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2020 Human Rights Report
April 2 , 2021
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- It is released by the U.S. State Department.
- The report contains a country-wise discussion of the state of human rights.
- It is submitted each year to the U.S. Congress.
Key findings
- The harassment and detention of journalists critical of the Indian government in their reporting and on social media has continued although the government generally respected the freedom of expression.
- The Government’s requests for user data from Internet companies had increased “dramatically.”
- The government made 49,382 user data requests in 2019 from Facebook, a 32% increase from 2018.
- Over the same period, Google requests increased by 69%, while Twitter requests saw a 68% increase.
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