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Related: About this forumU.S. calls China, Russia, Iran, North Korea 'morally reprehensible' on rights
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS APRIL 20, 2018 / 1:09 PM / UPDATED 7 HOURS AGO
U.S. calls China, Russia, Iran, North Korea 'morally reprehensible' on rights
Lesley Wroughton, David Brunnstrom
5 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States labeled China, Russia, Iran and North Korea on Friday as morally reprehensible governments that it said violated human rights within their borders on a daily basis, making them forces of instability.
In releasing the State Departments global human rights report for 2017, acting Secretary of State John Sullivan also singled out Syria, Myanmar, Turkey and Venezuela as nations with a poor human rights record. Improved human rights in Uzbekistan, Liberia and Mexico were global bright spots, Sullivan added.
Michael Kozak, a senior State Department official who helped oversee the report, said he did not think policies by President Donald Trumps administration on freedom of the press, refugees, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights and other issues undermined the report or left the United States open to accusations of hypocrisy.
The governments of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea violate the human rights of those within their borders on a daily basis and are forces of instability as a result, Sullivan said in a preface to the congressionally mandated report that documents human rights in nearly 200 countries and territories.
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U.S. calls China, Russia, Iran, North Korea 'morally reprehensible' on rights
Lesley Wroughton, David Brunnstrom
5 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States labeled China, Russia, Iran and North Korea on Friday as morally reprehensible governments that it said violated human rights within their borders on a daily basis, making them forces of instability.
In releasing the State Departments global human rights report for 2017, acting Secretary of State John Sullivan also singled out Syria, Myanmar, Turkey and Venezuela as nations with a poor human rights record. Improved human rights in Uzbekistan, Liberia and Mexico were global bright spots, Sullivan added.
Michael Kozak, a senior State Department official who helped oversee the report, said he did not think policies by President Donald Trumps administration on freedom of the press, refugees, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights and other issues undermined the report or left the United States open to accusations of hypocrisy.
The governments of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea violate the human rights of those within their borders on a daily basis and are forces of instability as a result, Sullivan said in a preface to the congressionally mandated report that documents human rights in nearly 200 countries and territories.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-rights/u-s-calls-china-russia-iran-north-korea-morally-reprehensible-on-rights-idUSKBN1HR2M8
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U.S. calls China, Russia, Iran, North Korea 'morally reprehensible' on rights (Original Post)
Eugene
Apr 2018
OP
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. We need a huge mirror pointing at t-rump and the WH.
Ugh
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)2. Trump's jealous
He idolizes dictators
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)3. The hypocrisy.