The South African government has dismissed the U.S. State Department’s latest assessment of the country's human rights conditions as “inaccurate and deeply flawed.”

South Africa’s government slammed a report published by US President Donald Trump’s administration that said the human-rights situation in the African nation “significantly worsened” last year.

The State Department released a long-delayed human rights report highlighting the Trump administration’s foreign policy priorities, escalating criticism of U.S. allies in Europe for perceived restrictions on freedom of expression while cutting sections on LGBTQ rights and government corruption.

The report reduces criticism of some US allies like Israel, and escalates disapproval of perceived foes such as Brazil.

The U.S. State Department criticized South Africa for reports of extrajudicial police killings and violence against Afrikaner farmers in an annual human rights review released Tuesday.

These are the alarming findings from the United States Government's 2024 report on South Africa's human rights landscape.

South Africa has sharply criticised the United States over its latest human rights situation assessment, dismissing the report as “deeply flawed” and misrepresentative of conditions in the country. ・South Africa has criticized a US human rights assessment as inaccurate and flawed.