US EditionState Department's Overhauled Human Rights Report Faces Diplomatic Rebukes and Lawsuit
The report narrows focus on free speech, omits abuses against women and LGBTQ people, and softens criticism of US allies, reflecting a politicized approach aligned with "America First" values.
- The U.S. State Department released a scaled-back version of its annual human rights report, facing criticism for omitting details on abuses globally and showing bias toward friendly nations, as reported by Amanda Klasing of Amnesty International USA.
- The report noted improved human rights situations in Hungary compared to previous years, although it faced backlash for purported bias toward politically aligned countries.
- The report significantly minimized mentions of LGBTQ rights and gender-based violence, drawing scrutiny from human rights advocates and former officials.
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What a cheek! The US is in no position to lecture us about free speech
An annual global human rights report from the US state department has declared that freedom of speech is under threat in the UK. The British are too polite to tell the Trump administration what we really think about that – but I’m not, writes Sean O’Grady
Human rights report under Trump blunts language on Israel and El Salvador - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
The State Department on Tuesday released an annual collection of reports on human rights records in nearly 200 nations, but left out language on persistent abuses in many nations that was present in prior reports.
The report on Israel is the litmus test of the new course: nine pages in 2025 against 103 in 2024. So far considered by international observers to be among the most complete sources on the subject, the Report on human rights violations in the world drawn up every year by the US State Department has seen the volume of pages and the information contained therein plummet. “The reports - reads the presentation published on August 12 - have been simp…
State Department butchers human rights abuse report for the new Trump era
A long-awaited report on global human rights from the Trump administration features hand-wringing about purported anti-white racism, downplays abuses against women and completely omits references to anti-LGBTQ discrimination.
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