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Human Rights Watch warns US heading to ‘authoritarianism’
Human Rights Watch reports widespread rights violations and erosion of democratic checks under Trump, with democracy in the US declining to Cold War era levels, affecting global human rights norms.
- 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 organisation Human Rights Watch sees human rights as being questioned worldwide.The German director of the organisation, Frisch, said in Deutschlandfunk that the system is in an unprecedented existential crisis.
·Germany
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The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Human Rights Watch warns in its annual report that US President Donald Trump is about to turn the United States into an authoritarian state, given that democracy and human rights are being attacked by all parties.
·Romania
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In one year, the Trump administration has undermined key pillars of American democracy, the human rights organization says.
·Netherlands
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Total News Sources38
Leaning Left10Leaning Right6Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Left
Bias Distribution
- 42% of the sources lean Left
42% Left
L 42%
C 33%
R 25%
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