The US State Department has released its annual report on human rights around the world. In its report on the Dominican Republic, the researchers highlight in the executive summary: “Significant human rights issues included: reports of unlawful or arbitrary killings by government security forces; torture by police and other government agents; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; arbitrary detention; serious problems with the independence of the judiciary; arbitrary interference with privacy; criminal libel for individual journalists; serious government corruption; trafficking in persons; and police violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex persons.
The report concludes: “The government took some steps to punish officials who committed human rights abuses, but there were widespread reports of official impunity and corruption, especially among senior officials.”
Read the report on the Dominican Republic at:
2020 US State Department Report on Human Rights Practices in the DR
2020 US State Department Report
31 March 2021