The Washington Post is reporting the State Department’s forthcoming human rights report will dramatically scale back U.S. criticism of several countries, including Israel, El Salvador and Russia. The report also removes references to gender-based violence or violence against LGBTQ+ people. A leaked draft says there have been “no credible reports of significant human rights abuses” last year in El Salvador. Previous State Department reports on El Salvador had condemned government-sanctioned killings, torture and “life-threatening prison conditions.” The draft report on Israel is just 25 pages, down from 100 in the previous report. Sections removed include a line criticizing Israel’s “experimental facial recognition system to track Palestinians and enforce movement restrictions.”