The administration of US President Donald Trump has embraced a wide range of authoritarian tactics, policies, and actions that undermine human rights protections and many of the key pillars of US democracy.

These actions ultimately threaten basic universal freedoms and rights of everyone in the United States and many across the world. 

On January 20, to mark the first anniversary of Trump’s second inauguration, Human Rights Watch published a collection of its research and analysis over the last year to illustrate key elements of the administration’s attack on rights.

Among these are: 

• Targeting marginalized communities
• Undermining access to information
• Punishing critics and chilling dissent
• Unlawful and abusive use of force

The works also serves to highlight and help identify where action is needed to defend rights under siege.

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