United States skips United Nations human rights record review

The United States became the first nation to refuse a UN human rights review.

The United States declined to attend a United Nations review examining its human rights record. The State Department criticized the council as an irredeemable body pushing anti-American rhetoric. Human rights organizations condemned the absence as unprecedented.

• The reactionRights organizations condemned the absence as a historic low for accountability.
• The defenseState Department officials accused the council of promoting anti-American sentiment.

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