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Biden administration's global human rights report is a rebuke of Trump priorities
Tracy Wilkinson 31 mins ago
In a rebuke of how its predecessor attempted to recast and limit the defense of human rights, the Biden administration on Tuesday issued an annual global report that promises to renew focus on women's issues and reproductive rights.
It also lays out sharp criticism of the Trump administration for placing religious freedom above all other rights, even if it meant excluding fair treatment of the LBGTQ community and others.
"Human rights are also co-equal; there is no hierarchy that makes some rights more important than others," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in releasing the report.
"Past unbalanced statements that suggest such a hierarchy, including those offered by a recently disbanded State Department advisory committee [on the "unalienable right" of religious freedom], do not represent a guiding document for this Administration."
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-administrations-global-human-rights-report-is-a-rebuke-of-trump-priorities/ar-BB1f891p
