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  • Biden Should Cement Rights in US Policy

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    (Washington, DC, January 13, 2021) – US President-elect Joe Biden should work with allies to shore up a global defense of human rights that has been strengthened over the past four years, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2021. His administration should also look for ways to entrench respect for human rights in US policy that are more likely to survive the radical changes among administrations that have become a fixture of the US political landscape. “After four years of Trump’s indifference and often hostility to human rights, including his incitement of a mob assault on the Capitol, Biden’s election provides an opportunity for fundamental change,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, in his introductory essay. “Trump’s flouting of human rights at home and his embrace of friendly autocrats abroad severely eroded US credibility abroad. US condemnations of Venezuela, Cuba, or Iran rang hollow when parallel praise was bestowed on Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia or Israel.”
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