US EditionAfrica: Global - US Foreign Aid Cuts Creating 'A Life Threatening Vacuum' for Millions of People - New Briefing
- Amnesty International warned that the suspension of US foreign aid by President Trump's January 20, 2025 executive order halted critical global health, food, and humanitarian programs.
- The suspension followed unilateral executive actions that bypassed congressional oversight and coincided with US withdrawal from multilateral bodies like WHO and the UN Human Rights Council.
- These cuts disrupted vital services in countries including Guatemala, Syria, South Sudan, Afghanistan, and Mexico, affecting survivors of sexual violence, refugees, migrants, and children.
- Amnesty's report, citing interviews and evidence, described the cuts as creating a “life-threatening vacuum” that violates rights to life and health, contrasting Secretary Rubio’s claim of no deaths linked to the cuts.
- Amnesty called on the US government and Congress to restore aid immediately, administer future assistance transparently and according to human rights law, while critics disputed the reported impacts as lacking credible proof.
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USA: Lives at risk: Chaotic and abrupt cuts to foreign Aid put millions of lives at risk - Amnesty International
This briefing provides an initial assessment of the devastating impacts of the wide scale, arbitrary and abrupt stoppage of the United States’ foreign assistance to thousands of life-saving humanitarian, health, and human rights initiatives globally in response to the executive order ‘Reevaluating and realigning United States Foreign Aid’ issued by President Donald Trump on 20 […]
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Exclusive: Former USAID executive disputes reported impact of foreign aid cuts
(The Center Square) – A former executive at the U.S. Agency for International Development is disputing claims by an international human rights organization that the Trump administration's foreign aid cuts have caused mass suffering.
Amnesty International: US foreign aid cuts threaten human rights globally
Amnesty International on Thursday warned that the abrupt suspension of US foreign aid has put human rights and millions of lives at risk globally by halting critical programs such as the provision of essential health care, food security and humanitarian support for people in extremely vulnerable situations globally, including women, girls, survivors of sexual violence, and other marginalized groups, as well as refugees. The organization criticiz…
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