US State Dept Release of 2004 Annual Report on Human Rights

[Frannie Wellings <wellings@epic.org>]

Special Press Briefing and Release of 2004 Annual Report on Human 
Rights-February 28, 2005


  Notice to the Press
  Office of the Spokesman
  Washington, DC
  February 25, 2005



  Special Press Briefing and Release of 2004 Annual Report on Human
  Rights-February 28, 2005


  Under Secretary Paula Dobriansky will deliver remarks on the release of the
  State Department's 2004 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on Monday,
  February 28 at 9:00 a.m.  After the Under Secretary's opening remarks, Acting
  Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael Kozak will
  provide introductory remarks on the report and respond to reporters'
  questions.  This event is on camera and on the record, and will be 
held in the
  State Department's press briefing room (Room 2209).



  Advance Copies of the Embargoed Report

  Embargoed copies of the report on CD-ROM will be available on 
Monday, February
  28 at 8:15 a.m. in the State Department's Press Office (Room 2109). 
The entire
  report is EMBARGOED until the end of the press briefing, approximately 10:00
  a.m., February 28.  The report is available on a first-come, first-served
  basis, one CD per media organization, and must be collected in 
person from Room
  2109.  Copies will not be reserved, mailed, faxed or delivered to a building
  entrance.



  Press who attend this briefing should arrive at the C Street entrance (2201 C
  Street, NW) and must present either (1) A U.S. Government-issued 
identification
  card (Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense or
  Foreign Press Center), (2) a media-issued photo identification card, or (3)
  letter from their employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a
  journalist, accompanied by an official photo identification card (driver's
  license, passport).  Press should allow adequate time to process through
  security and to be in the briefing room 10 minutes before the briefing.



  Electronic Access to the Report via Internet

  The full text of the report will be available for downloading from the State
  Department web site at: http://www.state.gov as soon as possible after the
  briefing on February 28.



  Book Form

  As soon as it has been printed by the Government Printing Office, 
copies of the
  full report will be sold by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government
  Printing Office, Washington DC 20402; telephone 202-512-1800; fax 
202-512-2250.



  Press Contacts

  For more information on this event, contact:

  Gene Bigler, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, (202) 
647-3904 or the
  Office of Press Relations, (202) 647-2492



  2005/236

  Released on February 25, 2005
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