The most significant problems during the year remained trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation and labor; police abuse and their degrading treatment of persons in custody and asylum seekers; and violence against women, including spousal abuse.Other problems during the year included: prison overcrowding; lack of separation of pretrial detainees from convicted criminals; prolonged detention of asylum seekers and irregular migrants in prison-like conditions; deportation of rejected asylum seekers before they had an opportunity to appeal their asylum decision; lack of full access to and administration of some religious sites; government corruption; incidents of violence against children; instances of discrimination and violence against members of minority ethnic and national groups; and societal discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) persons.
| Author: U. S. U. S. State Department, Penny Hill Press |
| Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Mar 03, 2017 |
| Number of Pages: 52 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1976377838 |
| ISBN-13: 9781976377839 |