The U.S. State Department on Friday called North Korea along with China, Russia, and Iran “morally reprehensible” and labeled them as “forces for instability” due to their poor human rights records.

As a part of its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017, the State Department singled out the four countries as they performed badly in nearly every human rights category.

“The governments of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, for example, violate the human rights of those within their borders on a daily basis and are forces of instability as a result,” acting Secretary of State John Sullivan said