washington u.s. state department release annual report human right around world friday release overshadow criticism secretary state rex tillerson give report little traditional attention fanfare tillerson decline unveil report person break precedent establish democratic republican administrations senior u.s. official answer reporters question phone condition anonymity rather appear camera also break precedent report speak official say response question tillerson unveil proud facts really story here report mandate congress document human right condition nearly 200 countries territories put together staff u.s. embassies year report largely complete former president barack obama tenure accord report philippine police vigilantes kill 6,000 suspect drug dealers users since july extrajudicial kill increase sharply philippines last year philippine officials say government tolerate human right violations state-sponsored extrajudicial kill report language russia remain broadly similar years past note country authoritarian political system dominate president vladimir putin president donald trump say would like improve u.s. relations russia traditionally secretary state unveil report public comment emphasize centrality human right u.s. foreign policy highlight specific find tillerson democratic predecessors john kerry hillary clinton give public comment report 2013 2009 first years post respectively continue present throughout tenure 2005 republican president george w. bush administration undersecretary state global affairs paula dobriansky present report camera behalf secretary state condoleezza rice far one-month tenure tillerson hold news conference mostly refrain answer question media human right group criticize way report roll signal lack basic interest understand support human right reflect best america say rob berschinski senior vice president policy human right first berschinski deputy assistant secretary state democracy human right labor jan. 20 help coordinate report friday u.s. official quote tillerson confirmation hear offer proof view human right condition crucial u.s. interest add statements clear commitment human right introduction year report tillerson write value interest come human right confirmation hear tillerson sidestep question human right condition countries decline condemn countries like saudi arabia philippines say want see facts first republican senator marco rubio friday say facebook page disappoint secretary state personally present late report american leadership defense basic human right behalf whose voice silence need ever rubio write u.s. state department criticize quiet release human right report