WASHINGTON: The US government noted abuses in India and Pakistan in a shortened human rights report released on Tuesday that said India “took minimal credible steps” to combat the abuses while Pakistan “rarely took credible steps.”
The Trump administration scaled back the annual US government report on human rights worldwide, dramatically softening criticism of some allies and countries that have been President Donald Trump’s partners.
The State Department human rights documentation for India and Pakistan was also much shorter and scaled back this year.
India has been an important US partner in recent years in Washington’s effort to counter China’s rise, although relations have been tense over Trump’s imposition of a 50 percent tariff on goods from India. Pakistan is a non-NATO US ally.
About India, the report said: “The government took minimal credible steps or action to identify and punish officials who committed human rights abuses.”
