I am not sure what is more offensive - the change in the report, or the photo with the article...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-humantrafficking-idUSKCN1TL2IV
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department’s annual human trafficking report released on Thursday demoted Saudi Arabia and Cuba to countries that failed to meet minimum U.S. anti-trafficking standards.
The report here also dropped a warning from the 2018 issue that traffickers prey on children separated from their parents. Policies implemented by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump resulted in the separation of thousands of migrant children from their families.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ivanka Trump, a top adviser to her father, released the 2019 Trafficking in Persons report at a State Department ceremony at which Pompeo called human trafficking “a stain ... on all of humanity.”
Saudi Arabia and Cuba were downgraded to countries that have failed to make significant anti-trafficking efforts after both were kept on a watchlist for four years, said the report.
In his remarks, Pompeo pointed to Cuba’s demotion to Tier 3 - the worst ranking the report can give a country - and noted that it joined Iran, China, North Korea, Venezuela, Syria and Russia.
He did not mention, however, the demotion of oil-rich Saudi Arabia, a major U.S. ally and arms buyer.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-humantrafficking-idUSKCN1TL2IV
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department’s annual human trafficking report released on Thursday demoted Saudi Arabia and Cuba to countries that failed to meet minimum U.S. anti-trafficking standards.
The report here also dropped a warning from the 2018 issue that traffickers prey on children separated from their parents. Policies implemented by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump resulted in the separation of thousands of migrant children from their families.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ivanka Trump, a top adviser to her father, released the 2019 Trafficking in Persons report at a State Department ceremony at which Pompeo called human trafficking “a stain ... on all of humanity.”
Saudi Arabia and Cuba were downgraded to countries that have failed to make significant anti-trafficking efforts after both were kept on a watchlist for four years, said the report.
In his remarks, Pompeo pointed to Cuba’s demotion to Tier 3 - the worst ranking the report can give a country - and noted that it joined Iran, China, North Korea, Venezuela, Syria and Russia.
He did not mention, however, the demotion of oil-rich Saudi Arabia, a major U.S. ally and arms buyer.
