The State Department released its annual human rights report Wednesday with blistering criticism for China, a pass for ally Saudi Arabia and less harsh views on North Korea. More from tracykwilkinson:
of U.S. intelligence services that the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, most likely had approved the operation.
Michael Kozak, a senior State Department official who oversaw writing the human rights report, dismissed as “opinion-driven speculation” that Mohammed ordered the killing.For, the report dropped the word “egregious” when describing abuses that ranged from forced labor camps to torture and extrajudicial killings, conditions that have not improved despite nuclear negotiations between Trump and the country’s ruler, Kim Jong Un.
At the same news conference, Pompeo singled out Iran, South Sudan, Nicaragua and China for criticism. Activists bemoan what they see as the Trump administration’s downgrading of human rights concerns. Pompeo rarely mentions the issue in public when he is abroad, although his aides say he often brings up individual cases in private discussions with foreign rulers.
The White House has said Trump may meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in coming weeks in an effort to resolve trade talks between the two countries. The Golan Heights, which Israel seized from Syria in 1981, was referred to as “Israeli-controlled.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjaminto persuade other countries to recognize Golan as part of Israel, and has received support from some U.S. conservatives.
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