Biden had the opportunity to support human rights four years after his humiliation

Human Rights Watch said Wednesday that US President-elect Joe Biden should work with world leaders who have tried to support the defense of human rights around the world.

The president of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, said in his editorial on the occasion of the publication of the 2021 World Report of the organization: “It is after 4 years of the indifference (of the outgoing president of the United States) Donald Trump towards human rights and his often hostile behavior towards them, including his inciting a mob attack on the Capitol building.Biden’s presidency provides an opportunity for radical change.

He believed that the president-elect should set an example to cement America’s commitment to human rights at home in a way that would make it difficult for his successors to deviate.

Kenneth Roth emphasized that Biden’s language must be grounded in the human rights covered in his work to expand healthcare, dismantle systemic racism, lift people out of poverty and hunger, fight climate change and end the discrimination against women.

Trump’s liability

He also stressed that Biden should allow Trump to undergo criminal investigations to send a clear message that no one is outside the rule of law.

Speaking to Reuters, Kenneth Roth said that the president-elect of the United States must work to restore his country’s credibility on human rights at home and abroad, following what the head of the human rights organization described like 4 years of underestimating democratic principles.

Before the organization’s annual report was released, he claimed that Trump underestimated human rights in the country and that his criticism of other countries’ records regarding these rights varied.

He told Reuters TV in Geneva that “Trump was a complete disaster for human rights and underestimated human rights at home, and the incitement to attack the Capitol building on January 6 is just the latest example of the natural culmination of 4 years. defamation of democratic principles “. “.

He added that Biden, who will take office on January 20 this year, must make human rights a cornerstone of US foreign policy.

Kenneth Roth called on Joe Biden to cancel arms deals for various countries and to criticize the Indian prime minister for his policy towards Muslims, according to Reuters.

He also asked him to reconnect with the United Nations Human Rights Council, from which Trump withdrew in June 2018 “despite his criticism of Israel.”