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State Department Links Violence Against Women, Human Rights

Embassies around the world work to raise awareness

 
Women in Gauhati, India,
marched November 28 to
protest violence against
women. (© AP Images)
Washington -- U.S. embassies around the world organized 16 days of activities focused on the problem of violence against women to draw a symbolic link between the International Day Against Violence Against Women -- November 25 -- and International Human Rights Day -- December 10. 

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in her directive to all U.S. embassies, called for engagement with host country governments, civil society and media.

Preventing violence against women worldwide is part of President Bush’s Freedom Agenda.  Regarded as having reached “epidemic proportions,” violence against women includes rape, sex trafficking, domestic abuse and honor-related crimes. more



U.S. Supports U.N. Call for Independent Probe of Andijan Events

State Department urges Uzbek government to embrace reforms

The United States continues to work with partners in the European Union, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the United Nations in support of an independent international probe into the events that took place May 18 in Andijan, Uzbekistan. more



International Community Honors Victims of Srebrenica Massacre 

United States, Europe affirm need to bring perpetrators to justice  

Thousands gathered at a ceremony July 11 in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to observe the 10th anniversary of the massacre that shocked the international community in 1995, when Bosnian Serb soldiers killed nearly 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the Srebrenica enclave.  President Bush offered America’s “deepest condolences” and reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to ensure “that those responsible for these crimes face justice, most notably Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic.” more

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Independent Groups Denounce Human Rights Abuses in Cuba, Venezuela

Rights of Cuban journalists, Venezuelan activists violated, organizations say

An international press freedom advocacy group denounces the mistreatment of jailed journalists in Cuba, while another global organization promoting human rights says civil society leaders in Venezuela are being put on trial on "dubious charges of treason." more


Surveys Show Broad Support for U.N. Intervention in Darfur

Brookings panel discusses global public opinion poll results

The results of two polls – one taken in the United States and the other in eight African countries -- show substantial public dissatisfaction with their governments' responses to the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan. They also show differences in how the polled groups perceive how the crisis should be handled militarily with Africans primarily favoring United Nations intervention while Americans, although supporting U.N. intervention, also favored contributing U.S. and NATO forces to such an operation. more

 
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