The United States on Tuesday released 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and said they will continue to support those around the world struggling for human dignity and liberty.
There is much progress to be made in the United States and globally, reads the report. By working together, the US said, they can come closer to building a world where respect for human rights is truly universal.
US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivered on-camera remarks on the release of the global report at the US Department of State.
Promoting respect for human rights and defending fundamental freedoms are central to the US.
Required by US law to be produced annually, the Biden administration in its first two years has clearly attached much more weight to their findings than was seen during the Republican administration of Donald Trump. The reports document the status of human rights and worker rights in 198 countries and territories.
The stability, security, and health of any country depends on the ability of its people to freely exercise their human rights – to feel safe and included in their communities while expressing their views or gender, loving who they love, organizing with their coworkers, peacefully assembling, living by their conscience, and using their voices and reporting from independent media to hold governments accountable, according to the US Department of State.
Building on longstanding allegations with regards to Bangladesh, the latest US report on the country claims that the government took few measures to investigate and prosecute cases of corruption, and also of abuse and killing by security forces.
Source: United News of Bangladesh