Sec. 10. Annual country reports on human rights practices
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Section 116(f)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151n(f)(1) ) is amended— by redesignating subparagraph
(C)as subparagraph (E); and by inserting after subparagraph
(B)the following: A description of the treatment of human rights defenders (as defined in section 3 of the Human Rights Defenders Protection Act of 2024 ) in each foreign country, including patterns of reprisals (as defined in such section) against human rights defenders residing in-country, including information on the underlying types of activities targeted and the types of tactics being used and descriptions of specific cases in which the relevant human rights defender or family member of such human rights defender has provided prior consent. When feasible, details on the total number of investigations opened into reprisals against human rights defenders, including, for such reprisals, the number of prosecutions, the details of the individuals sentenced, and the percentage of individuals acquitted. .