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John MastodonDon't expect me to feel empathy for Israel. Children are not terrorists. IDF is!<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/25/gaza-doctor-last-goodbye-nine-children-killed-airstrike" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/25/gaza-doctor-last-goodbye-nine-children-killed-airstrike</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/johnmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#johnmastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/terrorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#terrorists</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/terrorstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#terrorstate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#israel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/boycottisrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boycottisrael</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sanctionisraelNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sanctionisraelNOW</a>

John MastodonThe brave IDF, bombing women and children!Israel plans to capture 75 per cent of Gaza<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/25/israel-plans-to-capture-75-percent-gaza-offensive-hamas/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/25/israel-plans-to-capture-75-percent-gaza-offensive-hamas/</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/johnmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#johnmastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/terrorstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#terrorstate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#israel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/boycottisrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boycottisrael</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sanctionisraelNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sanctionisraelNOW</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TodayNotTomorrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TodayNotTomorrow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TwoStateSolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TwoStateSolution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/enoughisenough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enoughisenough</a>

baskin :kafeneio: 🐊<a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreePalestine</a> <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nazis</a> <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a>

SilkesterTrump & Deportations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2hN3JKZ-Go" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2hN3JKZ-Go</a>When you enter into an AI system all gang members visual cues, the probability math of the AI (like Palantir) assigns points according to the number of cues found on actual gang members. Apparently nobody taught that AI system logic fallacies and ICE agents hires seem to be dumb as bricks, too.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tattoos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tattoos</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jerseys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jerseys</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CECOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CECOT</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palantir</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRightsViolation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRightsViolation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gulag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gulag</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deportation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Abduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abduction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🍉The UK government and many 'mainstream' media bosses belong in the dock at the Hague for their collusion with and protection of Israel's criminal regime.<a href="https://skwawkbox.org/2025/04/29/video-you-smell-burning-flesh-volunteer-doc-speaks-more-about-horrors-he-witnessed-in-gaza/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://skwawkbox.org/2025/04/29/video-you-smell-burning-flesh-volunteer-doc-speaks-more-about-horrors-he-witnessed-in-gaza/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GazaGenocide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IsraeliWarCrimes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a>

NonilexThe reports on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hungary</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a> are among 20 countries whose reports, the memo directs, must be flagged for special review by a "Senior Advisor" in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#State</a> dept — a political appointee. The other countries flagged include <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Argentina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Argentina</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Egypt</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SouthAfrica</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Serbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Serbia</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Italy</a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Philippines</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mexico</a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenevaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenevaConvention</a>

NonilexThe reports will still include <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> matters that are specifically required by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WarCrimes</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genocide</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antisemitism</a>, worker rights & child marriage. Attacks on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedom</a> of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#press</a> have to be reported, although not those on freedom of expression for *regular* citizens.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Freedom</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenevaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenevaConvention</a>

NonilexAs secretary of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#state</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> is now responsible for the reports. He's the person who, traditionally, would promote their release to the public. But under his stewardship, those violations he cited — <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SexualExploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SexualExploitation</a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#women</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> & the denial of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliticalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoliticalRights</a> to minorities — are being deleted from the reports.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Freedom</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenevaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenevaConvention</a>

NonilexIn 2013, then-Sen. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcoRubio</a> underscored the importance of these audits, saying they shed light on "foreign governments' failure to respect" citizens' fundamental rights … from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SexualExploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SexualExploitation</a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#women</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> to the denial of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliticalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoliticalRights</a> to *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/minorities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#minorities</a>*."He said the reports show that "the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> will stand with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedom</a>-seeking people around the world."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Freedom</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenevaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenevaConvention</a>

NonilexPompeo formed a Commission on Unalienable Rights that focused on Revolution-era & post-WWII notions of rights, de-emphasizing issues like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#discrimination</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReproductiveRights</a>, putting more focus on religious freedom & the right to private property.The memo reviewed by NPR outlines changes that are far more sweeping.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Freedom</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenevaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenevaConvention</a>

Nonilex"You also can't overstate the damage it will do to that credibility if the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration's edits are seen to diminish — not just the scope of what are defined as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a>, but also if those edits are seen to play favorites."Fmr Secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#State</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikePompeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MikePompeo</a> complained during the first Trump admin about what he called "a proliferation of human rights," & he moved to pare them back.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Freedom</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenevaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenevaConvention</a>

NonilexPeople who specialize in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> work told NPR they worry about the effect the cuts will have on the documents' influence within the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/international" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#international</a> community."You can't overstate the value in the real world of the annual <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept human rights reports being credible & impartial," said Christopher Le Mon, until Jan a dpty asst secy in State Dept's Bureau of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democracy</a>, Human Rights & Labor.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenevaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenevaConvention</a>

NonilexAndrás Lederer from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hungary</a>'s oldest & largest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> group, the Hungarian Helsinki Cmte, told NPR that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept's new policy weakens the position of human rights defenders in countries that have a problematic track record on these issues."You're removing pressure, & it definitely sends the message to the perpetrators that this is not important for [the US] anymore," Lederer said.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenevaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenevaConvention</a>

NonilexIn the report on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hungary</a>, a marked-up version of which was distributed as a model for how to apply the new directives, the section titled "<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> in Government" is struck out. Hungary's PM Viktor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Orban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orban</a> has been called an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarian</a>, & previous reports have noted restrictions to civil liberties. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has called him "a great man & a great leader in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a>."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenevaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenevaConvention</a>

NonilexIn a draft of the forthcoming report on that country reviewed by NPR, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a> section on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prison</a> conditions is ERASED. The only remnants of those violations are reports on prison deaths that fall into the category of "extrajudicial killings" & a mention of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abuse</a> by prison guards in a legislatively mandated section on "<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Torture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Torture</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cruel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cruel</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Inhuman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inhuman</a>, or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Degrading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Degrading</a> Treatment or Punishment."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenevaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenevaConvention</a>

NonilexAmong other topics ordered to be struck from the reports:Involuntary or coercive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medical</a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/psychological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychological</a> practices.Arbitrary or unlawful interference with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a>.Serious restrictions to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internet</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedom</a>.Extensive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a>-based <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#violence</a>.Violence or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#threats</a> of violence targeting people with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disabilities</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Freedom</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenevaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenevaConvention</a>

NonilexThe documents NPR reviewed confirm reporting by Politico that reports of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#violence</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#discrimination</a> against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a>+ people will be removed, along with all references to “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a>”.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Freedom</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenevaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenevaConvention</a> <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/19/trump-human-rights-report-00238581" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/19/trump-human-rights-report-00238581</a>

NonilexNPR confirmed the memo's authenticity w/2 sources close to the process.The reports, released in March or April most years, are highly anticipated by foreign leaders & diplomats w/ a stake in how their countries are portrayed. The 2024 reports were initially completed in January, before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> took office, but they've been re-edited by the new admin. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept sources say the revised versions won't be released until May.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenevaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenevaConvention</a>

Nonilex"What this is, is a signal that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> is no longer going to [pressure] other countries to uphold those rights that guarantee civic & political <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/freedoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedoms</a> — the ability to speak, to express yourself, to gather, to protest, to organize," said Paul O'Brien, executive director of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmnestyInternational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmnestyInternational</a>, USA.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Freedom</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenevaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenevaConvention</a>

NonilexOfficially called "Country Reports on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> Practices," the annual documents are required, by statute, to be a "full & complete report regarding the status of internationally recognized human rights."Human rights defenders say the cuts amount to an American retreat from its position as the world's human rights watchdog.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TerrorState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TerrorState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Freedom</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenevaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenevaConvention</a>

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