In a press statement, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken stated the United States’ intention to gain a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council and proclaimed that human rights would be the cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy.1 The U.S. State Department said the sale of $2.5 billion in arms to Egypt, which Human Rights Watch has described as “a human rights black hole,” would “improve the security of a Major Non-NATO Ally country”; days later, the United States denied the country $130 million of those weapons because of human rights concerns.
Weekly Review
Weekly Review
Weekly Review
In a press statement, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken stated the United States’ intention to gain a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council and proclaimed that human rights would be the cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy.1 The U.S. State Department said the sale of $2.5 billion in arms to Egypt, which Human Rights Watch has described as “a human rights black hole,” would “improve the security of a Major Non-NATO Ally country”; days later, the United States denied the country $130 million of those weapons because of human rights concerns.