Front Matter 02/25/09  Preface 02/25/09  Overview and Acknowledgements 02/25/09  Introduction Africa 02/25/09  Angola 02/25/09  Benin 02/25/09  Botswana 02/25/09  Burkina Faso 02/25/09  Burundi 02/25/09  Cameroon 02/25/09  Cape Verde 02/25/09  Central African Republic 02/25/09  Chad 02/25/09  Comoros 02/25/09  Congo, Democratic Republic of the 02/25/09  Congo, Republic of the 02/25/09  Cote d'Ivoire 02/25/09  Djibouti 02/25/09  Equatorial Guinea 02/25/09  Eritrea 02/25/09  Ethiopia 02/25/09  Gabon 02/25/09  Gambia, The 02/25/09  Ghana 02/25/09  Guinea 02/25/09  Guinea-Bissau 02/25/09  Kenya 02/25/09  Lesotho 02/25/09  Liberia 02/25/09  Madagascar 02/25/09  Malawi 02/25/09  Mali 02/25/09  Mauritania 02/25/09  Mauritius 02/25/09  Mozambique 02/25/09  Namibia 02/25/09  Niger 02/25/09  Nigeria 02/25/09  Rwanda 02/25/09  Sao Tome and Principe 02/25/09  Senegal 02/25/09  Seychelles 02/25/09  Sierra Leone 02/25/09  Somalia 02/25/09  South Africa 02/25/09  Sudan 02/25/09  Swaziland 02/25/09  Tanzania 02/25/09  Togo 02/25/09  Uganda 02/25/09  Zambia 02/25/09  Zimbabwe East Asia and the Pacific 02/25/09  Australia 02/25/09  Brunei Darussalam 02/25/09  Burma 02/25/09  Cambodia 02/25/09  China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau) 02/25/09  Taiwan 02/25/09  Fiji 02/25/09  Indonesia 02/25/09  Japan 02/25/09  Kiribati 02/25/09  Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 02/25/09  Korea, Republic of 02/25/09  Laos 02/25/09  Malaysia 02/25/09  Marshall Islands 02/25/09  Micronesia, Federated States of 02/25/09  Mongolia 02/25/09  Nauru 02/25/09  New Zealand 02/25/09  Palau 02/25/09  Papua New Guinea 02/25/09  Philippines 02/25/09  Samoa 02/25/09  Singapore 02/25/09  Solomon Islands 02/25/09  Thailand 02/25/09  Timor-Leste 02/25/09  Tonga 02/25/09  Tuvalu 02/25/09  Vanuatu 02/25/09  Vietnam Europe and Eurasia 02/25/09  Albania 02/25/09  Andorra 02/25/09  Armenia 02/25/09  Austria 02/25/09  Azerbaijan 02/25/09  Belarus 02/25/09  Belgium 02/25/09  Bosnia and Herzegovina 02/25/09  Bulgaria 02/25/09  Croatia 02/25/09  Cyprus 02/25/09  Czech Republic 02/25/09  Denmark 02/25/09  Estonia 02/25/09  Finland 02/25/09  France 02/25/09  Georgia 02/25/09  Germany 02/25/09  Greece 02/25/09  Hungary 02/25/09  Iceland 02/25/09  Ireland 02/25/09  Italy 02/25/09  Kosovo 02/25/09  Latvia 02/25/09  Liechtenstein 02/25/09  Lithuania 02/25/09  Luxembourg 02/25/09  Macedonia 02/25/09  Malta 02/25/09  Moldova 02/25/09  Monaco 02/25/09  Montenegro 02/25/09  Netherlands 02/25/09  Norway 02/25/09  Poland 02/25/09  Portugal 02/25/09  Romania 02/25/09  Russia 02/25/09  San Marino 02/25/09  Serbia 02/25/09  Slovak Republic 02/25/09  Slovenia 02/25/09  Spain 02/25/09  Sweden 02/25/09  Switzerland 02/25/09  Turkey 02/25/09  Ukraine 02/25/09  United Kingdom Near East and North Africa 02/25/09  Algeria 02/25/09  Bahrain 02/25/09  Egypt 02/25/09  Iran 02/25/09  Iraq 02/25/09  Israel and the occupied territories 02/25/09  Jordan 02/25/09  Kuwait 02/25/09  Lebanon 02/25/09  Libya 02/25/09  Morocco 02/25/09  Western Sahara 02/25/09  Oman 02/25/09  Qatar 02/25/09  Saudi Arabia 02/25/09  Syria 02/25/09  Tunisia 02/25/09  United Arab Emirates 02/25/09  Yemen South and Central Asia 02/25/09  Afghanistan 02/25/09  Bangladesh 02/25/09  Bhutan 02/25/09  India 02/25/09  Kazakhstan 02/25/09  Kyrgyz Republic 02/25/09  Maldives 02/25/09  Nepal 02/25/09  Pakistan 02/25/09  Sri Lanka 02/25/09  Tajikistan 02/25/09  Turkmenistan 02/25/09  Uzbekistan Western Hemisphere 02/25/09  Antigua and Barbuda 02/25/09  Argentina 02/25/09  Bahamas, The 02/25/09  Barbados 02/25/09  Belize 02/25/09  Bolivia 02/25/09  Brazil 02/25/09  Canada 02/25/09  Chile 02/25/09  Colombia 02/25/09  Costa Rica 02/25/09  Cuba 02/25/09  Dominica 02/25/09  Dominican Republic 02/25/09  Ecuador 02/25/09  El Salvador 02/25/09  Grenada 02/25/09  Guatemala 02/25/09  Guyana 02/25/09  Haiti 02/25/09  Honduras 02/25/09  Jamaica 02/25/09  Mexico 02/25/09  Nicaragua 02/25/09  Panama 02/25/09  Paraguay 02/25/09  Peru 02/25/09  Saint Kitts and Nevis 02/25/09  Saint Lucia 02/25/09  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 02/25/09  Suriname 02/25/09  Trinidad and Tobago 02/25/09  Uruguay 02/25/09  Venezuela Appendices 02/25/09  Appendix A: Notes on Preparation of the Country Reports and Explanatory Notes 02/25/09  Appendix B: Reporting on Worker Rights 02/25/09  Appendix C: Selected International Human Rights Conventions 02/25/09  Appendix D: Description of International Human Rights Conventions in Appendix C 02/25/09  Appendix E: FY 2008 State and USAID Foreign Assistance Estimate 02/25/09  Appendix F: UN General Assembly's Third Committee Country Resolution Votes 2008 02/25/09  Appendix G: UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights Related Material 02/25/09 The State Department's 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC 02/25/09 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices; Acting Assistant Secretary Karen Stewart, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Washington, DC