Category: Human Rights

Today, the European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič is participating at an event in Cologne-Bonn airport, Germany to mark the 1000th Ukrainian patient transferred to receive healthcare in Germany since the beginning of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. The medical evacuations are coordinated and financially supported via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. In response […]

The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry, which reports to the Human Rights Council, warned that fighting escalated on 5 October last year, when consecutive explosions at a military academy graduation ceremony in government-controlled Homs killed at least 63 people, including 37 civilians. The Syrian Government and Russian forces “responded with bombardments” that struck at least […]

The text of the following joint statement was issued by the Government of the United States and the European Union: The United States and European Union are pleased to announce the release of joint guidance for online platforms, which sets out 10 practical steps platforms can take globally to prevent, mitigate, and provide remedy for attacks […]

(Washington, DC) – The decision by Peru’s Congress on March 7, 2024, to arbitrarily remove two members of the National Board of Justice severely undermines judicial independence, the rule of law, and the protection of human rights, Human Rights Watch said today. The Organization of American States (OAS) should convene a meeting of its Permanent […]

Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello will travel to Africa and the Middle East March 11-23, demonstrating the priority the Administration places on ending the Sudan conflict, meeting the immediate and dire humanitarian needs of the Sudanese people, and charting a path toward civilian, democratic government. In Kampala, Addis Ababa, Nairobi, and Cairo, the Special […]

MODERATOR:  (In progress) for Germany.  Welcome.  (Applause.) Antony Blinken, Secretary of State of the U.S.  (Applause.)  Nice to have you. And Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, Republic of India.  Minister.  (Applause.) I hope that based on the topic of the session that you will not all agree with each other and we can have […]

The United States condemns the Lukashenka regime’s sham parliamentary and local elections that concluded today in Belarus.  The elections were held in a climate of fear under which no electoral processes could be called democratic.  The regime continues to hold more than 1,400 political prisoners.  All independent political figures have either been detained or exiled.  […]

The United States is deeply troubled by the Ghanaian Parliament’s passage of legislation, officially called the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, which would threaten all Ghanaians’ constitutionally protected freedoms of speech, press, and assembly.  The bill seeks to criminalize any person who simply identifies as LGBTQI+, as well as any friend, family, or member […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Morning, everyone, and welcome – welcome to the White House. To the First Lady, Dr. Biden, thank you for again opening this remarkable place for this particular celebration, but also for being such an extraordinary role model for women and girls here in our country but also around the world, and for your […]

On March 7-8, the United States and Japan held the second annual U.S.-Japan Strategic Dialogue on Democratic Resilience in Washington, D.C. The U.S. and Japanese delegations were led by Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya and Deputy Minister and Director General of the Foreign Policy Bureau of the […]