair.
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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Saint Lucia
Release: Saint Lucia is a constitutional monarchy with a multiparty parliamentary system. The prime minister is head of government. King Charles III is the head of state, represented by a governor general. In July 2021, in elections considered free and fair by outside observers, the Saint Lucia Labour Party won 13 of the 17 seats in the House of Assembly, defeating the previously ruling United Workers Party. Philip J. Pierre was named the new prime minister.
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Release of U.S. Citizen Held Hostage in West Africa
News Release: We welcome the release of U.S. citizen Jeffery Woodke, who was held hostage in West Africa for more than six years. I spoke with Jeffery’s family today and am pleased they will be reunited soon. We are grateful for the extraordinary cooperation of the Government of Niger, as well as the sustained efforts ...
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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: The Bahamas
Release: The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is a constitutional parliamentary democracy. Prime Minister Philip “Brave" Davis’ Progressive Liberal Party won control of the government in September 2021. International observers found the electoral process to be free and fair.
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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Bolivia
Release: Bolivia is a constitutional, multiparty republic with an elected president and a bicameral legislature. In 2020 Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, candidate for the Movement Towards Socialism party, won the presidential election with 55 percent of the vote. International electoral observation missions and domestic electoral observation organizations characterized the national elections as free, fair, and transparent.
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Assistant Secretary Sison’s Travel to Madagascar, South Africa, Mauritius, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos
Release: Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele Sison will travel to Madagascar, South Africa, Mauritius, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos, March 22-April 7, for meetings with counterparts and UN officials to reinforce U.S. commitment to collaborative multilateral engagement in addressing collective global challenges.
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Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita Before Their Meeting
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon. It’s a great pleasure to welcome my friend, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, here to the State Department, back to the State Department. We have a longstanding, historic, and steadfast partnership with Morocco, which has been such an important force for stability, for peace, for progress and moderation - something that we deeply value and appreciate.
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Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita Before Their Meeting
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon. It’s a great pleasure to welcome my friend, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, here to the State Department, back to the State Department. We have a longstanding, historic, and steadfast partnership with Morocco, which has been such an important force for stability, for peace, for progress and moderation - something that we deeply value and appreciate.
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Acting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Erin Barclay on the 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
News Release: MR PATEL: All right, thanks, everybody. I’m going to turn the floor over now to Assistant Secretary Barclay, who’s going to make some remarks. And then her and Ambassador Van Schaack are on hand to address some other questions you all might have.
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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Colombia
Release: Colombia is a constitutional, multiparty republic. Presidential and legislative elections were held in 2022. Voters elected Gustavo Petro president in a second round of elections that observers considered free and fair and the most peaceful in decades. President Petro was inaugurated on August 7.
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IRFBA Chair’s Statement on Vietnamese Religious Prisoners of Conscience Y Yich and Y Pum Bya
Release: As Chair of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance, I express my grave concern at the imprisonment of two Montagnard Christians in Vietnam. Pastor Y Yich is being held at Mang Yang Prison, on charges of “undermining national unity" and “dangerous recidivism", while Y Pum Bya is imprisoned at Gia Trung Prison on charges of “sabotaging implementation of solidarity policies" I call.
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Secretary Blinken’s Call with Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan
Release: The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel.
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Additional U.S. Military Assistance for Ukraine
News Release: This week, as Russia’s unconscionable war of aggression against Ukraine continues at great human cost, we are again reminded of the boundless courage and steadfast resolve of the Ukrainian people, and the strong support for Ukraine across the international community.
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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Belize
Release: Belize is a constitutional parliamentary democracy. In the most recent national election, held in 2020, the People’s United Party won 26 of 31 seats in the National Assembly and selected John Briceno as prime minister. King Charles III is the head of state and is represented by a governor general. In May 2021, Froyla T’zalam assumed the post of governor general following the retirement of Sir Colville Young.
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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Honduras
Release: Honduras is a constitutional, multiparty republic. The most recent national and local elections were held in November 2021. Voters elected Xiomara Castro of the LIBRE Party as president for a four-year term beginning in January. International observers generally recognized the elections as free and fair.
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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Grenada
Release: Grenada is a parliamentary democracy with a bicameral legislature. In the general election on June 23, the National Democratic Congress won nine of 15 seats, and on June 24, Dickon Mitchell was named prime minister. Observers considered the elections to have been conducted peacefully and according to established procedures.