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(DIR) Post #AwuROt3lPWfG5PNvMG by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:15:27Z
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Of course …WP Exclusive: #Trump admin plans to scale back criticism of #HumanRights abuses by #ElSalvador, #Israel, #Russia
Leaked draft reports show the Trump admin is planning to eliminate or downplay accounts of #PrisonerAbuse, #corruption, #LGBTQ+ #discrimination & other abuses.The admin claims the reports are “shorter” for “readability”.#law #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/06/trump-human-rights-el-salvador-israel-russia/
(DIR) Post #AwuRhYtsaSoz45fNiq by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:18:50Z
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Leaked drafts of the #State Dept’s long-delayed annual #HumanRights reports indicate that the #Trump admin intends to dramatically scale back US criticism of certain foreign nations w/extensive records of #abuse.
The draft human rights reports for #ElSalvador, #Israel & #Russia, copies of which were reviewed by WaPo, are significantly *shorter* than the ones prepared last year by the #Biden admin.#law #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuRt8auDaGcxAJMpc by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:20:56Z
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The draft #HumanRights reports strike ALL references to #LGBTQ+ individuals or crimes against them, & the descriptions of govt abuses that do remain have been *softened*.The draft report for #ElSalvador, which, at the #Trump admin’s urging, has agreed to incarcerate immigrants deported from the US, states that the country had “no credible reports of significant human rights abuses” in 2024. 🤯🤯🤯#law #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuS5CmoSSExQhdREu by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:23:06Z
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The #State Department’s previous report for #ElSalvador, documenting 2023, identified “significant #HumanRights issues” there — including government-sanctioned #killings, instances of #torture, & “harsh & life-threatening #prison conditions.”Several #Venezuelans whom the #Trump admin sent to [#CECOT] the Salvadoran prison said they were subjected to repeated beatings.#law #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuSOGBS3Cg7T7FI6i by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:26:30Z
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The leaked drafts for #ElSalvador, #Israel & #Russia underscore how the #Trump admin is radically rethinking America’s role in global #HumanRights advocacy. The docs also are consistent w/internal guidance circulated…by #State Dept leaders who advised staff to truncate the reports to the minimum required by statutory guidelines & executive orders signed by Trump, & to remove references to government #corruption, #gender-based #crimes & other abuses the #US govt historically has documented.#law
(DIR) Post #AwuSnEZlALuvimWYue by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:31:02Z
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…[a senior #State Dept official said,] the #Trump admin would bring a new focus to some issues, including backsliding on *freedom of expression* [being publicly #racist, #heterosexist & #misogynistic w/o backlash] in some countries allied with the #UnitedStates, even as the admin has itself faced criticism on free-speech grounds for seeking to deport foreigners studying in the US who have criticized #Israel’s conduct in #Gaza.#law #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #authoritarianism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuT1CUjhSSdJypmJU by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:33:30Z
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#US diplomats have compiled the #State Dept’s annual #HumanRights reports for almost 50 years. Their findings [were] considered the most thorough & wide-ranging of their kind & [were] routinely relied upon by #courts inside & outside the #UnitedStates.The human rights reports are congressionally mandated to be sent to lawmakers by the end of February. Public release typically happens in March or April.#Trump #law #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuTHPxXPHeXiL2TEe by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:36:28Z
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The #Trump #State Dept has yet to officially release this year’s reports, which cover activities & observations made in 2024. Current & former #US officials say most of this year’s reports were nearly completed when the #Biden admin transitioned out in Jan.
The drafts for #ElSalvador & #Russia are marked “finalized,” while the draft for #Israel is marked “quality check.” All were edited in the last few days, the documents show.#law #HumanRights #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuTbcjLdLoT7B2KZs by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:40:09Z
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It is unclear whether the reports eventually transmitted to #Congress & released to the public will mirror the drafts.
The internal guidance circulated by #State Dept earlier this year INSTRUCTED diplomats responsible for drafting reports to REMOVE references to numerous potential #HumanRights violations, including govts that had deported people to a country where they could face #torture, crimes that involve #violence against #LGBTQ people & govt #corruption.#Trump #law #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuTst3YBhkSfgiZcW by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:43:17Z
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The internal guidance was written by Samuel Samson, a #Trump political appointee at the #State Dept. Samson, initially little known…, attracted attention after writing an article for the agency’s Substack in May criticizing #Europe for what he alleged was the continent’s descent into “a hotbed of digital censorship, mass migration, restrictions on religious freedom, & numerous other assaults on *democratic* self-governance.”
#law #HumanRights #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuU01qltHkVyL97ho by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:44:34Z
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Samson was tasked with reviewing the country reports for #ElSalvador, #Israel & #Russia.While all three reports continue to describe #HumanRights abuses in those countries, each was whittled down considerably from a year before & all bear significant changes to the language used to describe alleged abuses. The draft prepared for Israel, for instance, is 25 pages long; last year’s report was >100 pages.#Trump #law #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuUAkFXfY6IZRqHVA by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:46:31Z
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Meanwhile, a comparison of the documents covering #ElSalvador shows the #Trump admin downplaying the country’s history of #prison #violence, emphasizing that there has been a reduction overall while stating that purported deaths were under govt review. Trump has expressed fondness for El Salvador’s president, Nayib #Bukele, & hosted him in the Oval Office earlier this year after the admin secured an agreement to deport people to the country’s notorious #CECOT megaprison.#law #HumanRights
(DIR) Post #AwuUQoC6lr9xRDtbQe by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:49:25Z
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Scrutiny of #corruption & judicial independence also is significantly scaled back in the draft report for #Israel. The 2023 report compiled by the #Biden admin addresses the corruption trial of Israeli PM #Netanyahu, another of #Trump’s international allies, ‘ judicial overhaul efforts, which critics say threatens the #independence of the country’s #judiciary. The Trump admin’s draft report for Israel makes no mention of corruption or threats to the independence of Israel’s judiciary.#law
(DIR) Post #AwuUbH1wPjeRld89BY by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:51:18Z
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Previous #HumanRights reports also have mentioned Israeli #surveillance of #Palestinians & restrictions of their movement, including an #AmnestyInternational finding on #Israel’s use of “experimental facial recognition system to track Palestinians & enforce movement restrictions.” This issue is not addressed in the draft report either.#Trump #law #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuUmKnojHxkeTnYPY by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:53:18Z
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The draft reports examined by WaPo contain no reference to #gender-based #violence or violence against #LGBTQIA people. Keifer Buckingham, who worked on these issues at the #State Dept until January, said it was a “glaring omission” in the case of #Russia, where the country’s Supreme Court had banned #LGBTQ+ organizations & labeled them “extremist,” with raids & arrests last year.#Trump #law #HumanRights #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuUvGImpcJnIfXaxU by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:54:55Z
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Buckingham chastised Secy of #State #MarcoRubio, who as a US senator for many years was a vocal defender of #HumanRights.
“Secretary Rubio has repeatedly asserted that his State Department has not abandoned human rights, but it is clear by this & other actions that this administration only cares about the human rights of some people…in some countries, when it’s convenient to them,” said Buckingham….#Trump #law #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuV6hffPktbMwhNYW by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:56:59Z
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During his time on the #Senate #ForeignRelations Cmte, #MarcoRubio praised the #State Dept’s annual #HumanRights reports. In 2012, he said “the world has been a better place [for 2 centuries] because America has strived to defend these fundamental human rights both at home & abroad.”#Trump #law #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuVF2S42KCu8TJJdA by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T00:58:29Z
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“The #State Department’s annual #HumanRights report sheds light on foreign governments’ failure to respect their citizens’ fundamental rights,” #MarcoRubio said a statement then, adding that it was important for the world to know that “the #UnitedStates will stand with #freedom-seeking people around the world & will not tolerate violations against their rights.”#Trump #law #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuVOdD4jukwkHsFNI by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T01:00:12Z
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#US officials have repeatedly pointed to a speech given by #Trump during a visit to the #MiddleEast in May as an example of the new way Washington relates to the world, with an emphasis on *sovereignty* over *universal* #rights.
Speaking in Riyadh, #SaudiArabia, Trump criticized “Western interventionists … giving you lectures on how to live or how to govern your own affairs.”#law #HumanRights #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuVbLIIf39QwgNXv6 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T01:02:31Z
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This shift of the #US role in promoting #HumanRights has coincided with a change in US promotion of #democracy. In a cable sent in July, #MarcoRubio instructed *diplomats* to no longer publicly comment on other countries’ #elections, including making an assessment of whether the election was “free & fair,” unless there is a “clear & compelling US foreign policy interest to do so.” [IOW #Trump & GOP cheat, so why shouldn’t they?]#law #InternationalLaw #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuVybmzV0VolRpPxQ by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T01:06:43Z
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The move was a shift from long-standing #US practice—even under #MarcoRubio himself. The Secy of #State has personally congratulated leaders in Trinidad, Tobago & Ecuador for conducting “free & fair” #elections since Jan.
Last month, the #Trump admin tightened #sanctions on #Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, stepping up a feud w/Brazil’s govt for prosecuting fmr president Jair #Bolsonaro, …for his role in a #violent #coup plot in 2022.#law #autocracy #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuWI1z0KrW9VMi0q8 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T01:10:15Z
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In announcing those #sanctions, #Trump’s #Treasury Dept invoked the Magnitsky Act, a law that allows the US govt to impose penalties on foreign nationals accused of #corruption & #HumanRights violations. [was it Opposite Day?]
In a statement, #MarcoRubio said that Moraes had committed “serious human rights abuse, including arbitrary detention involving flagrant denials of fair trial guarantees & violations of the freedom of expression.”#law #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AwuWSj4aywvu2hQL6O by chuckthewriter@mstdn.social
2025-08-07T01:12:08Z
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@Nonilex Wait, the Magnitsky Act? And all of a sudden, I've got a flashback of Donald Trump Jr. Having a meeting in Trump Tower with a bunch of cronies.
(DIR) Post #AwuWa5dRUlkq2pEbj6 by Dgun8@social.vivaldi.net
2025-08-07T01:13:28Z
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@Nonilex Birds of a feather,lice together.
(DIR) Post #AwuXFeOf9o8ljF8gy0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-07T01:21:01Z
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@chuckthewriter Right? Such a freaking joke!
(DIR) Post #AwuYtBZdq6IjsDgqXo by elsantonegro@masto.ai
2025-08-07T01:39:17Z
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@Nonilex I mean, kinda not surprising. But depressing at the same time. 😞
(DIR) Post #AwulWyRNHqzGAsYups by lloydlemons@me.dm
2025-08-07T04:00:58Z
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@Nonilex Rubio is a weak yes man and a shameful hypocrite.
(DIR) Post #Awupx0wgzlCPI1spSC by lesley@mastoturk.org
2025-08-07T04:50:30Z
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@Nonilex1 year ago #ukraine #fascists wearing #SS helmets invaded into the #Kursk region, killing, torturing and kidnapping many civillians. Fortunately, later the #invasion shamefully collapsed. https://youtu.be/FFA4TMEAsJk?si=PYmvXMAC7mVAT8cw#warcrimes
(DIR) Post #AwvEhKxDKn0dZ7kTLM by nonproductive@mastodon.social
2025-08-07T09:27:47Z
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@Nonilex Why do they care about Bolsonaro so much?Because the same people behind his political career are behind Trump’s…“Apocalypse in the Tropics” was eye opening in how nearly identical their tactics and talking points were.It’s a global Christian Fundamentalist movement that is infiltrating multiple countries.