News from January 2022
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
Haiti Independence DayOn behalf of the Government of the United States and the American people, I send warm greetings to the Haitian people as you celebrate the 218th anniversary of your independence.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that promote the ability of small groups of at-risk populations (human rights defenders, journalists, and members of civil society) to share information and files easily and securely during full Internet shutdowns.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) sanctions last month on four U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) commissioners, including Chair Nadine Maenza, Vice Chair Nury Turkel, and Commissioners Anurima Bhargava and James W. Carr, constitute yet another PRC affront against universal rights.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Expanding the Reach and Resilience of Wireless Internet-Independent Peer-to-Peer Communications
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for grant support for nascent, developing anti-censorship platforms.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Supporting Diverse Anti-Censorship Solutions
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
Due to harsh and unjust sentences handed down to peaceful protesters, the Department of State today took steps to impose visa restrictions on eight Cuban officials implicated in attempts to silence the voices of the Cuban people through repression, unjust detentions, and harsh prison sentences.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The United States is closely following the situation in Kazakhstan, a valued partner.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
Due to harsh and unjust sentences handed down to peaceful protesters, the Department of State today took steps to impose visa restrictions on eight Cuban officials implicated in attempts to silence the voices of the Cuban people through repression, unjust detentions, and harsh prison sentences.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The United States continues to recognize the authority of the democratically elected 2015 National Assembly as the last remaining democratic institution and Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s interim president.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
On behalf of the United States of America, I join the people of Sudan in commemorating 66 years of independence.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) sanctions last month on four U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) commissioners, including Chair Nadine Maenza, Vice Chair Nury Turkel, and Commissioners Anurima Bhargava and James W. Carr, constitute yet another PRC affront against universal rights.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
In concert with democracies in the international community, the United States will continue to call out the Ortega-Murillo regime’s ongoing abuses and will deploy diplomatic and economic tools to support the restoration of democracy and respect for human rights in Nicaragua. T
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined by Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in writing to Secretary of State Antony Blinken to express their concerns regarding recent developments in Tunisia that threaten the country’s democracy.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The Department of State is publicly designating former Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) President Milan Tegeltija and the President of the Movement for Democratic Action (PDA) and Parliamentary Assembly Representative Mirsad Kukic due to their involvement in significant corruption.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the below opening remarks at this morning’s full Committee hearing to consider the nominations of Mr. Scott Nathan to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
As 2022 begins, I am feeling the loss of two of the titans of U.S. science and conservation – E.O. Wilson and Tom Lovejoy – both of whom passed away in late December.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led 26 of his Senate Democratic colleagues in introducing the Defending Ukraine Sovereignty Act of 2022, critical legislation to impose steep costs in the event of a renewed Kremlin invasion of Ukraine.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
On December 7-8, 2021, the Republic of Korea hosted a virtual meeting of UN member states for the 2021 UN Peacekeeping Ministerial.
