Front Matter 03/11/10  Preface 03/11/10  Overview and Acknowledgements 03/11/10  Introduction Africa 03/11/10  Angola 03/11/10  Benin 03/11/10  Botswana 03/11/10  Burkina Faso 03/11/10  Burundi 03/11/10  Cameroon 03/11/10  Cape Verde 03/11/10  Central African Republic 03/11/10  Chad 03/11/10  Comoros 03/11/10  Congo, Democratic Republic of the 03/11/10  Congo, Republic of the 03/11/10  Cote d'Ivoire 03/11/10  Djibouti 03/11/10  Equatorial Guinea 03/11/10  Eritrea 03/11/10  Ethiopia 03/11/10  Gabon 03/11/10  Gambia, The 03/11/10  Ghana 03/11/10  Guinea 03/11/10  Guinea-Bissau 03/11/10  Kenya 03/11/10  Lesotho 03/11/10  Liberia 03/11/10  Madagascar 03/11/10  Malawi 03/11/10  Mali 03/11/10  Mauritania 03/11/10  Mauritius 03/11/10  Mozambique 03/11/10  Namibia 03/11/10  Niger 03/11/10  Nigeria 03/11/10  Rwanda 03/11/10  Sao Tome and Principe 03/11/10  Senegal 03/11/10  Seychelles 03/11/10  Sierra Leone 03/11/10  Somalia 03/11/10  South Africa 03/11/10  Sudan 03/11/10  Swaziland 03/11/10  Tanzania 03/11/10  Togo 03/11/10  Uganda 03/11/10  Zambia 03/11/10  Zimbabwe East Asia and the Pacific 03/11/10  Australia 03/11/10  Brunei Darussalam 03/11/10  Burma 03/11/10  Cambodia 03/11/10  China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau) 03/11/10  Taiwan 03/11/10  Fiji 03/11/10  Indonesia 03/11/10  Japan 03/11/10  Kiribati 03/11/10  Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 03/11/10  Korea, Republic of 03/11/10  Laos 03/11/10  Malaysia 03/11/10  Marshall Islands 03/11/10  Micronesia, Federated States of 03/11/10  Mongolia 03/11/10  Nauru 03/11/10  New Zealand 03/11/10  Palau 03/11/10  Papua New Guinea 03/11/10  Philippines 03/11/10  Samoa 03/11/10  Singapore 03/11/10  Solomon Islands 03/11/10  Thailand 03/11/10  Timor-Leste 03/11/10  Tonga 03/11/10  Tuvalu 03/11/10  Vanuatu 03/11/10  Vietnam Europe and Eurasia 03/11/10  Albania 03/11/10  Andorra 03/11/10  Armenia 03/11/10  Austria 03/11/10  Azerbaijan 03/11/10  Belarus 03/11/10  Belgium 03/11/10  Bosnia and Herzegovina 03/11/10  Bulgaria 03/11/10  Croatia 03/11/10  Cyprus 03/11/10  Czech Republic 03/11/10  Denmark 03/11/10  Estonia 03/11/10  Finland 03/11/10  France 03/11/10  Georgia 03/11/10  Germany 03/11/10  Greece 03/11/10  Hungary 03/11/10  Iceland 03/11/10  Ireland 03/11/10  Italy 03/11/10  Kosovo 03/11/10  Latvia 03/11/10  Liechtenstein 03/11/10  Lithuania 03/11/10  Luxembourg 03/11/10  Macedonia 03/11/10  Malta 03/11/10  Moldova 03/11/10  Monaco 03/11/10  Montenegro 03/11/10  Netherlands 03/11/10  Norway 03/11/10  Poland 03/11/10  Portugal 03/11/10  Romania 03/11/10  Russia 03/11/10  San Marino 03/11/10  Serbia 03/11/10  Slovakia 03/11/10  Slovenia 03/11/10  Spain 03/11/10  Sweden 03/11/10  Switzerland 03/11/10  Turkey 03/11/10  Ukraine 03/11/10  United Kingdom Near East and North Africa 03/11/10  Algeria 03/11/10  Bahrain 03/11/10  Egypt 03/11/10  Iran 03/11/10  Iraq 03/11/10  Israel and the occupied territories 03/11/10  Jordan 03/11/10  Kuwait 03/11/10  Lebanon 03/11/10  Libya 03/11/10  Morocco 03/11/10  Western Sahara 03/11/10  Oman 03/11/10  Qatar 03/11/10  Saudi Arabia 03/11/10  Syria 03/11/10  Tunisia 03/11/10  United Arab Emirates 03/11/10  Yemen South and Central Asia 03/11/10  Afghanistan 03/11/10  Bangladesh 03/11/10  Bhutan 03/11/10  India 03/11/10  Kazakhstan 03/11/10  Kyrgyz Republic 03/11/10  Maldives 03/11/10  Nepal 03/11/10  Pakistan 03/11/10  Sri Lanka 03/11/10  Tajikistan 03/11/10  Turkmenistan 03/11/10  Uzbekistan Western Hemisphere 03/11/10  Antigua and Barbuda 03/11/10  Argentina 03/11/10  Bahamas, The 03/11/10  Barbados 03/11/10  Belize 03/11/10  Bolivia 03/11/10  Brazil 03/11/10  Canada 03/11/10  Chile 03/11/10  Colombia 03/11/10  Costa Rica 03/11/10  Cuba 03/11/10  Dominica 03/11/10  Dominican Republic 03/11/10  Ecuador 03/11/10  El Salvador 03/11/10  Grenada 03/11/10  Guatemala 03/11/10  Guyana 03/11/10  Haiti 03/11/10  Honduras 03/11/10  Jamaica 03/11/10  Mexico 03/11/10  Nicaragua 03/11/10  Panama 03/11/10  Paraguay 03/11/10  Peru 03/11/10  Saint Kitts and Nevis 03/11/10  Saint Lucia 03/11/10  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 03/11/10  Suriname 03/11/10  Trinidad and Tobago 03/11/10  Uruguay 03/11/10  Venezuela Appendices 03/11/10  Appendix A: Notes on Preparation of Report 03/11/10  Appendix B: Reporting on Worker Rights 03/11/10  Appendix C: Selected International Human Rights Conventions [ PDF version   ] 03/11/10  Appendix D: Description of International Human Rights Conventions in Appendix C 03/11/10  Appendix E: FY 2009 Foreign Assistance Actuals 03/11/10  Appendix F: UN General Assembly's Third Committee Country Resolution Votes 2009 03/11/10  Appendix G: United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Related Material 03/11/10 Remarks to the Press on the Release of the 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC 03/11/10 Briefing on the Release of the 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Washington, DC 03/02/10 Rollout of the 2009 Human Rights Report;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Washington, DC