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Re: Trump administration withdrawing from UN Human Rights Council
Why would you even expect such a body to "have your back"?
" .... On a number of human rights issues, the United States has been internationally criticized for its human rights record, including the least protections for workers of most Western countries,[5] the imprisonment of debtors,[6] and the criminalization of homelessness and poverty,[7][8][9] the invasion of the privacy of its citizens through surveillance programs,[10] police brutality,[11][12] police impunity,[13] the incarceration of citizens for profit, the mistreatment of prisoners and juveniles in the prison system, having the longest prison sentences of any country, being the last Western country with a death penalty, abuses of illegal immigrants, including children,[14] the continued support for foreign dictators who commit abuses (including genocide),[15][16] forced disappearances, extraordinary renditions, extrajudicial detentions, torture of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and black sites, and extrajudicial targeted killings (Disposition Matrix).[10][17][18][19] ..."
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Why would you even expect such a body to "have your back"?
" .... On a number of human rights issues, the United States has been internationally criticized for its human rights record, including the least protections for workers of most Western countries,[5] the imprisonment of debtors,[6] and the criminalization of homelessness and poverty,[7][8][9] the invasion of the privacy of its citizens through surveillance programs,[10] police brutality,[11][12] police impunity,[13] the incarceration of citizens for profit, the mistreatment of prisoners and juveniles in the prison system, having the longest prison sentences of any country, being the last Western country with a death penalty, abuses of illegal immigrants, including children,[14] the continued support for foreign dictators who commit abuses (including genocide),[15][16] forced disappearances, extraordinary renditions, extrajudicial detentions, torture of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and black sites, and extrajudicial targeted killings (Disposition Matrix).[10][17][18][19] ..."
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