The State Department released its long-awaited reports on international human rights Tuesday, and they drastically reduce the types of government repression and abuse that the United States under ...

The U.S. State Department has released a heavily edited version of its annual report on human rights around the world. The report did not include any mention of LGBTQ+ rights violations and other ...

The U.S. State Department is making official changes first seen in human rights reports issued over the summer, hollowing out support for marginalized groups around the world, including the LGBTQ+ ...

Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations. State Department slashes its annual reports on human ...