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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Wintour and Peter Walker

Liz Truss accused of delaying human rights report over criticism of Rwanda

Liz Truss at the Tory leadership hustings in Belfast on Wednesday
Liz Truss at the Tory leadership hustings in Belfast on Wednesday. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

Liz Truss has been accused of holding up publication of the Foreign Office’s annual human rights report because it is likely to contain criticisms of Rwanda’s human rights record.

This year’s version of the annual assessment of how the UK views other countries’ rights records was due before the parliamentary summer recess, and is now the most delayed since the review was launched by the then foreign secretary Robin Cook 21 years ago.

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