2016 U.S. Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Zambia
NR/1145/03/03/2017 CONTACT: Janet Deutsch FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Public Affairs Officer March 3, 2017 Phone: 357000 U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 3, 2017, released the 2016 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. The country-specific Human Rights Reports are documents the U.S. Congress, by law, requires the State Department to prepare annually and make public. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements. U.S. embassies compile Human Rights Reports with help from host governments, local NGOs, and other members of civil...