The State Department is pushing back against criticism of its changes to the process of reporting human rights abuses. NPR reported last week that the Trump administration was scaling back annual ...

Each year, the State Department releases its country reports on human rights. These are what they ... state department documents that show major changes coming this year. Graham Smith is with ...

The memo says the changes aim to align the reports with current U.S. policy and "recently issued Executive Orders." Officially called "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices," the annual ...