State Department human rights report scaled back, omits details on abuses in politically allied countries

Washington —

The US State Department on Tuesday released a pared-down version of its annual report meant to catalogue human rights concerns in countries around the world.

The report covers the 2024 calendar year – before the Trump administration took office – and sources told CNN it was largely completed before the US president began his second term. However, it underwent significant revisions in the subsequent months.

There were notable changes between the previous report released April 2024 – covering 2023 – and the one released Tuesday. For countries whose leaders are political allies of the Trump administration, like El Salvador, there was far less criticism and detail about reports of their human rights abuses.

In traditionally allied countries like Germany and the United King