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November 6, 2024

US: Second Trump Term a Threat to Rights in US, World

Donald Trump’s second term as United States president poses a grave threat to human rights in the United States and the world, Human Rights Watch said today. These concerns reflect Trump’s rights-abusing record during his first term, his embrace of white supremacist supporters and ideology, the extreme antidemocratic and anti-rights policies proposed by think tanks led by former aides, and campaign promises, including to round up and deport millions of immigrants and retaliate against political opponents.

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For decades, the Indonesian military and police held the misogynistic belief that female soldiers and officers needed to be chaste and employed the use of abusive and unscientific virginity testing. That is until a Human Rights Watch report and tireless advocacy by Indonesian activists moved the immovable. The latest Human Rights Watch's biweekly podcast, Rights & Wrongs, is out now.

 

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