PressTV-US human rights report slams rivals, neglects allies

In a controversial human rights report, the United States has put its strategic rivals, China and Russia and political adversaries Iran and North Korea on the top of the list of some 200 counties for “violating human rights,” but refused to single out its key allies Saudi Arabia and Israel, which are notorious for having abysmal human rights records.

Releasing the State Department’s global human rights report for 2017, acting Secretary of State John Sullivan labeled Moscow, Beijing, Tehran and Pyongyang as “morally reprehensible” governments who “violate the human rights of those within their borders on a daily basis and are forces of instability as a result.”

Iran on Saturday rejected the “spiteful and politically-motivated” report; saying it portrayed a “distorted and unreal” picture of the situation in the country.

The report, which is the first of its kind to be written entirely during the administration of President Donald Trump,…

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