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HRW’s 2026 Report Says Trump Undermines U.S. Democracy, Accelerates Global Rights Erosion

The watchdog urges a coalition of middle powers to defend the rules-based order.

U.S. President Donald Trump listens as U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the signing ceremony for the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 14, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
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Overview

  • Human Rights Watch released its 529-page World Report 2026 reviewing more than 100 countries, warning that 72% of people now live under autocracy and calling 2025 a tipping point.
  • The report cites militarized immigration raids, the killing of two people by federal agents in Minneapolis, and the transfer of 252 Venezuelan migrants to a Salvadoran mega-prison that it classifies as enforced disappearances.
  • HRW alleges unlawful lethal strikes on small boats in the Caribbean and nearby Pacific and documents abrupt U.S. foreign-aid cuts alongside withdrawals from the UN Human Rights Council, WHO, and the Paris Agreement.
  • The assessment places U.S. policy alongside abuses by Russia and China and accuses Israeli forces of grave crimes in Gaza, describing a broader authoritarian convergence.
  • The White House dismisses the findings as partisan, while HRW contends with internal resignations tied to a paused Israel-Palestine report and presses for a values-based alliance of middle powers.