NNA - The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs published its annual report outlining the general human rights landscape in the United States and noting the various violations reported by human rights advocates and NGO’s.

It indicates that system-wide racism and police misconduct flourish in the United States. National minorities find themselves victims of discrimination and social inequality. The homeless issue remains outstanding. Immigrants and prisoners, including minors, face continuous oppression of their liberties. Journalists do not feel safe and become victims of attacks. The plans of the American Administration to close the Guantanamo special isolator remain unfulfilled. Citizens' dissatisfaction with violations of voting rights only deepens the divide within American society. Alternative views are more often subject to censorship in mass and social media.

The document also claims that the conduct of all kinds of military operations in the territory of European and Middle Eastern states, creation of secret prisons around the world, implementation of extremely stringent migration policies in recent years and many other violations of human rights and freedoms that were committed by the United States illustrate not only the dual nature of this country's position regarding human rights standards but also its approaches to international law as such.

The entire report is available on the Ministry’s official website.

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