US to ease human rights criticism of Israel and other nations, Washington Post reports

By Reuters 7 August 2025, 3:10 am

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The US State Department’s annual human rights reports show that President Donald Trump’s administration aims to scale back Washington’s criticism of certain foreign nations with records of rights abuse, the Washington Post reports.

The newspaper cites leaked drafts of the reports for Israel, Russia and El Salvador and says those are significantly shorter than the ones prepared by the administration of Democratic former president Joe Biden.

The State Department has not yet officially released this year’s reports, which cover last year’s incidents. Usually, these annual reports are released around March or April each year.