U.S. plans to ease human rights criticism of El Salvador, Israel, Russia

[Solly Mack]

1. The report for 2024, which was supposed to come out in March or early April 2025, and the last one that fell under Biden

was delayed by Trump so they could edit it to their liking.

This is the “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices", which is mandated by U.S. law, and must be a “full and complete report regarding the status of internationally recognized human rights.”

BUT

April 2025

Trump Administration rewrites US human rights policy for global reporting

May 21, 2025

The Trump Administration is Trying to Change the Historical Definition of Human Rights

Every spring, since the late 1970s, the State Department has released the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. This year, those waiting for these documents will have to hold on a bit longer. The Trump Administration is upending decades of precedence to substantially revise the reports. The 2024 version of the reports were initially completed before President Donald Trump took office, but are now being re-edited.

When they are released, these reports will now reportedly exclude information on issues such as government efforts to deny freedom of movement and peaceful assembly, failures to retain or provide due process for political prisoners, and the harassment of human rights organizations. The Trump Administration has also signaled it will cut sections about the rights of women, the disabled, and the LGBTQ+ community.