US to ease human rights criticism of El Salvador, Israel and Russia, Washington Post says

State Dept. omitting anti-LGBTQ+ actions from foreign human rights reports

This and other changes are detailed in drafts obtained by The Washington Post.

US plans to ease human rights criticism of El Salvador, Israel, and Russia

Leaked State Department drafts show significant omissions of abuses, including against LGBTQ+ people and political corruption, in reports on key U.S. allies.

Report: State Department to remove LGBTQ references from human rights reports

Advocacy groups have sharply criticized the State Department over its reported plans to remove references to anti-LGBTQ discrimination from its annual human rights reports. The Washington Post on Wednesday reported it obtained drafts of human rights reports for El Salvador, Russia, and Israel. “They strike all references to LGBTQ+ individuals or crimes against them, and the descriptions of government abuses that do remain have been softened,” re…

State Department Removes Anti-LGBTQ+ Violence From Human Rights Report Draft

A leaked draft of the report scales back criticisms of human rights abuses in El Salvador, Russia and Israel.

Under Trump, U.S. In The Tank For Human Rights Abusers

Leaked drafts of the State Department’s long-delayed annual human rights reports indicate that the Trump administration intends to dramatically scale back U.S. government criticism of certain foreign nations with extensive records of abuse. Via The Washington Post: The draft human rights reports for El Salvador, Israel and Russia, copies of which were reviewed by The Washington Post, are significantly shorter than the ones prepared last year by …

US to ease rights criticism of Israel, El Salvador and Russia

The Trump administration plans to scale back criticism of El Salvador, Israel and Russia over human rights, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing drafts of the State Department's annual human rights report. The draft reports related to those countries were significantly shorter than the ones prepared by the administration of Democratic former President Joe Biden, who left office in January, following Republican Donald Trump's Novembe…