The report itself has been accused of political bias, with the Trump administration softening criticism of Israel and El Salvador.

Human rights, such as freedom of expression, are under threat in Germany and other European countries, according to the 2024 Human Rights Report by the US State Department.

The report, which in former years has been seen as a reliable point of reference for global human rights advocacy, has been criticized by human rights groups as containing numerous omissions and mischaracterizations to fit the current US administration’s political aims.

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    Let me get this straight:

    Silencing nazis (instead of straight jailing them) is an issue with human rights.

    But killing tens of thousands of palestinians it’s fine.

    You understand, America, that your opinion right now is worth shit, right?

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    haah right… the country that cant even provide healthcare to its people, ejects brown children with cancer because ‘paperwork’, and provided israel all the material they needed to complete an actual genocide…

    thats who is claiming some moral point? hilariously hypocritical

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      I don’t really understand the obsession the Epstein files. We all know what’s in there, and we all know what’s going to happen if they get released, that is: nothing will happen.

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        The obsession is that for whatever reason this is the one thing that’s got maga people upset. They literally have no response when you ask them about the files. They start stuttering and get red in the face. It’s glorious.

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          And also that it’s now obvious it’s the one thing that’s got Trump upset, to the point that he’s consistently doing shit to distract from it, meaning it’s probably the one thing he’s worried about on his road to emperor or whatever

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          So really, we’re using the epstein files to distract magaicans from the ongoing construction of the 4th reich/3rd republic/2nd confederacy, of which they are otherwise in favor? I’ll be honest with you when I put it out like that i don’t think it’s going to work.

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    Remind me…

    • Which country checks tourists’ social media for anti-Trump posts on entry?
    • Which country regularly arrests (and in many cases deports) both their own citizens and foreigners without consulting a court?
    • Which country spies on its own citizens to figure out if they may have had an abortion?

    But sure, even thinking about doing something about a right-wing party that has been classified as extremist by multiple courts and explicitly lists several human rights violations as their goals… that’s a step too far…

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    Significant human rights issues included restrictions on freedom of expression

    Yeah, in Germany, Elon Musk would have been arrested for his “expression”.

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    The only human right issued in germany is the crushing of palestinian anti occupation supporterd that trump love

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      That’s far from the only issue. Of course all of the things I’d name (systemic racism, horrible prison conditions, gaps in our “universal” healthcare, dismantling of the social state) are also things the current US administration would be in favour of.

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        Half of the things you list are things which Germany is one of the best in the world: prison conditions, healthcare, social state. It’s not perfect, sometimes is worse than it was 10 years ago, but hardly worth of calling it a “human rights issue” .

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    Germany is making AFD’s life more difficult –> JD Vance is unhappy –> USA concludes that Germany has human rights issues and the issues are that AFD has become more active and Germany should have prevented that from happening. Okay.

    Maybe USA should decide whether it’s a problem to let AFD do its stuff or if it is a problem to not let AFzs do its stuff? 🙃