The U.S. Embassy released the 2009 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Tajikistan in both Tajik and Russian, both available on the U.S. Embassy website. The Country Report on Human Rights Practices was released on March 11, 2010.

The Report summarizes the human rights situation in Tajikistan, followed by comprehensive information on over 35 areas, such as trial procedures, political detainees, freedom of speech and the press, freedom of religion, political participation, corruption, trafficking in persons, women and children.

The Report details a number of specific human rights violations and mentions examples such as forced participation in the Roghun fundraising campaign, lack of transparency in the state budget, the restrictive Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations, the shut-down and delays of independent media outlets TV Somoniyon, TV Guli Bodom, and Radio Imruz, and the three-month closure of the Technological and Communication Innovation of Tajikistan Institute. The Report also highlights government harassment of nongovernmental organizations, violence and discrimination against women, trafficking in persons, child labor, and unlawful detainment and torture.

In public statements and through direct communication with the Government of Tajikistan, the U.S. Embassy has conveyed its concerns about these violations to the Government of Tajikistan and urged it to ensure basic human rights to all Tajik citizens.

Secretary of State Clinton said at the release of the Report on March 11, 2010, that the United States is «committed to holding everyone to the same standard, including ourselves.”

The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress in compliance with U.S. law and cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights. The Reports provide the most comprehensive record available of the condition of human rights around the world.

The Tajik and Russian language versions of the report are available on the embassy’s website at: http://russian.dushanbe.usembassy.gov/reports.html

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