Not terribly shocking.
https://justthenews.com/world/biden-...ign=newsletter
Biden human rights record 'makes Donald Trump appear like Mother Teresa,’ Bush adviser says
As Biden prepares to host his democracy summit, however, his commitment to defending human rights is coming under fire amid a flurry of damaging headlines and global developments.
"Biden may talk the talk, but his administration's human rights record already makes Donald Trump appear like Mother Theresa," said Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. "Consider just the last few months."
Regarding China, Biden's team "actively seeks to dilute provisions against slave labor," said Rubin. He was referring to recent reports saying Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Biden's special envoy for climate, John Kerry, pushed Congress to water down the language of a bill meant to prohibit the importation of goods from China made with Uyghur slave labor.
...David Adesnik, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the Biden administration's actions often don't match its rhetoric when it comes to human rights.
"On occasion, the administration has made strong statements in support of human rights," he said. "But when it involves investing political capital and taking risk, human rights are something the administration doesn't put emphasis on."
Afghanistan is one country where, critics note, this was the case...
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