Tuesday, November 25th 2025, 5:30:09 pm
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The U.S. State Department has sent new guidance to all its embassies and consulates abroad that requires U.S. diplomats to move away from naming “rights” of political identity groups and, instead, focus on the “natural rights” of individuals, such as the right to life and freedoms of speech and religion. A State Department official revealed Thursday to reporters that the department’s next human rights report will no longer identify specific groups such as ethnic or racial minorities, LGBT, or other “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) factions previously characterized as “marginalized.”