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"UN Report Exposes Sweeping US Violations: A Scathing Indictment"

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has released a scathing report criticizing the United States' record on various domestic and international human rights issues, particularly affecting minorities, women, the poor, and migrants. The report highlights concerns such as hate crimes, discrimination against Indigenous peoples and migrants, slow progress on climate justice, violence against women, erosion of reproductive rights, and violations of privacy and voting rights. The committee also expresses alarm over the death penalty, police brutality, racial disparities in the criminal justice system, and the operation of Guantánamo Bay prison. The ACLU calls for the U.S. government to prioritize and strengthen human rights, heed the UN's recommendations, and take concrete measures to address the violations.

via Common Dreams|

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Activists Protest US Officials as UN Human Rights Review Concludes

Activists representing LGBTQ, indigenous, and reproductive rights, as well as those fighting against discrimination, staged a silent protest during the United Nations-backed human rights review of the United States. The protesters expressed their dissatisfaction with what they perceive as insufficient responses from the U.S. government regarding their human rights concerns. The protest took place as U.S. Ambassador Michele Taylor concluded a two-day hearing before the independent Human Rights Committee. The United States, along with six other countries, is undergoing a review of its adherence to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Activists from various groups traveled to Geneva for the first review of U.S. compliance in nine years.

via ABC News|

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