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Human Rights Watch Warns US Heading to ‘Authoritarianism’
Human Rights Watch reports mass arrests, enforced disappearances, and dismantling of protections under Trump, with democracy declining to 1985 levels, amid sharp funding cuts and rights abuses.
- On Feb 4, 2026, Human Rights Watch released the 529-page World Report 2026, stating the United States has quickly fallen into a dangerous slide toward authoritarianism.
- The Trump administration is actively dismantling US democracy pillars and HRW says it withdrew from multilateral forums and gutted US State Department capacity.
- HRW documented specific abuses including sending 252 Venezuelan migrants to an El Salvador maximum-security prison, masked ICE agents conducting hundreds of violent raids, and unlawful lethal strikes on boats in the Caribbean and nearby parts of the Pacific Ocean.
- HRW concluded that US democracy has declined to 1985 levels, steep health-care subsidy cuts threaten millions of people’s insurance, and impunity risks hastening authoritarianism.
- Amid global trends, HRW urged the US State Department review contrasts with its report on over 100 countries and renews allegations against Israel, backed by the US.
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The NGO Human Rights Watch warned Wednesday that President Donald Trump is transforming the United States into an authoritarian state while democracy and human rights are being attacked on all sides. ...
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The NGO Human Rights Watch warned Wednesday that President Donald Trump was transforming the United States into an authoritarian state while democracy and human rights are being attacked on all sides.
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Total News Sources16
Leaning Left6Leaning Right2Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution60% Left
Bias Distribution
- 60% of the sources lean Left
60% Left
L 60%
C 20%
R 20%
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