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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 In This Section: Front Matter Africa East Asia and the Pacific Europe and Eurasia Near East and North Africa South and Central Asia Western Hemisphere Appendices Related Material Highlights Learn More Business Business Support: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Office of Global Partnerships Commercial and Business Affairs Office Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts 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