# The Department of International Relations and Cooperation says South Africa rejects the US State Department’s report on human rights practices in the country. The Executive Summary to the US Report on South Africa states that the human rights situation in the country significantly worsened during the year, with the signing of the Expropriation Bill in December. Dirco’s spokesperson, Chrispin Phiri, says the report’s reliance on a-contextual information and discredited accounts is highly concerning:
DIRCO rejects inaccurate and flawed US report on SA human rights [SOUND]
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