Acting Secretary John Sullivan remarks on the release of the 2017 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, at the Department of State on April 20, 2018. Ambassador Michael Kozak from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor takes questions in the Briefing Room immediately following Acting Secretary Sullivan’s remarks. A transcript is available at https://www.state.gov/s/d/2018/280666…. Reports are available to the public on https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt….
Remarks on the Release of the 2017 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
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