Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are annual publications on the

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conditions in countries and regions outside the

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, mandated by U.S. law to be submitted annually by the

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of the

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to the

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. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the

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. The first report covered the year 1976, issued in 1977. The

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

has responded to frequent criticism in this report by releasing a similar annual report titled the "

Human Rights Record of the United States First issued in 1998, ''Human Rights Record of the United States'' is an annual publication by the State Council Information Office to counter the U.S. Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights. Overview The 2011 report stated ...

." On March 19, 2025,

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reported that the Trump administration would be removing sections from the publication that discussed discrimination against women, LGBTQ+ people, disabled people, and indigenous people.

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Country Reports on Human Rights Practices from 1976-present
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