Trump-led abuses amid ‘democratic recession’ put human rights in peril, HRW report says
Rights group says growing authoritarianism and abuses in US, Russia and China threaten global rules-based orderThe world is in a “democratic recession” with almost three-quarters of the global population now living under autocratic rulers – levels not seen since the 1980s, according to a new...
<p>Rights group says growing authoritarianism and abuses in US, Russia and China threaten global rules-based order</p><p>The world is in a “democratic recession” with almost three-quarters of the global population now living under autocratic rulers – levels not seen since the 1980s, according to a new report.</p><p>The system underpinning human rights was “in peril”, said Philippe Bolopion, executive director of <a href="https://www.hrw.org/">Human Rights Watch</a> (HRW), with a growing authoritarian wave becoming “the challenge of a generation”, he said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/04/trump-us-china-russia-democratic-recession-peril-human-rights-watch">Continue reading...</a>
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