2020 report on human rights in Fiji issued by the US State Dept is selective in its treatment of facts – Raj
2020 report on human rights in Fiji issued by the US State Dept is selective in its treatment of facts – Raj
Director of the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission Ashwin Raj.
The Director of the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission Ashwin Raj says the 2020 report on human rights in Fiji issued by the US State Department is perfunctory, scant in its interpretation and deconstruction of the law, saturated with generalisations and selective in its treatment of facts.
Raj says while the report impugns independent institutions like the judiciary and those responsible for the protection, promotion and preservation of human rights, there was neither any consultations with the state and independent institutions including the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission in the formulation of this report nor any ethic of constructive engagement over the y
US Report on Fiji is factual in nature – Greubel
Raj says the report contains factual inaccuracies
US Report on Fiji is factual in nature – Greubel
Raj says the report contains factual inaccuracies Thursday 08/04/2021
US Embassy’s Chargé d’Affaires to Fiji, Tony Greubel and Director of the Fiji Human Rights and Anti Discrimination Commission, Ashwin Raj. [image: file]
US Embassy’s Chargé d’Affaires to Fiji, Tony Greubel has today maintained that the US State Department’s 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in Fiji are factual in nature however the Director of the Fiji Human Rights and Anti Discrimination Commission, Ashwin Raj says the US report contains factual inaccuracies and has a scant interpretation of the law.
US President Biden shines harsh spotlight on Uganda
April 7, 2021 An injured protestor
US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was blunt and plain-spoken in his unflattering assessment of Uganda’s poor human rights record when he delivered on-camera remarks recently while presiding at the release of the 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.
Uganda’s grades on human rights took a battering before, during and in the immediate aftermath of 2020/2021 election campaign period that put on public display the army and police’s use of highhanded brute force to break up opposition campaign rallies, arrest politicians and their supporters deemed to run counter to Covid-19 rules limiting gatherings to 200 people.
The US State Department has reaffirmed its position which considers the West Bank as territory occupied by Israel. It is a historical fact that Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza, and the Golan.
2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Armenia
Executive Summary
Armenia’s constitution provides for a parliamentary republic with a unicameral legislature, the National Assembly (parliament). The prime minister, elected by parliament, heads the government; the president, also elected by parliament, largely performs a ceremonial role. During 2018 parliamentary elections, the My Step coalition, led by Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, won 70 percent of the vote and an overwhelming majority of seats in parliament. According to the assessment of the international election observation mission under the umbrella of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the parliamentary elections were held with respect for fundamental freedoms.