Report On The Situation Of Human Rights In Paraguay

Author : U S Department of State
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781079375954
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book Paraguay 2018 Human Rights Report written by U S Department of State and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 2018 report on Human Rights by the U.S. Department of State published on March 13, 2019Paraguay is a multiparty, constitutional republic. In April, Mario Abdo Benitez of the Colorado Party, also known as the National Republican Association (ANR), won the presidency in elections recognized as free and fair. Legislative elections took place at the same time.Civilian authorities at times did not maintain effective control over the security forces. Critics asserted the government did not deploy or monitor forces effectively, particularly in the northeastern section of the country.Human rights issues included reports of torture by government officials; harsh and at times life-threatening prison conditions; arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption of prosecutors and judges, and police involvement in criminal activities; violent intimidation of journalists by organized crime groups and government officials; legal impunity and widespread corruption in all branches and all levels of government; widespread and sometimes lethal violence against women and indigenous persons, despite government efforts to curtail such acts, as well as police violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) persons; and child labor, particularly in domestic service and informal agricultural sectors.The executive branch took steps to prosecute and punish low- and mid-ranked officials who committed abuses, but general impunity for officials in the police and security forces continued to be widely reported.