The CIDH - IACHR's #Venezuela report highlights severe human rights violations & abuses following the July 28 election. At today's OAS session, the U.S. voiced urgency in addressing the detention, censorship, and violence perpetrated by Maduro against dissenting individuals.

The conviction of Stand News editors for sedition is a direct attack on media freedom and undermines Hong Kong’s once-proud international reputation for openness. We urge Beijing and Hong Kong authorities to restore and uphold rights guaranteed in the Basic Law.

Two years since the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights released an assessment on human rights violations in Xinjiang, the U.S. continues to urge the PRC to take immediate action and end the ongoing repression of Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups.

For over 13 years the Assad regime has continued to use enforced disappearance as a tool of repression against its real and perceived critics. Under our visa restriction policy for Syria, we continue to promote accountability for this repression. state.gov/announcement-o…

Collaborative discussion w/ Vice Labor Minister Lê Văn Thanh on the U.S.-Vietnam Labor Dialogue, our longest-running labor dialogue with any country, and the path forward. 🇺🇸 & 🇻🇳 have a long history of working to improve labor rights and protect survivors of human trafficking.

Today we honor those around the world affected by this egregious crime, renew our commitment to call out and condemn governments that engage in enforced disappearances. We will continue to seek accountability for perpetrators.

On #EnforcedDisappearances, Ambassador Turner stressed, “We will never forget the unrepatriated POWs & individuals abducted by the DPRK. We call upon the DPRK to account for their whereabouts & allow reunions w/ loved ones. Read Secretary Antony Blinken’s statement: state.gov/international-…

Engaging discussion with 🇻🇳 Vice Minister of Home Affairs Vũ Chiến Thắng and the Government Committee for Religious Affairs on advancing religious freedom for all. 🇺🇸 is committed to engaging 🇻🇳 on strengthening protections for freedom of religion or belief through the

We are excited to have Assistant Secretary Dafna Rand re-join the Department to lead U.S. efforts to promote democracy, respect for human rights, and labor rights across the globe. state.gov/biographies/da…

The United States secured the release of 135 political prisoners from Nicaragua. We thank President Bernardo Arévalo for welcoming them to Guatemala. Nicaraguans deserve democracy and freedom from persecution in their home country.

Yesterday NSC & State Department: Democracy, Human Rights, & Labor hosted key stakeholders in the 1st ever White House Roundtable on Internet Freedom Technologies on enabling free internet for millions of people living in autocracies & further the Call to Action to advance technology that upholds democratic principles.

Under President Biden' leadership, we secured the release of 135 unjustly detained political prisoners on humanitarian grounds in Nicaragua, including members of the Texas-based Mountain Gateway org, Catholic laypeople, students, and other Nicaraguan citizens. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

Today the U.S. government released an updated Hong Kong Business Advisory that cautions U.S. businesses operating in Hong Kong. Businesses should be aware that the risks they face in the People's Republic of China are now increasingly present in Hong Kong.

Today, the United States released an update to the Hong Kong Business Advisory to inform businesses of the risks of continuing to operate in Hong Kong. Hong Kong authorities' implementation of its Safeguarding National Security Ordinance and Article 23 increases risks and further

Good to meet with Dominican worker leaders while in the Dominican Republic with Secretary Antony Blinken to recognize the importance of labor rights and freedom of association, and their contributions to more equitable economies and just societies. -BAN

DRL Deputy Assistant Secretary Roig & USAID LAC Deputy Assistant Administrator Guilarte met with imprisoned Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora, who has now been detained for 770 days. El Periodico was closed, and investigative journalists had to flee Guatemala. Zamora