Trump admin report prioritizes political goals over human rights, group says

The Trump administration released its new, drastically scaled-down version of the State Department’s annual human rights report after months of delay Tuesday. The administration’s assessment of human rights abuses in some countries, which is one-tenth as long as last year’s report, reaches notably different conclusions and dedicates no sections to abuses against women or LGBTQ people. The report also places a new focus on restrictions of freedom of expression by U.S. adversaries and allies alike.