Another critique is using the US State Department reports on human rights for CIRIGHTs. Bias in these reports has been studied for decades. So we know quite a bit about what this bias looks like, with less bias in physical integrity and civil liberties 7/
@Doctor_Dancy The administration's explicitly stated target was section 6, specifically reproductive rights and societal discrimination -- the SNARP team also found that was truly the section that was hit the hardest https://t.co/VxKVEYucEk)
RT @kchadclay: "The first year of [the Trump] administration’s reports saw decreases across the reports as a whole as well as in every sect…
"The first year of [the Trump] administration’s reports saw decreases across the reports as a whole as well as in every section, with statistically significant decreases in the sections focusing on societal discrimination and political rights." (2/3) https