US State Department on human rights

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The latest State Department report on human rights in the Dominican Republic could be seen as positive or negative, depending on which newspaper one reads. Listin Diario says that the State Department accuses the Dominican Republic of practicing serious discrimination against Haitians and their descendants. In contrast, El Caribe's article starts by saying that "human rights improved in 2006", and says that the report applauds the elections in May as "free and fair". According to El Caribe, the State Department comments on the 650,000-1,000,000 undocumented Haitians in the Dominican Republic. The report goes on to mention that the new chief of police (who is not named - Bernardo Santana Paez) has "improved" the department, although it said that abuses were still committed against suspected criminals. The report also mentions violence against women, child abuse issues and prostitution.

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