State Department They oppose criticism of its change in the process of reporting human rights abuses.
NPR reported Last week, the Trump administration’s reduction in its annual report was intended to inform Congress’ decision on assigning foreign aid to the country, claiming that the State Department is “changing its mind about what is called human rights.”
Fox News Digital reportedly restructured its 2024 Human Rights Report and instead of a “laundry list of politically biased demands and claims,” it was restructured to remove redundancy, improve readability, and focus on human rights abuses.
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On April 15th, 2025, the state headquarters building is located in the Foggy Bottom district of Washington, DC. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
“NPR’s report that the State Department is reducing its human rights report is misleading and false,” a senior State Department official told Fox News Digital. “This year’s amendments are important to remove report redundancy, improve readability, maintain consistency in US law, and focus on human rights issues rather than political bias.”
Fox News Digital reportedly restructured the report “responds to the legislative mandate that underpins the report” and “doesn’t reflect changes in US policies that promote respect for human rights around the world or in certain countries.” The State Department specifically sought to streamline the report to better fit the statutory requirements under both Republican and Democrat administrations.
NPR and Politico reported The internal memo, which ended in January but presented the 2024 human rights report coordinated under the new administration, no longer includes references to sections on diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) or abuse of the LGBTQ+ community.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will listen as President Donald Trump meets El Salvador President Naive Buquere in his oval office on April 14, 2025. (Get McNamee/Getty Images)
Annual reports, known as “national reports on human rights practices,” usually appear in March or April. NPR stated a section calling the country called “forced back.” Refugees or asylum seekers This year, there will be no “serious harassment by human rights groups” in my home country. NPR highlighted that previous reports target people targeting threats with “unwilling or forced medical or psychological practices,” “voluntary or illegal or illegal interference in privacy,” “serious restrictions on internet freedom,” “rich gender-based violence,” and “violent violence.”
Paul O’Brien, executive director of Amnesty International, criticized the changes under the Trump administration. He told NPR: [pressure] Other countries that retain their rights to guarantee civil and political freedom, namely the ability to express themselves, to express themselves, to gather, to protest, to organize themselves. ”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is sitting with President Donald Trump at the Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10, 2025. (Anna Money Maker/Getty Images)
Former Secretary of State during President Donald Trump’s first term Mike Pompeo He cited what he classified as “human rights spread” at the global stage.
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“We wanted to go back to the original principles and return to the Bill of Rights, focusing on founding documents, the Declaration of Independence, and what is at the heart of American understanding of rights,” he said in July 2020.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio During Trump’s second term, he oversees changes in the department. Last week he announced the closure of the State Department’s Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R/FIMI), previously known as the Global Engagement Centre (GEC).
