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U.S. Denounces Europe on Speech in Pared-Down Rights Report
The 2024 report reduces criticism of El Salvador and Israel while increasing scrutiny of U.S. allies, reflecting policy shifts and omitting previous coverage of key human rights issues.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. State Department released its 2024 human rights reports, scaling back criticism of El Salvador while intensifying scrutiny of the United Kingdom and Germany.
- Restructuring removed redundancies, increased readability and was completed by the end of the Biden administration, with Democratic senator Jeanne Shaheen voicing concern earlier this year.
- The 2024 report for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza excludes a death toll since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack, unlike the 2023 edition, and omits references to LGBTQ issues.
- Critics decried the revisions as an 'erasure,' with Josh Paul stating, 'The report demonstrates what happens when political agendas take priority over the facts.'
- Mandated by Congress, the reports serve U.S. policymakers, human rights workers and judicial bodies while Washington insists 'U.S. policy on promoting respect for human rights around the globe, or in any particular country, has not changed.
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The human rights situation “has deteriorated” in Brazil but in El Salvador “there is no credible information” that abuses are taking place. In Israel and the occupied territories, the only war crimes are perpetrated by Hamas. It is the vision of the world, and of the global respect for rights, that the United States Department of State has in the administration of Donald Trump and that is reflected in its annual report on rights and freedoms in …
The US State Department has published its annual report on the state of human rights around the world, significantly reducing parts of it that report on rights violations in countries close to the Trump administration, including El Salvador and Israel.
The administration of President Donald Trump has reduced a key US government report on human rights around the world, with dramatic criticisms from countries that are the basic partners of the Republican President. Among these countries are El Salvador and Israel, which, according to human rights groups, have an extensive history of abuses, writes Reuters.
Compared to previous years, there is much less talk about government corruption and abuses of the LGBTQ community, and it is much more permissive towards US allies than Israel or El Salvador.
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RapplerUS scales back human rights report; softens criticism of some Trump partner nations
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's administration has scaled back a key US government report on human rights worldwide, dramatically softening criticism of some countries that have been strong partners of the Republican president. Among such nations are El Salvador and Israel, which rights groups say hav
State Department drops criticism of Israel and El Salvador
The State Department released its annual human rights report Tuesday, but unlike in years past, this edition has come under scrutiny for omitting issues and countries with poor human rights records. Nick Schifrin looks at the report and at this active week of renewed Trump diplomacy with Russia.
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