U.S. Department of State: The State Department’s 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

"The reports themselves are based on information that we have received from governments, multilateral institutions, from national and international nongovernmental groups, and from academics, jurists, religious groups and the media. They have gone through a lengthy process of checking and cross-checking. As we present these reports, the Department of State remains mindful of the both international and domestic scrutiny of our own human rights record." Source: U.S. Department of State

Link to site for country by country reports